Business Analyst

IT Business Analyst

Our IT Business Analyst is a very valuable part of our team. This position is responsible for leading activities in planning, gathering, defining, analyzing, categorizing and documenting requirements for work process automation, continuous improvement programs, new functionality and enhancements to existing systems in support of our Plan-To-Perform business process workstream.

Location: Winchester, Virginia

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading activities in planning, gathering, defining, analyzing, categorizing and documenting business, user and functional requirements for work process automation, continuous improvement programs, new functionality and enhancements to existing systems
• Executes project activities within the project management delivery workflow from project submission, through initiation, planning, execution, training, post-implementation support and project closeout. Liaises with internal and external business partners throughout the project
• Uses statistical methods and data mining techniques to analyze data and generate business trends and efficiency with master data sets.
• Models current and future state of business systems and processes to identify and analyze gaps, redundancies and problem areas. Advises project managers on feasibility of enhancements and recommends solutions and process automation improvements
• Facilitates requirements gathering sessions. Converts business requirements into appropriate system development lifecycle documents that meet corporate documentation standards and techniques
• Develops test plans and coordinates identification, development and documentation of test cases. Ensures there is traceability of test plans and test cases back to requirements and design specifications
• Coordinates execution of test scripts; prioritizes, monitors and reports on status of problems to project team; and ensures problems are resolved in a timely manner. May coach and lead testers in the development and/or execution of test scripts
• Creates requirements plan and provides estimation of work for requirements analysis and documentation, testing, quality assurance and other responsibilities assigned as a Business Analyst
• Identifies requirements risks, project risks and critical issues and conducts analysis to resolve or provide recommendation for resolution
• Participates in or facilitates project meetings, feasibility studies, and prioritization of technology service requests and initiatives with business partners
• Advises and supports business in preparation of procedural documentation based on systems
• Provide second level support for application and information related requests supporting manufacturing and general business processes
• Other duties, as assigned

Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills:

• Bachelors’ degree in Information Management, MIS, Computer Science, Business Administration or related field
• 3+ years’ business analysis experience
• Previous experience in manufacturing (food preferred)
• Tools including Redzone, MES (Ignition/Wonderware)
• Previous experience with project best practices (ITIL, Agile)
• SQL database experience
• Previous experience with report writing in business intelligence tools (e.g. Tableau)

Physical Requirements: Qualified candidates must be able to perform the following physical job requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation:

• Must be able to sit for 7+ hours per shift
• Must be able to walk for 1+ hours per shift

Additional Skills (Blended resource):

• Operations Analyst Skills
• Responsible for assisting the installation and configuration of end user mobile devices in support of the manufacturing environment.
• Maintain written operational, configuration or other procedures including end user documentation and training
• Supports the Project Manager in the provision of planning, plan realization and service delivery oversight.