Job Description

Job Title: Business Systems Analyst

Location: Remote

Duration: 6 month CTH

SUMMARY

The Business Systems Analyst has experience in various software development methodologies (specifically Agile and Traditional/Waterfall) and can be described as the "universal communicator" understanding and representing the diverse stakeholder perspective in a clear and articulate manner, and leading business partners through the requirements discovery process. This role serves as a partner/proxy to specified business area(s) to insure an in-depth understanding of the area's business needs and how their need can be better served. This individual will work on critical projects and solve the most complex business problems and issues as it relates to the project scope and related technology.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Strategic Alliances : Build strong partnerships with business and IS teams to align business needs, processes, and technology solutions with business strategies.
• Timely Delivery : Collaborate with IT teammates to ensure timely delivery of requirements and business artifacts for the software development lifecycle.
• Open Communication : Maintain effective communication and relationships with business and technical partners to facilitate the requirements process.
• Efficient Documentation : Quickly elicit business needs and document requirements concisely for easy understanding by all audiences.
• Requirements Artifacts : Develop requirements and business artifacts to support downstream processes like design, development, and QA.
• Leadership and Expertise : Provide leadership throughout the project lifecycle to clarify requirements and ensure the solution meets business needs.
• Customer Satisfaction : Assess and reconfirm customer satisfaction and expectations throughout the project.
• Requirements Validation : Work with business partners to validate requirements through reviews and walkthroughs.
• UAT Plans : Develop and assist in executing User Acceptance Test (UAT) plans with business partners.
• ORI Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Process: Work with the project teams and the business to build and test the relevant artifacts that are a part of the Old Republic SDLC.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to define and communicate business goals and visions for process improvement using BPM/BPI best practices.
• Documents current processes and identifies areas for improvement without major disruptions.
• Uses standard tools and techniques like process/data flow modeling, workflow analysis, and functional decomposition to create future-state process models.

Develop and maintain the following artifacts and deliverables:

• User Stories
• User Flows
• Acceptance Criteria
• Process Maps/Workflows
• Functional and Quality of Service (QOS) Requirements
• Business Rule Definition
• Data Entities/Transformation Rules
• Data Mapping Documents
• UAT Plans
• Requirements Baselines
• Traceability Diagrams and Matrices
• RFIs, RFPs, Business Cases, Scope Documents, etc.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• BA/BS Degree in a technology related field or other degree required.
• 3-5 years' experience in business or systems analysis.
• 3-5 years' experience working within a structured SDLC (Scrum, Waterfall, etc.)

• Excellent collaboration, communication, analytical, facilitation, negotiation, and organizational skills are required.
• Leadership, coaching, mentoring and team building skills are required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Excellent process driven analysis skills and a background in various requirements elicitation methods.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Business travel by air and/or automobile, may be needed.

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