It - Business Systems Analyst

Job Description: JOB SUMMARY:
IT Business Systems Analysts serves as a liaison for assigned business areas and provides consultative guidance to achieve business objectives by serving as a resource in the analysis of business and user needs and the application of technology solutions, to help define and achieve objectives, identify risk and implement technology solutions. Conducts feasibility studies, prepares user stories/business requirements, and writes system and programming specifications to support the design of possible technology solutions. Provides input into cost estimations and project plans. Prepares user acceptance criteria, test plans, and test cases and conducts functional/user testing. Prepares and maintains technical documentation including flow charts, models, and procedures, user guides, scorecards and reporting. Performs root-cause analysis and issue resolution for the ongoing operation and maintenance of technology solutions. The IT Business Systems Analyst possesses strong knowledge of assigned business area(s) operations and the IT systems/applications used. May participate on an agile development team. Assigned to complex projects, systems or initiatives.
REQUIREMENTS:
Analyzes business needs to determine technical requirements and identifies impacted areas/systems/processes and evaluates alternative solutions
Design, develop, documents, test or support modification of computer programs and/or systems
Researches and assists in designs solutions for general maintenance requests to resolve system problems
Prepares detailed system requirements and assists in functional design solutions for new products/functionality and enhancements to existing products/functionality
Provide oversight and final review of design specification
Take the initiative to seek out areas of improvement
Assigned to highly complex projects, systems or initiatives
Provides input into forecasting and project-planning for Product/requirements documents and/or vendor contracts to minimize risk to on time, cost effective solution fulfillment.
Leads a systematic process for capturing requirements.
Works with partners to capture requirements in a standard format that can serve as the foundation for developing technical documentation.
Using SDLC processes and associated tools, analyzes current system targeted for replacement/enhancement to determine business and technical functions to be included in design.
Prepare crosswalks for transforming input data to output with application of rules
Works with Developers and other IT staff to determine system components and functional flow of components and data between components.
Validates the design documentation with the appropriate parties and receives approval on these documents.
Reviews final design documents to ensure that they clearly explain the work expectations.
Clarifies design expectations. Answer business and technical questions. Researches and involves appropriate parties to resolve more complex business and technical issues.
Continuously assesses systems as business direction changes for impacts to existing designs. Understands impacts and works as appropriate to determine best solution.
Provide consultative support for the systems within their product family
Partner with developers and other IT staff to ensure the design fulfills business and technical requirements
Responsible for relationship management responsibilities for assigned vendors
Prepare technical documentation and deliverables including flow charts, models, and procedures, user guides, scorecards and reporting.
Ensures adherence to practices, standards, policies and procedures.
Develops test scenarios & test cases, performs test executions for various system components.
Prepares complex test strategies to ensure comprehensive coverage of system components and interfaces; provides SME level expertise and recommends test strategies and scenarios for junior level analysts.
Develops and documents vetted contingency plans in case of risks or roadblocks
Responsible for consensus and relationship building between Business, IT teams and BRMs
Other duties as assigned
Strong knowledge of MS Excel and MS Visio
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
The preferred qualifications listed below reflect desired knowledge, skill, and/or experience.
Additional Preferred Qualifications:
Ability to write simple to complex SQL Queries
Experience in Application development, testing, and/or business/systems analysis role
Various Domain experience; Health Care, Financial, etc
Experience using Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodology
Specific tools, languages and specialty skills may vary
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
3-5 years' experience in Application development, testing, and/or business/systems analysis role
REQUIRED EDUCATION:
Bachelors Degree in an IT related field or relevant work experience
Interview Time- Teams
** MUST be located in Central or Eastern time zone. No Pacific time zone.
Equipment - Shipped
Comments for Suppliers: Interview Time- Teams
** MUST be located in Central or Eastern time zone. No Pacific time zone.
Equipment - Shipped
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
The preferred qualifications listed below reflect desired knowledge, skill, and/or experience.
Additional Preferred Qualifications:
Ability to write simple to complex SQL Queries
Experience in Application development, testing, and/or business/systems analysis role
Various Domain experience; Health Care, Financial, etc
Experience using Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodology
Specific tools, languages and specialty skills may vary
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
3-5 years' experience in Application development, testing, and/or business/systems analysis role