Business Analyst

We are seeking a detail-oriented and collaborative IT Business Analyst to join a leading client of ours out of Indianapolis. The ideal candidate will serve as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, helping to identify business needs, define requirements, and support the successful delivery of technology solutions.

This role requires strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, along with the ability to translate business objectives into clear, actionable technical requirements.

This role is contract and 5 days a week onsite

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business stakeholders, IT teams, and project managers to gather, analyze, and document business and functional requirements.
• Facilitate requirements-gathering sessions, stakeholder interviews, and workshops to understand business processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Translate business needs into detailed functional specifications, user stories, use cases, and process documentation.
• Analyze existing business processes, systems, and workflows to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities for optimization.
• Partner with development teams to ensure technical solutions align with business requirements and organizational objectives.
• Create and maintain business requirements documents (BRDs), functional requirements documents (FRDs), process flows, and other project deliverables.
• Support system implementations, enhancements, integrations, and technology initiatives throughout the project lifecycle.
• Assist with user acceptance testing (UAT), including developing test scenarios, validating functionality, and documenting defects.
• Communicate project updates, requirements changes, risks, and issues to appropriate stakeholders.
• Support change management activities, end-user training, and post-implementation efforts as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 3+ years of experience in an IT Business Analyst, Business Systems Analyst, or similar role.
• Experience gathering, analyzing, and documenting business and technical requirements.
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and business analysis methodologies.
• Experience working with Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery methodologies.
• Ability to create process flows, workflow diagrams, user stories, and functional documentation.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, developers, QA analysts, and project managers.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio or similar tools.