IT Business Analyst

Genesis10 is currently seeking an IT Business Analyst with our client in the financial industry located in Addison, TX, Kennesaw, GA, and Charlotte, NC. This is a 12+ month contract position.

Responsibilities:

• Act as the primary interface with business partners, stake holders, solution architects, and cross-organizational technology teams
• Analyze current processes and systems, assessing the business model and its integration with technology
• Work with stakeholders to understand their needs, analyze problems, and elicit requirements/stories from a business team
• Gather and apply technical knowledge in use cases, process models, technical requirements, acceptance criteria and more into JIRA Epics and Stories, spikes and Tasks that can be executed by the team
• Work closely with the Development Team to refine and estimate the story requirements
• Part of an Agile Scrum team, collaborate with the Product Owner(s) to evaluate the Features, write effective user stories, document business rules and with the Developers to review technical design, identify enablers and dependencies
• Act as the communication hub between tech teams and business partners/product owners
• Prepare graphics, workflows and illustrations to elaborate on or complement technical design writing
• Provide support to Testing to clarify requirements, to ensure that test plans and scripts satisfy the requirements and determine whether a defect is a new requirement, or truly a defect

Requirements:

• At least 9 years of experience as a Business Analyst, working closely with business partners to elicit requirements, document process flows, identify risks and mitigation and participate in definition of strategies for the technical solution
• Minimum of 9+ years in technology projects
• 7+ years practical agile experience
• EET domain experience
• Excellent analytical skills
• Experience documenting detailed functional and technical requirements for business requirements in JIRA as any Issue Type
• Ability to communicate and work with developers to ensure that acceptance criteria for the user stories are understood and applied
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and ability to facilitate discussions, conduct presentations and deliver technical requirements
• Self-motivated with 'growth mindset' and requires minimal supervision
• Good problem solving and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to analyze existing capabilities and identify gaps and opportunities
• Knowledge of project managements principles, practices, techniques and tools (Waterfall and Agile)
• Technology project background and understand full SDLC
• Demonstrates initiative, is conscientious and provides complete follow-through on areas of responsibility
• Strong team player with superior time management skills
• An intermediate level or above user of Office suite including Visio
• Change Management exposure and willingness to learn and comply with clients Enterprise Change Management and Release Management processes
• Experience in being a Product Owner or working closely with Product Owner to define business needs
• Business Analyst experience in converting business need into epics and stories
• Experience refining business processes and testing
• Extremely strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work with both technical and business team members with ease
• Strong JIRA and Network Relationship Building skills

Desired skills:

• Experience with SQL and other data tools
• Horizon toolset familiarity
• Change Management familiarity
• Working knowledge of agile tools such as JIRA/Confluence and Jira align

Pay Range: $46.18-$54.18

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

About Genesis10:
Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:
Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
Behavioral Health Platform
Medical, Dental, Vision
Health Savings Account
Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
Voluntary Term Life Insurance
401K
Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.