Business Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a Business Analyst to join a long-term contract opportunity in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. In this role, you will connect business stakeholders and technical teams, turning operational needs into practical system and process solutions. The position calls for strong analytical thinking, clear documentation, and effective collaboration across project teams working within an agile environment.

Responsibilities:
• Partner with business and IT teams to evaluate needs, clarify priorities, and recommend system or process improvements that support organizational goals.
• Gather, analyze, and document current-state workflows and future-state solutions, including meeting notes, decisions, dependencies, and project risks.
• Lead requirements sessions with stakeholders to define end-to-end business needs and identify opportunities for process redesign or new technology capabilities.
• Produce detailed functional, reporting, security, and business requirements and work closely with developers to support solution design and delivery.
• Contribute to agile project activities by helping prepare sprint plans, writing user stories, defining acceptance criteria, and supporting status reporting.
• Assist with software enhancements and implementation efforts by developing analysis that supports business cases, solution options, and project decisions.
• Coordinate assigned project tasks to keep deliverables on schedule, and provide support for smaller initiatives or workstreams when needed.
• Support testing activities by partnering with quality assurance teams, performing unit or business-side validation, and confirming that delivered features meet business expectations.
• Serve as the primary liaison across project managers, technical teams, QA, and business units to promote alignment and resolve application or system issues efficiently.• Experience working as a Business Analyst in environments that require close coordination between business stakeholders and IT teams.
• Strong ability to create clear documentation, including business requirements, functional specifications, workflow analysis, and reporting-related materials.
• Hands-on knowledge of agile practices, such as sprint planning, user story development, and acceptance criteria definition.
• Understanding of the software development life cycle and how analysis supports design, development, testing, and deployment activities.
• Ability to assess application issues, identify root causes, and help drive practical resolution strategies.
• Familiarity with reporting, security considerations, and end-to-end business process analysis.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for business audiences and business needs for technical teams.