Business Analyst

Business Analyst 3/BA3 (41464)IDEALFORCE has a contract position available immediately for a Business Analyst to join our customer in Columbus, OH. This is an onsite position. Please find below additional details about this job. Hiring Manager would like to have all qualified candidates interview face to face so only local candidates are considered.Job DescriptionCandidate will be working on RIMS projects. RIMS is the modernization of our Roadway Inventory maintenance, editing and distribution of related data to system throughout the enterprise. -Work with business units and other stakeholders to gather requirements, using techniques like interviews and requirement gathering sessions. -Elicit, analyze, document, and communicate business requirements as well translate them into more detailed user stories and/or use cases, and other functional requirements documents such as process flows, screen mock-ups, gap analysis (also known as Business Requirements Documents) -Create documents and other artifacts to promote sustainable knowledge management within the organization. -Work closely with the program manager, project manager and senior business analyst. Breakdown of Responsibilities: -50% of Total Work Effort: Elicit, analyze, document, and communicate business requirements as well translate them into more detailed user stories and/or use cases, and other functional requirements documents such as process flows, screen mock-ups, gap analysis (also known as Business Requirements Documents) -40% of Total Work Effort: Work with business units and other stakeholders to gather requirements, using techniques like interviews and requirement gathering sessions -10% of Total Work Effort: Work closely with the program manager, project manager and senior business analyst.Qualifications-Experience conducting Facilitated Workshops for requirements analysis. -Experience creating workflows using formal notation such as the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN). -Knowledge of formal requirements gathering methodologies. -Experience developing Business Requirements - project initiation document, what the needed achievements will be, and the quality measures. -Experience developing Functional requirements - describe what the system, process, or product/service must do in order to fulfill the business requirements. -Experience developing User (stakeholder) requirements - are a very important part of the deliverables, the needs of the stakeholders will have to be correctly interpreted. This deliverable can also reflect how the product will be designed, developed, and define how test cases must be formulated. -Experience developing Quality-of-service (non-functional) requirements - requirements that do not perform a specific function for the business requirement but are needed to support the functionality. For example: performance, scalability, quality of service (QoS), security and usability. -Experience developing Report Specifications - define the purpose of a report, its justification, attributes and columns, owners and runtime parameters. -Experience developing Requirements Traceability Matrix - a cross matrix for recording the requirements through each stage of the requirements gathering process. -Strong organization and writing skills. -Experience developing graphic representations of complex business processes. -Technical skills focusing on Systems Analysis roles. -Experience in a leadership role as a Business Analyst.Required Experience: -7 years' experience in the analysis, documentation of business requirements functional and non-functional -7 years' experience creating application prototypes and screen mockups -7 years' experience creating graphical representations of complex business processes -7 years' experience in using Microsoft products; Visio, PowerPoint, Excel and Word -7 years' experience facilitating workshops for requirements gathering -5 years' experience managing requirements on several projects at the same time -7 years' experience in analyzing data elements of enterprise applications; determining how the data elements relate to each other -6 years' experience with business process modeling methods and techniques -7 years' experience performing Gap analysis As-Is/To-Be for large applicationsAdditional Information- "All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines".- All candidates who are authorized to work in US are encouraged to apply.- Candidates must clear the Background check prior to commencing the assignment.THIRD PARTY CANDIDATS:Email your candidate/s resume to joseph dot shelton at idealforce.com along with the following details: Rate, Current location and Availability.Disclaimer :The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.