Senior IT Business Analyst

Job Description

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CLA, one of the nation's largest public accounting and professional services firm is currently seeking a Senior IT Business Analyst to join our growing Enterprise Business Solutions team, this position has an option to be fully remote.

Position Summary:

The Sr. IT Business Analyst will support and translate business needs into technical requirements for modification, implementation, or conversion of business systems or processes. They also ensure all solutions support and conform to business needs and specifications. They will interact on a regular basis with other IT architects and team members, business users, Managers, and Principals. They will also work with external vendors. The position allows you the opportunity to work from home as well! The ideal candidate would enjoy collaborating with a team and contributing ideas, have the ability to work with multiple personality styles, and be solution driven. This opportunity provides growth, skill advancement and work life balance.

As a Senior IT Business Analyst, you will:

Business Analysis:

Collaborate with business groups to identify, document and communicate business needs and provide IT solutions

Perform current state analysis of existing business systems, applications and functions

Document, analyze and assess current business processes and underlying systems/applications

Plan, elicit, capture, analyze and validate business, functional and technical requirements

Manage user stories throughout the development process including clear documentation, refinement, tracking, prioritization, and backlog management

Project Planning:

Facilitate requirements elicitation sessions and walkthroughs with business and IT resources

Answer questions and clarify requirements for projects and enhancements during the estimation process

Produce timely and high-quality requirements-related work products, including requirement specifications, process flows, mock-ups and qualifications

Collaborate with other departments and IT to develop business cases associated with new project requests

Systems Support:

Develop knowledge to CLA core systems, applications and technical platforms

Plan, facilitate and execute system/functional testing and UAT for projects and enhancements

Understand the relationships, dependencies and impact of neighboring business functions

Coordinate tactical-related business requests for IT development enhancements

Technical Competencies:

Proficient in business process modeling/mapping (as-is and to-be), test planning, test case development and execution

Proficiency with Agile practices, Microsoft Office, Azure DevOps, and process mapping applications

As our ideal candidate, you have:

Experience: Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience in IT is required. of overall IT experience including software development processes, planning, facilitating, eliciting, documenting and managing business, functional and technical requirements

Education: Bachelor's degree required. Combination of education, training and experience may be accepted in lieu of degree. Degree in Information Technology or related field is preferred

Expected travel less 10%

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