Sr BA - Technical at Horizontal Talent in Golden Valley, Minnesota

Job Description:

This role is the liaison between key Business Stakeholders and IT in the analysis and delivery of system changes to support IT and Operational projects. Responsible for facilitation, assessment and documentation of project scope, business risks, business and technical requirements and the overall testing strategy with test cases. Facilitates requirements gathering sessions with key stakeholders and is responsible for business requirement documentation and traceability to technical requirements. Develops user acceptance and validation test plans. Leads execution of user acceptance testing and ensures business readiness. Creates user stories and acceptance criteria. Delivers demos of completed features and user stories. Identifies opportunities for improvement in the SDLC and PDLC, makes recommendations, and advocates for improvements as appropriate. Supports project timelines and stakeholder needs; a good communicator with intent to do good on behalf of stakeholders.

Types of projects to be analyzed can include legacy system decommissions, so technical expertise is appreciated.

Key Responsibilities:

Ensure status is updated and tracked appropriately in the single source of truth.
Qualifications:

• 6-7 years Business Analyst Experience


• Strong analytical and project management skills


• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry


• Self-starter who can work independently


• Excellent written, verbal, communication and presentation skills


• Ability to work across delivery team, to coordinate delivery and implementation


• Experience with external vendors

Preferred:

• 8-10 years Business Analyst Experience

• Strong leadership ability, with experience coaching other analysts


• Six Sigma, and/or Business Analyst training or certification a plus (CBAP, BABOK)


• Experience with the Agile framework (SAFe, Scrum, KanBan)


• Knowledge of Jira and/or Polarion (epics, user stories, tasks, subtasks