Business Analyst

Job Purpose

The Business Analyst will be drawing out and accurately capturing and documenting business and functional requirements, documenting system functionality, documenting logical designs in various formats, and helping guide testing via test scenarios and business UAT guidance. A significant amount of time will be spent documenting the systems IT supports today by collaborating with the business and IT team members who currently enhance and support them. The candidate will become a functional expert in the systems assigned to them.

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Assist project managers with scoping projects
• Requirements
• Meet with decision makers, systems owners, and end users to define business requirements and systems goals, and identify and resolve business systems issues. This includes (but not limited to) a project summary, organizational impact, applications potentially impacted, identified exclusions, and other constraints risks and dependencies
• Document a list of functional requirements and the as-is state
• Create/capture definitions of how this will benefit the business including any backing evidence the business can provide
• Ensure the project stays within scope (avoid scope creep) by collaborating with project manager and business stake holders – any requirements that are outside of scope require project manager and business approval.
• Clearly document the requirements in the appropriate format so it is easy to use and understand by members of the IT staff
• Initial logical design
• Create Mockups, logical diagrams, and to-be processes
• Create System to system logical data mappings
• Keep in mind, assess, and ensure master data considerations
• Liaison
• Act as a liaison between business and IT and provide clarification to questions from IT Architects and Developers as needed
• Testing
• Create test scenarios and test cases
• Perform initial “smoke testing”
• Assist business with executing test plans
• Training
• As appropriate, provide orientation and training to end users for modified and new systems.
• General Functional/System Documentation
• This role will be responsible for creating functional documentation for systems supported by IT. This will be accomplished by meeting with both IT and business team members.

Culture Fit

A wide variety of systems including both custom built and purchased packages. These stretch across a wide variety of technologies (AS/400, .NET, JavaScript, SharePoint, etc.). The ideal candidate will be both technology and methodology agonistic with the ability to change to meet the need of the situation. The orgnization follows a hybrid waterfall/agile based approach for projects.

The following characteristics will make this role successful:

• Being helpful and keeping open communication with other team members
• Being flexible with deliverables and approach when appropriate while following standards and procedures in place
• Ability to stay on task and deliver results within agreed upon timelines
• Maintaining focus on priorities as established by IT leadership
• Communicate with project managers if dates are at risk
• Address roadblocks by seeking guidance from team members as needed
• Avoid scope creep when working with the business
• Form professional relationships with the business and create a positive image of IT
• Insulate business from IT acronyms and solutioning (communicating with the business by ‘speaking their language’)
• Have a strong understanding of information processing principles and practices in one or more of the following industries: Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, Livestock, Energy

Critical Competencies:

Customer Focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions

Tech Savvy - Anticipating and adopting innovations in business building digital and technology applications

Decision Quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward

Resourcefulness - Securing and deploying resources effectively and efficiently

Interpersonal Savvy - Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people

Self-Development - Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels

Situational Adaptability - Adapting approach and demeanor in real-time to match the shifting demands of different situations

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $70,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Parental leave
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement

Compensation package:

• 1099 contract
• Retention bonus

Experience level:

• 2 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Merriam, KS 66202: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Merriam, KS 66202

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