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Sr. Business Analyst

Deerfield Beach, FL 3 days hybrid onsite

We are currently seeking a Senior Level Business Analyst (contract position) in Deerfield, FL. Start date would be ASAP (contract – 6 months with potential extensions) Please include the candidate’s all-inclusive rate in your response, as well as copies of any applicable certifications.

The Sr. Business Analyst is responsible for understanding business needs, assessing the business impact of those changes, and capturing, analyzing and documenting requirements, providing clear stakeholder communications and supporting them with the delivery of solutions.

Responsibilities will include:

●Elicit, understand, interpret and represent functional and nonfunctional requirements to include business and stakeholder requirements, data and information requirements, data integration, metadata, data quality, service levels and performance

●Have Agile experience with writing user stories, features, definition of done and Objectives & Key Results

●Plan and facilitate requirements elicitation sessions using a variety of techniques and be able to translate the business needs into technical requirements.

●Function as liaison between information systems group, vendors, business groups and other departments as needed

●Articulate technology in terms stakeholders can understand, and conversely articulate business concepts and processes to the technical team

●Analyze, categorize, document, and validate requirements to the appropriate level of granularity so that technical teams can translate to system design

●Work with quality assurance and business teams in defining the QA strategy, test plans and use cases for QA activities

●Communicate planned and unplanned activities to appropriate parties as needed

●Anticipate and understand the impact of changes in business objectives and its effect on project scope as well as the downstream impact

QUALIFICATION STANDARDS:

Experience:

●Bachelor’s degree or equivalent plus 7 or more years of professional experience in the business analysis discipline

●CBAP and/or CDMP or CBIP certification(s) is preferred

●Experience with source system data analysis and understanding of various data and file structures (flat files and RDBMS) is a plus

●Experience on projects involving data analysis, data mapping, data integration and/or data warehousing

●Experience working on waterfall, Agile and hybrid projects

●Knowledge of data profiling, cleansing and data conversion processes, techniques and/or tools is a plus

●Experience working on projects with third-party vendors

Competencies/Capabilities:

●Working knowledge of multiple areas of business analysis (concepts, principles and practices)

●Understanding of:

oProject management principles

oData management principles and practices

oData modeling concepts and techniques

oTechnology concepts, trends, and capabilities

oSoftware development lifecycle and models/methodologies

●Solid analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills, leveraging both logic and creativity

●Excellent written and oral communication, as well as good organizational and presentation skills with a strong attention to detail

●Interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships within and between individuals and cross-functional teams

●Strong facilitation and meeting management skills

●Escalation of concerns in a timely and appropriate manner

●Ability to understand the unique needs of the customer and translate to actionable results while delivering high quality outcomes

●High achievement orientation with a willingness to learn

●Ability to think abstractly, identify patterns, and generate ideas and solutions

●Strong desire to understand the organization, its industry, and associated strategies

●Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a dynamic environment

●Good process-orientation with the ability to understand and reengineer existing business processes to recommend new processes and procedures

●Proactively accept and manage change to accomplish positive outcomes

●Skillful at applying business and technical skills to drive innovation and performance improvement

●Ability to deliver superior customer service

●Ability to work effectively and efficiently in a remote environment