Business Analyst

The Business Analyst will function as an interface between business owners and IT project teams to identify business requirements and translate these into functional design specifications. Project Management skills are required as sometimes required to play both BA and PM roles on smaller projects. The Business Analyst may also help with testing.

Essential Duties

• Work with IT development team and other departments to gather requirements for development of applications and projects.
• Gain sufficient understanding of various IT applications to translate business requirements into functional design specifications
• Serve as a conduit of information on IT infrastructure, capabilities, limitations, systems to other departments.
• Provide and promote internal communication between IT, and other functional groups.
• Participate in business process enhancement meetings.
• Provide Project Management for small to medium sized projects. This includes preparing project plans, managing issue and risk logs and mitigation strategies, preparing budgets, facilitating status meetings, managing project resources, and preparing and auditing any necessary documentation.
• Assist with QA/UAT testing as needed.

Job Skills

• Working knowledge of business analysis concepts, tools, and techniques.
• Working knowledge of project management concepts, tools, and techniques.
• Experience working in an Agile Scrum/Kanban environment required.
• Proven ability to practice a variety of techniques to ensure complete requirements.
• Previous development experience in Node.JS, JavaScript, CSS, HTML preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of dynamic websites and content management preferred.
• Experience with educational systems or in the education industry preferred.
• Must be proficient in gathering, documenting and communicating business requirements to business and technical resources. Experience gathering and documenting system requirements.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical requirements.
• Ability to ask a lot of questions, ask for reasons/logic behind answers, and ask for alternatives.
• Excellent ability to organize information, manage tasks and projects and use available tools to effectively contribute to organization.
• Must have excellent problem solving skills.
• Must have an exceptional attention to detail.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills required. The ability to express oneself effectively within groups and in one-to-one conversations. Conveys information clearly and effectively through both formal and informal documents. Creates an atmosphere in which timely and high quality input/out flows smoothly between self and others.
• Previous project management experience managing small to medium sized projects preferred.
• Ability to work at a computer up to 8 hours a day.

Work Experience

• 3+ years in a business analyst role or experience with educational systems/industry

Education

• Undergraduate degree from an accredited institution
• Degree in a computer related field preferred

Certificates, licenses and registrations

Other

• Must be able to travel 0-10% of time.
• Must be able to lift 20lbs.
• Typical office setting.
• Mobility within the office including movement from floor to floor.
• Travel via plane, car, and metro may be required to perform this job.
• Must be able to work more than 40 hours per week when business needs warrant
• Access information using a computer.
• Effectively communicate, both up and down the management chain.
• Effectively cope with stressful situations
• Strong mental acuity
• Regular, dependable attendance and punctuality are essential functions of this job.
• Other essential functions and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete our application process, please contact our Human Resources Department at [email protected].