Senior IT Business Analyst

CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm where our purpose is to create opportunities every day, for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. Even with more than 8,500 people, 130 U.S. locations, and a global reach, we promise to know you and help you.

CLA is dedicated to building a culture that invites different beliefs and perspectives to the table, so we can truly know and help our clients, communities, and each other.

CLA is looking to hire a Senior IT Business Analyst to join our growing Internal IT team.

About the role:

This role uses knowledge of software and IT for analyzing, transforming, and finally resolving existing business problems using technology. By serving as a liaison between the business stakeholders and implementation teams, the technical business analyst plays an integral role in ensuring that technical solutions achieve the business needs.

As a Senior IT Business Analyst, you will:

• 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

What you will need:

• 5 years of experience planning, facilitating, eliciting, documenting, and managing business, functional and technical requirements. 3 years of experience interfacing with implementation teams.
• Bachelor's degree or combination of experience, education and training may be accepted in lieu of degree

Our Perks:

• Flexible PTO (designed to offer flexible time away for you!)
• Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave
• Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Mental health coverage
• Quarterly Wellness stipend
• Fertility benefits
• Complete list of benefits here

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Wellness at CLA

To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.

To view a complete list of benefits click here.