Business Analyst (Functional Analyst)

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Job description

Functional Analyst / Remote or Charlotte NC / Long Term

Skills Required:

• Experience in functional analysis role and the following qualifications:
• Development of user stories, application requirements, and/or process flow diagrams
• Use of various requirements elicitation techniques, such as end user interviews, job shadowing, brainstorming, business process analysis and process flow documentation, facilitation
• UI design and/or mockups, with detailed requirements
• The ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Creative problem-solving skills to help identify, communicate and resolve systems issues to maximize the benefit of IT systems investments
• Managing conflicting priorities and gaining consensus across multiple user groups
• Committed and enthusiastic approach to supporting business customers and end users.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• General understanding of application architecture and technology

Responsibilities:

• Work directly with business team members, third party technology vendors, developers, and user community to identify business needs and interpret them as application requirements.
• Draft requirements and specifications documentation, complete to signoff and validate deliverables to specifications.
• Function as primary liaison between business and developers to ensure understanding of documented system requirements.
• Ensure standards are maintained related to documents and deliverables.
• Write and execute functional test scripts and coordinate with other analysts for system integration testing.
• Evaluate system deliverables to ensure they are free of defects and meet the quality standards of the department.
• Coordinate activities simultaneously for multiple projects
• Learn a very complex business and facilitate projects and decisions across many disparate user groups.

Special Skills and/or Training Desired:

• Experience working in an Agile / Scrum environment
• Formal training or certification in Business Analysis, group facilitation, or project management
• Experience writing SQL queries (Microsoft SQL Server)
• Experience with reporting tools (BIRT, SSRS, etc.) and data analysis

- provided by Dice

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