Business Systems Analyst

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Job description

Position Overview

Responsible for working collaboratively with internal and external partners to gather and define requirements for custom software development projects and translating those requirements into functional project specifications. Responsible for acting as an application expert for internal and external partners during scoping and feasibility phases of the software development lifecycle. Responsible for helping facilitate communication between developers and external partners during Quality Assurance and User Acceptance Testing phases of the software development lifecycle. Responsible for working with internal partners to generate Rough Order to Magnitude estimates for custom development projects.

The Business Systems Analyst is a highly organized and detail oriented Cybergrants application expert who can bridge the gap between technical and non-technical partners in order to deliver functional specifications that detail complex business requirements for custom development projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Acts as a Cybergrants application expert during scoping and feasibility sessions with internal and external partners.
• Advocates Cybergrants best practices during scoping and feasibility sessions with internal and external partners.
• Transforms client business requirements and dependencies into functional specifications used by internal development partners to complete custom development projects.
• Performs comprehensive product evaluations for potential technologies that could be used to enhance the CG software offering as needed.
• Acts as a liaison between technical and non-technical partners to ensure custom development project requirements, assumptions, and dependencies are fully understood by all stakeholders.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of Business System Analyst experience.
• Understanding of relational data models
• Hands on SQL experience
• Thorough understanding of the software development life cycle and demonstrated ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical partners.
• Experience with SDLC (software development life cycle).
• Experience in Agile / Scrum and waterfall methodologies.
• Experience executing and coordinating scoping and requirements gathering activities specifically related to software development activities.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Business Administration and Management, Management Information Systems, or a related technical discipline. Equivalent combination of education, technical training or work experience is also acceptable.

Benefits

• A rare opportunity to work in the philanthropy industry helping clients donate billions to nonprofits across the globe
• Work with smart and engaged co-workers
• Be a part of a culture that strives for innovation
• Flexible and casual work environment
• Comprehensive benefits package - including health/vision/dental insurance, paid time off, 401k