Business Analyst Jobs

Salary: $ 60.00/hr

We have partnered with a Insurance client based in the Golden Valley, MN area to provide them with a Business Analyst. Please review the below description and let us know if you are interested.

Prioritized Must Have Skills For The Business Analyst

#1. 8-10 years' experience required: 8-10 years of relevant technical and business work experience

#2. Four-year degree required: bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field, specialized training or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities Of The Business Analyst

• Partner with Development Lead to facilitate business comprehension of new system design and report out of system analyst work. Coach and/or Mentor more junior staff within functional and project teams
• Provide leadership to project team and identify key stakeholders to support the project objectives supporting the business case and Cost Benefit Analysis. Identify and agree on approach, scope and objectives. Document and communicate priorities and future phases.
• Work with Quality Assurance Team and end-users to develop test cases and acceptance criteria and assist in validating test results. Where needed, lead quality assurance activities including design and execution of test cases. Investigate, resolve and escalate problems. Analyze metrics to ensure customer satisfaction and process improvement opportunities
• Establish liaison relationship with business partners and technical team to provide technical solutions to meet user needs. Assess client needs utilizing a structured requirements process (gathering, analyzing, documenting, and managing changes) to assist in identifying business priorities. Support the planning and facilitate the requirement review sessions to ensure alignment across all business units.
• Under limited supervision, responsible for collaborating with business partners and the IT outsourcing provider Allianz Technology of America to ensure quality delivery that adheres to Allianz Standards. This role is critical to ensuring that the delivery of technology solutions meets business needs, provides a positive customer experience, and meets Allianz global and regulatory IT and Security requirements.

Requirements Of The Business Analyst

Minimum Experience & Education Requirements:

• Four-year degree required: bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field, specialized training or equivalent work experience.
• 8-10 years' experience required: 8-10 years of relevant technical and business work experience

Technical Competencies

• Systems Thinking
• Quality Assurance Principles
• Process and Data Modeling
• Understanding of SDLC Methodologies Waterfall and Agile
• Proficient in writing User Stories
• Project/Program Management Knowledge
• Information Systems Knowledge
• UML Modeling Standards
• Technical Specification Analysis & High-Level Design
• Stakeholder impact and Business Requirements Analysis

Skills

• Detailed analytical abilities
• Strong experience in user testing and project management
• SQL database management and maintenance skills
• Practical application ability with Microsoft Office and Visio
• Application Life Cycle Tools (Jira or Polarion is preferred)

Preferred

• Certified Scrum Master and / or Product Owner
• Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP) or master's Certificate in Business Analysis

Behavioural Competencies

• Strong Initiative
• Facilitation and leadership
• Results Orientation
• Collaboration
• Client Partnership
• Consulting
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication
• Information Seeking

Other Key Requirements

• 3 months and will evaluate converting
• Local candidates only! Candidate is expected to be in the office 3 days/week.
• Only US OR Green Card citizens
• In office role

About Relevante, Inc. the Recruiting Firm Representing the Client for this Job

Relevante is an accounting & technology direct hire recruiting and contract staffing firm. We help our Clients identify and recruit the best talent in the market and help our candidates win engaging and enriching jobs. Our Clients are some of the best companies to work for among F1000 and emerging fast growth companies in the region. Relevante has been consistently ranked as a fast growth company and one of the largest recruiting, accounting, and management consulting firms in the Philadelphia region. To stay connected with our network, please follow us on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/relevante.