Business Analyst (W2 Contract)

Overview

Contract - W2

Skills

Agile
SQL

Job Details

Position: Business Analyst W2 Contract

Location: Remote

Duration: Long term


Candidates MUST have experience in the energy industry (utilities, generation, gas, oil, etc).

Job Description

Looking for senior level Business Analysts with a background in the energy industry. The ideal candidate will have experience working on a customer related project (ideally a payment portal or customer facing system).

Top Skills' Details

1. Experience working in the energy industry on a customer portal or payment application.
2. Experience working in Agile IT teams to gather technical requirements to support a team of 6-7 software developers. Candidates must be able to push back on difficult developers and ask tough questions.
3.. Experience working on enterprise scrum teams and building a mature backlog of requirements. Experience with Azure DevOps preferred.
4. Experience working with SQL- pulling data, creating queries, building reports.

Secondary Skills - Nice to Haves

Evaluating business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing and implementing solutions.
Leading ongoing reviews of business processes and developing optimization strategies.
Staying up-to-date on the latest process and IT advancements to automate and modernize systems.
Conducting meetings and presentations to share ideas and findings.
Performing requirements analysis.
Documenting and communicating the results of your efforts.
Effectively communicating your insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management.
Gathering critical information from meetings with various stakeholders and producing useful reports.
Working closely with clients, technicians, and managerial staff.
Providing leadership, training, coaching, and guidance to junior staff.
Allocating resources and maintaining cost efficiency.
Ensuring solutions meet business needs and requirements.
Performing user acceptance testing.
Managing projects, developing project plans, and monitoring performance.
Updating, implementing, and maintaining procedures.
Prioritizing initiatives based on business needs and requirements.
Serving as a liaison between stakeholders and users.
Managing competing resources and priorities.
Monitoring deliverables and ensuring timely completion of projects.

Additional Skills & Qualifications
Business Analyst Requirements:
A bachelor's degree in business or related field or an MBA.
A minimum of 8 years of experience in business analysis or a related field.
Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions.
Advanced technical skills.
Excellent documentation skills.
Fundamental analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
Experience creating detailed reports and giving presentations.
Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
A track record of following through on commitments.
Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills.
Experience leading and developing top-performing teams.
A history of leading and supporting successful projects.

Employee Value Proposition (EVP)

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