Business Analyst

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Job description

This is an in office long term contract. Please do not apply if looking for remote work.

This position is multi-faceted, having responsibilities for effectively analyzing and documenting Business requirements for IT projects and programs, working on Process Improvement Projects which drive additional IT requirements, and creating ad-hoc reports as needed from the company data store via PowerBI.

As part of the Information Technology team, you will work on new technologies and find ways to meet our internal and external customers' needs. You will use your expertise to solve complex problems and find unique solutions. The work you'll do every single day will make people's lives, work, and play better.

Our IT team is constantly making it easier for our employees to get work done and for our customers to do business with us. As a Business Analyst you will assess the requirements for the Medical Applications portfolio to understand system impacts, use Agile approach to manage projects of various sizes through the full software development life cycle, inception through implementation. With your knowledge of IT Systems and Data structure you will also create reports and dashboards for our stakeholders using our PowerBI reporting platform giving our business users valuable insights and information to make sound business decisions and act.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides cost effective business systems, business process and applications analysis in support of the development and implementation of business applications and/or continuous process improvement.
• Includes evaluation, analysis, documentation of requirements, translation into proper system requirement specifications and configuration.
• Formulates and defines systems scope and objectives based on both end-user needs and a thorough understanding of business systems, applications, and industry requirements.
• Conducts business process analyses, needs assessments, and preliminary cost/benefits analyses to align information technology solutions with business initiatives.
• Operates as a liaison between technical personnel and the end-users.
• Teaches end users new technology and enhancements using all appropriate communication tools.
• Defines overall application functional / business requirements with end users.
• Recommends solutions, modifications, configurations, and processes.
• Analyzes model test discrepancies to find trends and works with programmers to resolve.
• Produces business process flow charts, communications, presentations, and other materials for knowledge transfer to system users.
• Analyzes and evaluates application requirements to determine appropriate systems software solutions.
• Defines reports on PowerBI platform, based on user requirements, as needed.
• Participates in implementation, roll out, migration, integration, upgrades, testing, performance tuning, research, and development of software solutions.
• Facilitates Sprint Ceremonies and coaching of development resources in Agile process
• Execute on tasks, as assigned by the Lead Business Analyst, Director of PMO or CIO as needed

Skills and Experience Required

• Ability to conduct and prepare feasibility studies, including estimates for costs, time, and resources; prepare statistical reports; complete cost/benefit analyses
• Ability to lead project teams, work cross-functionally, and build consensus on difficult issues, as well as demonstrated technical and business leadership
• Ability to create reports using PowerBI Reporting Platform (a plus) or similar experience with other reporting/BI platforms
• Ability to support Agile teams with Scrum ceremonies to include Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Grooming, Sprint Reviews/Demos, and Sprint Retrospectives.
• Ability to coach Agile disciplines for Work Item Structure, Story Pointing, and Sprint Metrics for dashboards.
• Experience in using MS SQL and Azure Data Lake database technologies
• Experience in writing Transact SQL
• Ability to effectively adapt to rapidly changing technology and apply it to business needs
• Ability to thrive in a sense-of-urgency environment and leverage best practices
• Knowledge of enterprise business and business processes; knowledge of business unit functions and cross-group dependencies/relationships
• Demonstrated initiative, flexibility, and ability to adapt to changing priorities and work environments
• Working knowledge and experience with Lean Six-Sigma principles and implementation of the same
• Scrum Master certification

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