Business Analyst (Agile) - onsite in Frankfort, KY - SSP

We have an immediate need for an exceptional Business Analyst to join our team in Frankfort, KY. This opportunity will be both in-office and remote.

The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, critical thinking skills, possesses leadership skills, and will be committed to delivering successful and quality work products that completely address Business Unit requirements. The candidate must have the ability to envision impacts and possibilities of their work on the broader organization and apply those thoughts to improve their analysis efforts.

Core Responsibilities
The IT BA will assist the Project Manager (PM) in the management of the project work by facilitating communication with the business unit/customer, project team, and other stakeholders as necessary related to requirements and proposed solution for the project. The BA will elicit business requirements (features & user stories) for assigned project requests, and manage the product backlog. For each upcoming sprint, the BA will
decompose the user stories to a consumable level that is understood by the developers. The BA will lead the team in the identification of acceptance criteria for the decomposed user stories. The BA will ask business stakeholders probing questions and communicate that information to the development team to ensure they understand the requested work. The BA is expected to understand the business processes and to use that
knowledge to make recommendations for business process improvements as well as improve the value to the end user.

An ideal candidate will support identified projects and other efforts by:
Driving the adoption and integration of the BA roles and processes
Must have working experience with AGILE and with User Stories - resume must reflect experience
Assess customers current capabilities and needs and identify potential products as solutions
Act as a liaison between project stakeholders
Identify business needs and drivers of value and success
Work with technical teams to determine and justify a solution approach that maximizes customer value through improvements to workflow, production, efficiency and/or effectiveness
Provide technical and non-technical assistance to team members by developing technical documentation
Work with project/business stakeholders and/or users to gather, document, and validate solution (system and software) requirements
Work with the development team on task creation and estimating
Work with the technical development team to ensure that requirements are effectively implemented
Work with project/business stakeholders and/or users to facilitate user acceptance testing

Client Business Analyst Job Description
Work with customer contacts after solution delivery to understand ongoing needs and issues along with associated business drivers, and assist in triaging within Labor IT to engage resources to provide the appropriate response/resolution
Assist the PM with management of the project by owning the analysis and testing components of the project
Lead the development team through the Development phase of the project by researching and answering questions about the defined work, identified bugs, and assisting in technical roadblocks - escalating as defined in the project s technical escalation process
Create and maintain the testing plan for the project following an iterative development methodology
Employ an iterative development methodology and lead the effort in defining features, user stories, and acceptance criteria
Manage user story (requirements), use case, and artifact gathering processes and clearly communicate to the business and technical team members what is needed
Ask probing questions to fully understand user stories with the ability to provide feedback on possible implications of any and all requests
Accurately and concisely articulate issues, questions, and recommendations to business stakeholders, team members, and management
Work with the business unit to manage the expectations for project completion
Understand the as-is and to-be business processes to ensure all parties are working toward the same goal
Model the expected system interactions, particularly when software is being developed
Identify gaps in data requirements between what is in place and what is needed
Model the data requirements or work with the appropriate people to ensure that the data will support the new solution
Create mock-ups of the new user interfaces as needed.
Support the business unit and development team by discussing business and technical impacts of any dependencies related to priority decisions
Work closely with stakeholders in developing user scenarios as needed
Work with continuous improvement in mind in order to identify and document system
recommendations for current and future development
Work with users to update business processes and procedures guidelines

Minimum Requirements
Bachelor s Degree with a focus in IT or equivalent combination of experience/knowledge
2-3 Years experience working with businesses to identify and document IT needs and facilitate solutions
Experience and comfort with business analysis, requirements definition & validation
Knowledge of and experience with agile processes
Strong analytical, design and problem solving skills
Ability to work independently/self-reliant and show initiative with minimum supervision
Ability to quickly learn new technologies and apply appropriately to business situations
Strong team player who enjoys working in a fast paced team atmosphere
Ability to work under pressure; meet strict deadlines
Ability to listen effectively and seek clarification
Ability to build a rapport with clients
Excellent written and oral communication skills in English. Must be able to effectively and comfortably communicate with all types of individuals from the customer technical expert to the customer executive management