Job Title: Business Analyst with AS400
Duration: 6 Months contract to hire
Location: Onsite in NYC, NY
Job Description:
Conduct thorough reviews, analyses, and evaluations of business systems and user requirements. Document the necessary requirements, define the scope and objectives, and formulate overarching business goals. Collaborate closely with a team of programmers to achieve these objectives. Additionally, work with Salesforce, Web, and AS400 developers. Ensure the quality assurance testing of the final product.
Requires 2-4 years of experience in business analysis and software quality control. Familiar with relational database concepts and client-server concepts. Rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in an appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience
Salesforce, SQL, and Advanced Excel experience strongly preferred
Showcase Query Tool, Web QA, and/or AS400 experience is a plus
Detail-oriented, analytical, inquisitive, and professional
Ability to work independently and with others
Extremely organized with strong time-management skills
Responsibilities:
Determine operational objectives by studying business functions, gathering information, and evaluating output requirements and formats
Construct workflow charts and diagrams; studying system capabilities; writing specifications
Improve systems by studying current practices, designing modifications
Recommend controls by identifying problems, writing improved procedures
Define project requirements by identifying project milestones, phases and elements
Monitor project progress by tracking activity, resolving problems, publishing progress reports, and recommending actions
Maintain user confidence and protect operations by keeping information confidential
Prepare technical reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends
Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
Validate resource requirements and develop time estimate models
Suggest changes to senior management, supported by analytics, to strengthen your recommendations; actively participate in the implementation of approved changes
Create informative, actionable, and repeatable reporting that highlights relevant business trends and opportunities for improvement
Conduct insightful, ad hoc analysis to investigate ongoing or one-time operational issues
Perform Quality Assurance testing on finished and in-development applications