Business Analyst (Closed)

The SkillStorm customer is seeking a Business Analyst.

Responsibilities:

• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
• Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis.
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver the following artifacts as needed: Functional requirements, Business Requirements Document), GUI, Screen and Interface designs.
• Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans.
• Act as an escalation point for other team members as issues arise, or system functionality is questioned.
• Act as project coordinator for strategic projects for the company.
• Act as the liaison among stakeholders to encourage innovation for process improvements and system enhancements that result in increased automation, productivity, satisfaction and data consistency.
• Ensure documentation of process improvements and business requirements for system enhancements are complete and proper approvals are obtained.
• Communicate with other Business Analysts to understand interdependencies of all projects.
• Provide project management of special initiatives as directed.
• Participate in the development of processes and procedures to facilitate enhancements and workflow with internal users.
• Prepare written responses to user requests for enhancements and other customer follow up requests in a timely manner.
• Review and approve system changes prior to being turned over to production.
• Work with the QA team to review and update test scripts.
• Translate business and user requests involving enhancements and improvement initiatives to software systems into Functional Requirement Specification documents.
• Provide systems training to operations and clients as required.
• Participate in production system roll out planning which may include assisting the training department in providing training and reviewing documentation.

Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree with a concentration in Computer Science or Business Administration preferred.
• Minimum 4 plus years systems/business analysis experience.
• Mortgage Banking/Vendor Management experience preferred.
• Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
• Proven ability to work as part of a team as well as independently.
• Ability to multi-task and manage priorities effectively.
• Ability to evaluate business processes from a business and technical perspective.
• Requirements gathering, analysis and documentation experience.
• Experience writing business system requirements as well as functional specification documents.

If you feel you meet these requirements, please visit the Career Center at www.skillstorm.com to apply. 

About SkillStorm: SkillStorm is the industry's fastest-growing staff augmentation and outsourcing company. We provide project management, engineering and IT solutions to many of the nation's elite organizations on a contract, contract-to-hire or direct placement basis. With offices nationwide, SkillStorm offers a wide range of competencies and an unrivaled depth of knowledge while retaining the personalized approach to each client's business.

For more information on SkillStorm, please visit us on the Web at www.SkillStorm.com.