Business Analyst

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Job description

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Kforce is working with a client in Milwaukee, WI seeking a temporary Business Analyst. Summary: Business industry professionals who elicit, analyze, communicate and validate business/user requirements for processes, policies and information systems. Translate these business needs/end-user requirements into functional specifications that describe what the system, process or product/service must do to fulfill the end-user/business requirements. Responsibilities:

• Formulates and defines system scope and objectives through research and fact-finding combined with an understanding of applicable business systems and industry requirements
• Devises or modifies procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operation time, and form of desired results
• Includes analysis of business and user needs, documentation of requirements, and translation into proper system requirement specifications
• Influences business partners and service providers regarding priorities, hardware/software selection and/or vendor selection
• Analyzes marketplace, industry, company, technology trends and best practices, vendor products and services, etc.
• Identifies and documents business strategies, objectives and drivers
• Analyzes and documents business processes and metrics, and identifies improvement opportunities
• Calculates/estimates costs and benefits of alternative actions or solutions to establish their viability/ROI
• Re-engineers processes to deliver greater effectiveness and efficiency
• Identifies/documents how applications and systems interact to support business processes
• Assesses, applies and projects the impact of system changes on users and internal and external clients or stakeholders

Job Requirements:

REQUIREMENTS:

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience
• Knowledge of financial services industry
• Knowledge of end-to-end systems development life cycles (i.e., waterfall, iterative and other modern approaches to software development)
• Proficiency in solutions design and requirements definition disciplines leveraging model driven design based tools and techniques including conceptual solution component models, business process models, use cases, etc.
• Excellent customer service skills that build high levels of customer satisfaction for internal and external clients
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to technical and non-technical audiences of various levels in the organization

(e.g., executive, management, individual contributors)

• Willingly shares relevant technical and/or industry knowledge and expertise to other resources
• Excellent analytical, decision-making, problem-solving, team, and time management skills
• Ability to persuade and influence others on the best approach to take
• Ability to estimate work effort for project sub-plans or small projects and ensure the project is successfully completed
• Is resourceful and proactive in gathering information and sharing ideas

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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