IT Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Work Hours: Mon to Fri from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM & 40 hour work week

Experience Typically eight or more years of combined experience in business analysis, operational process improvement, project management or equivalent combination of technical and operational experience.

Certification Requirements (Any Preferences): PMP certification a plus; technical certifications a plus, Product owner certification preferred.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• We have 6 people and I need a BA to help get us funding for the next project. We need a BA to handle working with the business to gather all the requirements for IT, business processes and procedures.
• Work with a PM, team ad business to gather all the requirements for project.
• Get to know what the project is and shadow different biz groups to understand what they do ad get to know the needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Specialization Typically serves as the subject matter expert for multiple complex systems or applications.
• Client Consultation Proactively anticipates and analyzes client needs and collaborates with internal teams to develop and implement initiatives to enhance system to further business strategy and meet client needs.
• Balances needs of various clients, internal teams and system and resource constraints and makes decisions to optimize system use.
• Collaboration Leads internal teams or collaborates with other internal teams to develop, prioritize, and implement initiatives.
• Manages communications to multiple stakeholders adapting to individual needs. Presents status reports and recommendations to sponsors.
• Communicates with IT and business.
• Proactively recommends and implements system-based solutions in response to business issues.
• Planning and Prioritization Develops overall product strategy to meet business needs leveraging available resources.
• Develops and implements detailed project plans, including cross-functional project plans.
• Defines work requirements, value criteria and cost/benefit ratios.
• Proactively identifies emerging business needs and adapts plans to meet them.
• Prioritizes initiatives in a way that balances new functionality with maintenance and reliability.
• Product Releases Negotiates with business on timing of implementation.
• Prioritizes releases and determines when functionality is ready for release.
• Manages issues log and product backlog.
• Collaborates with others to define acceptance criteria and ensures deliverables are met.
• Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities) Functional Competencies:
• Advanced knowledge of system(s) assigned
• Advanced knowledge of business processes for area(s) assigned
• Advanced skills in decision making
• Advanced skills in building relationships
• Working skills in reporting and analytics
• Advanced skills in project management
• Advanced skills in adapting to change General Competencies
• Advanced skills in analytical thinking
• Advanced skills in consulting
• Advanced skills in business acumen
• Advanced skills in conflict management
• Advanced skills in customer focus
• Advanced skills in delegation
• Advanced skills in organization and prioritization
• Advanced skills in interpersonal relationships
• Advanced skills in influencing without authority

Top 3 Nice-To-Haves (Hard and/or Soft Skills):

• Intermediate business analysis discovery techniques, requirements definition and documentation.
• Intermediate project management and change management skills.
• Intermediate knowledge of crew management and/or outage response for a utility.