Business Analyst / Valid B1B2 US Visa

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF POSITION: The Business Analyst is a strategic team member responsible for eliciting, documenting, and driving to completion the product requirements defined by the client as a business need. As the BA, you are business centric in your approach, working with diverse business entities to identify concise requirements, define user stories and provide As-Is, To-Be, and GAP analysis. You will be highly collaborative, are able to 'read between the lines', and able to build and maintain strong relationships as you represent the client/customer needs to the IT teams. You will assist in UAT, create training documents and assist with knowledge transfer. In smaller, non PMO projects, you will assume project manager responsibilities.

MAJOR AREAS OF PERFORMANCE:

• Conduct interviews to gather the business need, document that need in clear, testable requirements
• Collaborate with the Business and IT teams in the planning, design, development, and deployment of new applications and enhancements to existing applications.
• Partner with Business and IT teams to derive consensus on the best solution to business problems
• Partner with technical teams to understand existing configuration and modifications required for the delivery of solutions, enhancements, and customer migrations
• Document requirements in the form of user stories and epics
• Develop and contribute to use case/user stories documentation and estimates
• Develop and contribute to the technical system documentation of requirements
• Develop models and document business processes and business rules/decision models
• Develop knowledge transfer documentation and conduct initial training sessions
• Support the end users questions and issues as we implement new solutions
• Actively contribute to the results of a team and work toward achieving team goals and objectives
• Contribute to the mentoring of less experienced BA's and improve the business analysis and technical functions through best practices and education o Work with partner BAs and review their deliverables to ensure they meet guidelines

QUALIFICATIONS (EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS) REQUIRED:

This role requires experience as a Business Analyst in deriving requirements and creation of a variety of BA deliverables including graphical models

• Excellent phone etiquette, diction, and succinctness • Able to work with minimal direction and supervision

• Strong interpersonal communication skills (written, verbal, presentation, negotiation)

• Technical aptitude to complement your business knowledge

• Experience with multiple SDLC including waterfall, agile, or hybrid methodologies

• Experience in supply chain from OMS through TMS is a plus

• CBAP or other Business Analysis certification is a plus

• 4 year college degree preferred 2 of 2 Supervisor, Facilities 12/2013 PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS This position requires the following physical activities: reaching, sitting, lifting, finger dexterity, grasping, feeling, repetitive motions, talking, hearing and visual acuity.