About this role
Position Overview:
The Business Analyst III translates detailed business needs into application software requirements. The primary focus is gathering and documenting business requirements, as well as writing technical requirements. Business Analyst III acts as a liaison with users of the software to address questions/issues. They determine specific business application software requirements to address business needs and work with programming staff to ensure requirements are incorporated into system design and testing.
Responsibilities
- Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs.
- Documents requirements defines scope and objectives, and formulate systems to parallel overall business strategies.
- Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver the following as needed:
o Functional Requirements
o Business Requirements Document
o Use Cases
o Screen and Interface Design
o System Design Document
- Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, articulate high-level information into detail, abstract up from low-level information to an advanced understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs
- Assist in the creation and quality assurance review of design documents and test results to ensure all project requirements are satisfied
- Utilize experience in enterprise-wide requirements using definition and management systems and methodologies
- Work independently and under the direct of Project Managers
- Works directly with clients and project and business leaders to identify analytical requirements
- Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their project plans
- Serve as the liaison between internal and external customers, support team, technology team, and the software development team through which requirements flow and analyze between usability and performance needs
- Assist in design, development, and delivery of training as required
- Maintain product status documentation
- Conduct participates in business requirement review sessions, JAD sessions, design reviews and project status meetings
- Elicit and document business processes to identify gaps and /or potential enhancements to further automate business processing
- Familiarity with and utilization of industry and business best practices
- Accurately estimate delivery effort
- Adherent to Service Delivery Life Cycle processes
- Template and/or business process development, as needed
- Management of multiple initiatives and projects
- Reviewing material and assisting with sales presentations
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Education:
BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or other related field
- Experience:
4-6 years of experience with business analysis that includes writing business requirements
- Skills:
Experience with the following is a must:
- Microsoft Suite
- Reference manual content in compliance with the life cycle methodology
- Experience in the development of application specifications and flowcharts
- Experience in early childhood government solutions preferred
- Personal Qualities:
Professionalism and poise under pressure.
- Actively pursuing professional development
- Ability to maintain a positive attitude in a challenging environment.
- Strong sense of integrity and respect for confidentiality.