Senior Business Analyst

Description:

We are the leading provider of professional services to the middle market globally, our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change, empowering our clients and people to realize their full potential. Our exceptional people are the key to our unrivaled, inclusive culture and talent experience and our ability to be compelling to our clients. You will find an environment that inspires and empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally.

Job Description:

Business Analyst Senior 1 will work as a liaison among stakeholders to elicit, analyze, communicate, and validate requirements for changes to business processes, policies, and information systems. The business analyst primary responsibility is to understand business problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements and recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.

Essential Duties:

- Requirements Gathering: Prepare for and conduct requirements elicitation sessions using a variety of techniques including but not limited to brainstorming, interviews, surveys, requirements workshops, observation, task and workflow analysis, prototyping, storyboarding, document analysis, interface analysis, and focus group sessions.

- Requirements Analysis: Work with project team to prioritize requirements and agree on assumptions and constraints.

- Requirements Management & Communication: Write requirements specifications according to standard templates, using natural language simply, clearly, unambiguously, and concisely.

- Solution Assessment & Validation: Works with project team to ensures proposed solutions align with requirements and maximizes value.

Education:

- Bachelor degree in related field or equivalent experience.

Technical Skills:

- Proficient in Microsoft Office products such as Outlook, Word, Excel, and Visio.

- Experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps.

- Knowledge of defect tracking processes and tools.

Experience:

- Minimum of 4-6 years of business analysis experience working in a development environment.

- Knowledge of product management concepts and how enterprise software products are positioned and developed.

- Knowledge of Agile methodologies and other tools supporting fact-based decisions.

Preferred Requirements:

- Workday Finance, Workday HCM, Integrations, Agile experience in a SAFe environment.