Adaptive Solutions Group is a premier provider of information technology personnel. We provide a variety of technical professionals available for contract, contract to hire, or direct placement positions to companies in and around the Kansas City and St. Louis areas.
We are currently looking for a Business Analyst to join our team.
Responsibilities
Responsible for building and maintaining a strong business-IT relationship with a key stakeholders and leaders to enable open communication and clear expectations regarding application development delivery.
Engage with customers to understand their needs and ensure prioritization and alignment to business strategic objectives.
Act as a point of escalation on active initiatives.
Planning
Prepares business cases working with business partners.
Collaborates heavily with Program Managers to initiate large projects, including resource planning, estimation, governance, approval, and kickoff.
Contribute to the approach for requirements elicitation and methods for requirements management and communication.
Ensures business opportunities and objectives are clearly articulated.
Performs feasibility analysis as required for projects.
Analysis, Design, Execution
Assists with process improvement and/or reengineering.
Performs requirements elicitation, using techniques per plan.
Document requirements establishes scope and objectives.
Prioritizes requirements working with business partners and creates conceptual prototypes and mock-ups.
Uses business process modeling, traceability and quality management techniques per methodology.
Performs requirements management and communication; apply best practices for effective communication and problem-solving.
Complies with Change Management practices
Leadership
Will take on assignments for large projects, and others as assigned.
Monitors the technical team solution to ensure requirements fulfillment and solution evaluation.
In conjunction with Program Manager and business partners, manages strategy, approach and needs of incoming projects within function.
Leads and coordinates activities associated with requirements management vehicles.
Provides coaching to other BAs assigned to projects to successfully accomplish objectives.
Measurement
Performs and documents quality assurance testing
Facilitates and documents end user acceptance testing
Accountable for Service Level Agreements
Reviews and monitors the effectiveness of business analysis via outcomes and lessons learned.
Provides status reports and health metrics to Program Manager on a regular basis.
Required Qualifications
Business education
Experience with ITIL framework and IT product methodologies
Familiarity with testing techniques and software
Business acumen coupled with technical aptitude
Experience working on technology and application development projects including developing technical requirements
Strong data analysis skills, experienced in SQL and Excel
Strong listening skills
Strong research skills with attention to detail
Experience developing functional and non-functional requirements
Excellent written and verbal communication, including technical writing skills; consultative approach
Ability to conduct cost/benefit analysis and business case development
Recognized within the organization as demonstrating expertise in business analysis methods and techniques
Experience working closely with team members during solution development and product launch
Experience developing use cases
Experience developing data and/or process flows
Must be able to work independently and proactively
Excellent organizational, analytical, and independent problem-solving skills
Demonstrated successful performance with giving presentations to both small and large audiences, and coordinating and completing multiple tasks within established and changing deadlines
Ability to contribute and collaborate effectively as a member of a highly-functioning and productive team
Demonstrated understanding of client relationship management, process mapping and improvement, project management, and production support
Proven ability to provide business analysis to meet customer expectations
Demonstrated understanding of business analyst tools and techniques; demonstrated proficiency using MS Office and Visio.
Adaptive Solutions Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package that includes medical, dental, STD/LTD, life insurance coverage, 401k, paid vacation and holidays.
Adaptive Solutions Group is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.