The primary responsibility of the Business Analyst is to assess overall business objectives within one or more business groups and design business processes in such a way that they may be effectively modeled and configured. The Business Analyst must also apply a broad knowledge of business strategies, industry specifics, and various technical functions to accurately implement change and anticipate organizational impacts.
Essential Job Functions:
Understand business analysis and process design
Utilize functionality to satisfy business requirements and business process design
Gain proficiency with data visualization tools and learn to incorporate best practices
Read and understand contracts and/or legal documents to facilitate business setup and design
Ability to effectively document processes, solutions, and decisions
Work as a liaison among stakeholders to elicit, analyze, communicate, validate, and document data and system requirements that may result in changes to business processes, policies, and systems
Develop familiarity with business functions, as well as established priorities and sequences for processes
Develop business relationships and integrate activities with various IT departments to ensure successful implementation and support project efforts
Monitor and report to management on the status of project efforts, anticipating/identifying issues that inhibit the attainment of project goals and implementing corrective actions
Dependable and predictable attendance is required
Education/Experience/Skills:
Basic Requirements:
Dedicated self-starter with a high level of initiative, assertiveness, curiosity, and inquisitiveness
Quick study with the desire to continuously develop and grow professionally and personally
Contributes ideas and builds off others ideas
A methodical and analytical approach to solving problems
An ability to explain technical information to non-technical people
Ability to work effectively, communicate, and relate to a wide variety of personalities at different levels
Ability to effectively work on multiple projects simultaneously
Detail-oriented; positive attitude; team-oriented
Preferred:
Bachelors degree in Data Science, Computer Science or Management Information Systems preferred
Experience building complex and visually appealing data visualizations using tools like Tableau, PowerBI, Spotfire, etc.
Experience with Object Oriented coding languages preferred
Familiarity with application development the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) preferred
Writing SQL queries to join and transform datasets
Basic Git/GitHub usage for version control
Familiarity with applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence