Business Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

Title: Business Analyst V

Location: Lansing, MI (2-days onsite, 3-days remote Hybrid Schedule)

Note: This is a W2 contract position – C2C, 1099, & 3 rd party candidates WILL NOT be considered

This resource is responsible for gathering and documenting clear, unambiguous, and testable business requirements from the client, and understanding business requirements thoroughly to communicate business needs and system functionality to technical and non-technical stakeholders, project team members, and the user community. This resource also responsible for working with the project team and stakeholders to examine existing and future-state business processes, data, and systems. This information is used to guide the gathering of business requirements as they relate to the desired system functionality. This position will be responsible for;

· Documenting business requirements that are clear, unambiguous, testable, and satisfy the business need in accordance with standard templates and adherence to policies, standards, and guidelines

· Facilitating requirement gathering meetings to identify impacted business processes and document the project business requirements; attendees include relevant project team members and stakeholders as identified in the Communication Plan

· Adhering to the project schedule by developing and maintaining the project backlog during Agile projects and working with the product owner to set priority throughout the duration of project

· Understanding project scope and actively monitoring requirements process to maintain adherence to the objectives set for the project

· Understanding high-level information governance objectives and ensuring appropriate stakeholder inclusion and/or awareness regarding data requirements

· Assisting with the appropriate resolution of critical IT issues as it pertains to the BA role

· Assisting with gathering the information and analysis for Build vs. Buy project decisions

· Understanding project specific benefits and related impact of changes to project scope or business requirements

· Ensuring SEM deliverables for the project that are a responsibility of the BA are completed, reviewed, and approved in alignment with area processes

· Working directly with project team including user interface/user experience (UI/UX) designers, tech leads, solution architects, database administrators, developers, QA testers, and technical writers to ensure understanding of the requirements, functionality, size, and scalability of the IT solution

Position Qualifications:

· 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst

· 5+ years of experience working with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies

· 5+ years of experience gathering and documenting requirements, including Epics, Features, and User Stories

· 5+ years of experience3 documenting current (As-Is) and future-state (To-Be) business process flows

· A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field

Note: This is a W2 contract position – C2C, 1099, & 3 rd party candidates WILL NOT be considered