Senior Business Analyst

IT Business AnalystThe IT Business Analyst role partners with our business to define areas of functional need and translate those needs into requirements for project execution. This role is part of the IT Enterprise Data team which includes the collection, management, and conversion of raw data into usable information for business to interpret. Our goal is to make data accessible so that our organization can use it to evaluate and optimize our performance. The Senior Business Analyst role is responsible for understanding and documenting business requirements into agile stories; translating business needs into actionable technology requirements; developing and describing business benefits; creating and cascading reference and training materials; providing functional and acceptance testing support; analyzing current state and providing gap analysis; and delivering sprints and product releases against business objectives, priorities and strategy while ensuring a quality supportable product.Looking for a Senior Business Analyst who is strong in cloud data warehousing, source to target data mapping, data modeling, turning business discussions into functional and technical requirements. Strong in Agile, Scrum, Jira, SQL, and MS O365. Exposure / Knowledge in AWS, Snowflake, and Tableau. Preferred knowledge in Sigma, Informatica PowerCenter/IICS, and Fivetran.ResponsibilitiesFacilitate business stakeholders in a group setting to identify root causes for technology inefficiency and large-scale improvement opportunities.Create business process documentation and drive streamlining and simplifying of cross-functional documentation to make it easy to find and use.Facilitate acceptance testing and production release readiness.Facilitate workshops to document As Is and To Be work process flows using effective small group techniques.Use the best fit development methodology to turn improvement opportunities into application requirements or user epics. Groom multiple application backlogs.Engage with business users to ensure benefits are well understood and properly documented.Develop complex user and training documentation and provide train-the-trainer or direct user training as appropriate.Support and facilitate vendor selection process. Assist the BRM with the vendor relationship at the project level.Partner w/Project Team to deliver against project roadmap, while meeting Business project needs.Assist in performing role of liaison between Business Project Lead and technical team for project issue resolution.Provide input into and feedback of testing scripts. Facilitate and actively participate in acceptance (UAT) and production readiness testing. Analyzes test results to support resolution.Translate strategic intent to specific capabilities for the Enterprise Data Team. Provide input into the area roadmaps.QualificationsEducation/Training:Bachelor's Degree required, or equivalent experience.Related Experience:Minimum 5 years of experience in a Business Analyst role involving IT data warehousing in cloud, required.Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:Excellent written and verbal communication skills.Strong group facilitation skills.Familiarity with agile project / product management concepts and tools.Ability to model business process. Familiarity with standard flowcharting tools such as Visio or Lucidchart. Lucidchart is preferred.Ability to manage application/product backlogs. Familiarity with JIRA is preferred. Mandatory Skills: Experience in Data area Business Analyst.