Business Analyst III (CONTRACT) (Atlanta, Georgia)

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Job Summary

Consults with internal customers and external vendors to capture agreed-upon business objectives and processes. Performs research and fact-finding to determine business requirements for the development of end-user programs, operational procedures, and support. Communicates these processes and their implications to technical and non-technical contributors to ensure that applications accurately meet business users' goals. Business Analysts create system requirements, collaborating with the design teams to determine application, database, and other system impacts based on the requirements. The Business Analyst works closely with other members of the technical teams to ensure all requirements are addressed in the solution design.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate creation of Business Requirements following a traditional approach, or using the Business Process and Analysis (BPA) methodology as determined by the project sponsor.
• Manage Scoring (approving) and Claiming processes with Business and Technology stakeholders to review and refine business requirements and use cases to ensure they are clear, concise, and traceable; and to ensure business requirements will be satisfied by the appropriate teams/applications.
• Identify project stakeholders, risks, and benefits of alternate designs; document assumptions; assess project impact of system changes to users, internal and external customers.
• Develop System Requirements (SRQs), including process flows and use cases.
• Conduct SRQ reviews with project stakeholders and document consumers to ensure completeness and adherence to business requirements.
• Consult with internal customers, cross-functional team members, and external vendors to capture agreed-upon business objectives and processes to define system requirements.
• Update and map SRQs to Business Requirements in the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Review Architecture, Engineering, and Application Development designs and QA/UAT test plans to ensure requirements are met and the RTM is updated as required.
• Provide BA support for software testing and debugging plans to ensure requirements are met.
• Provide status reporting for project progress, issues, dependencies, and risks.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Typically requires BS/BA in related discipline; Generally 5-8 years of experience in related field. Certification is required in some areas OR MS/MA and generally 3-5 years of experience in related field. Certification required in some areas.
• Seasoned professional contributor with responsibility for an advanced area of work in the professional field; May be responsible for entire projects or functions having modest scope/impact or portions of projects having considerable scope/impact to department, area, and, at times, business unit results.
• Performs advanced areas of work for the professional field; Identifies key barriers/core problems and applies problem-solving skills in order to deal creatively with complex situations. Troubleshoots and resolves complex problems.
• Independently performs assignments with instruction limited to results expected. Determines and develops approach to solutions; Receives technical guidance only on unusual or complex problems or issues.
• Possesses and applies comprehensive knowledge of particular field of specialization to the completion of complex assignments. Advanced knowledge of organization's technologies and practices.
• May oversee the completion of projects or assignments, including planning, assigning, monitoring, and reviewing progress and accuracy of work, evaluating results, etc.; Contributes to employees' professional development, but does not have hiring or firing authority.
  
  

Skills: jira,business analysis,data analysis,salesforce,problem solving,requirements gathering,documentation,software testing,process mapping,testing,stakeholder management,traceability matrix