Senior IT Business Analyst

Title: Senior IT Business Analyst

Location: Remote (Quarterly travel to Jackson, MS or Houston, TX)

Duration: Full Time/Long Term

ComTec is seeking a highly skilled Senior IT Business Analyst with extensive experience working in a Waterfall SDLC environment and proficient in developing business cases for IT projects.

Responsibilities:

• Develop comprehensive business cases, including cost-benefit analyses, risk assessments, and return-on-investment (ROI) evaluations, to support informed IT project decision-making.
• Present business case documents to senior leadership and facilitate discussions to obtain approvals.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, IT teams, and project managers to define project objectives and business requirements.
• Lead business requirements gathering sessions, document functional and non-functional requirements, and ensure alignment with business goals.
• Document use cases, business/system/functional requirements, requirements traceability matrix, and test cases.
• Analyze current business processes and document AS-IS business process flows.
• Creates process flowcharts, diagrams, and other related documentation. Creates technical workflows using different modelling techniques.
• Work with business stakeholders in developing TO-BE business process flows.
• Develop and maintain project documentation, including Business Requirements Documents (BRD), Functional Specifications, and Use Cases.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by defining test scenarios, reviewing test cases, and validating business requirements.
• Ensure projects adhere to governance policies, compliance standards, and IT best practices.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Assist in developing business cases, project plans, communication plans, RACI, and estimates.
• Develop test plans and test cases.
• Assist in change management and project communications.

Requirements:

• Minimum 10+ years of experience working in an enterprise-level IT environment.
• 5+ years of experience as an IT Business Analyst in a Waterfall SDLC environment.
• Proven experience in developing business cases for IT projects, including financial analysis and ROI calculations.
• Excellent skills in process modelling, requirements documentation, and business process improvement.
• Must have experience developing business cases for IT projects and presenting them to senior leadership.
• 7+ years' experience with elicitation and documentation of business and functional requirements.
• Understanding of and experience in IT project management methodologies, requirements management, quality assurance, and IT processes.
• Experience developing AS-IS and TO-BE business process flows.
• Must have strong customer service skills.
• Must have in-depth knowledge of business re-engineering principles and processes, the ability to identify, capture, and translate business requirements.
• Demonstrated proficiency in the preparation, selection, organization, and presentation of information concisely and coherently.
• Proficiency in using BA tools such as Microsoft Visio, JIRA, Confluence, or similar.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite
• Good to have: CBAP, PMI-PBA, or similar Business Analysis certification.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent presentation, facilitation, and coordination skills