Business Analyst IV

Job Description

We have a position for a Business Analyst IV with one of our clients in Atlanta, GA for an initial contract duration of 5 months. No third party candidates considered for this position.

Consults with internal customers and external vendors to capture agreed-upon business objectives and processes. Performs research and fact-finding to determine business requirements for development of end-user programs, operational procedures and support. Communicates these processes and their implications to technical and non-technical contributors to ensure that applications accurately meet business users' goals. Business Analysts create system requirements, collaborating with the design teams to determine that application, database, & other system impacts based on the requirements. The Business Analyst works closely with other members of the technical teams to ensure all requirements are addressed in the solution design.     

• Facilitate creation of Business Requirements following a traditional approach, or using the Business Process and Analysis (BPA) methodology as determined by the project sponsor           
• Manage Scoring (approving) and Claiming processes with Business and Technology stakeholders to review and refine business requirements and use cases to ensure they are clear, concise and traceable; and to ensure business requirements will be satisfied by the appropriate teams / applications.   
• Identify project stakeholders, risks and benefits of alternate designs; document assumptions; assess project impact of system changes to users, internal and external customers       
• Develop System Requirements (SRQs), including process flows and use cases   
• Conduct SRQ reviews with project stakeholders and document consumers to ensure completeness and adherence to business requirements           
• Consult with internal customers, cross-functional team members and external vendors to capture agreed-upon business objectives and processes to define system requirements            
• Update and map SRQs to Business Requirements in the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)            
• Review Architecture, Engineering and Application Development designs and QA / UAT test plans to ensure requirements are met and the RTM is updated as required          
• Provide BA support for software testing and debugging plans to ensure requirements are met 10-Provide status reporting for project progress, issues, dependencies and risks    
• Level I:          
• Typically performs smaller chunks of work or is one of many analysts on a project
• Work is reviewed with frequent process checks during larger projects              
• Sphere of relationship and influence is primarily within the work team             
• Level II          
• Where knowledge may not be readily available, incumbents at this level know how & where to research and what information is necessary to document   
• Knowledge of the business may be deep in one functional area with surface understanding of other functional area.     
• Sphere of relationship and influence is primarily within the team & with key stakeholders      
• Level III         
• Proactively analyzes and documents solutions             
• Identifies risks/pitfalls and articulates possible options            
• Participates in business strategy & portfolio level discussions
• Knowledge of the business may be deep in one functional area with broad understanding of other functional areas.               
• Knowledge sharing and mentoring of lower level team members is customary              
• Sphere of relationship and influence is within team, with key stakeholders & with senior management             
• May facilitate meetings         
• Level IV         
• Proactive and avoids costly risks by providing optimal solutions           
• Maintains an awareness of industry standards and advances knowledge base of functional areas.
• Serves as primary consultant to business owners for solutions in lieu of external consultation
• Participates and provides input in business strategy & portfolio level discussions         
• Knowledge of the business is deep in more than one functional area with broad understanding of most functional areas.   
• Knowledge sharing and mentoring of lower level team members is expected
• Sphere of relationship and influence is with all levels of the organization         
• Identifies risks/pitfalls and articulates possible options            
• Provides guidance to business and is considered a ¿go to¿ person for the business function    
• Participates in vendor demonstrations, evaluations, and selection: may respond to RFP            
• Facilitates meetings