The API Business Systems Analyst enables change by working with clients to define their needs and working with the Technology Services teams to recommend solutions. The API Business Systems Analyst is responsible for collecting and documenting business requirements from various business teams and provides written functional requirements for various technology teams. This key role is the liaison between business teams and technology teams.
API Business Systems AnalystResponsibilities:
Work with client to identify requirements and think critically about what will make it successful; write user stories that effectively communicate the business' requirements and that are easily consumed by software development teams
Attend and lead Business stakeholder meetings; provide project status reporting to management; assist with testing scenarios and validate results
Create deliverables such as process flows, wireframes, mockups and functional prototypes to effectively communicate design strategies and detailed interaction behaviors
Prepare and deliver client presentations
Advocate on behalf of Business to IT, and advocate on behalf of IT to Business
Become a Subject Matter Expert on a variety of packages and custom business
Go beyond just reading and understanding information, to making sense of it, and finding patterns for improvement
API Business Systems AnalystRequirements:
7+ years of prior experience as a Business Analyst or other IT role, such as support or development
BA / BS in IT, statistics, computer science, mathematics, information management or a related field or equivalent experience
Strong investigative and analytical skills
Curious, self-motivated, independent
Interpersonal communication skills with the ability to work independently or as part of a team with both the Business and technology staff
Skilled at defining and documenting business and functional requirements for ongoing system enhancement initiatives in agile software development environments
Experience writing clear acceptance criteria to a testable level specifically for APIs
Experience with EDI file formats and other proprietary data exchange formats
Experience leading or participating in all Agile meetings including: sprint planning, sprint grooming, review, demo, stand-up and retrospective sessions
Experience in all phases of product, software and testing lifecycles
Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills
Microsoft Office experience: Word for documentation, Excel for data handling, excellent skills with Visio for diagrams, PowerPoint for presentation and Outlook for email
Firm understanding of relational databases, database structures and design and data management
LaSalle Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer m/f/d/v.
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