Business Analyst (41122)

IDEALFORCE has a CONTRACT positions available immediately for Business Analysts to join our customer in Phoenix Arizona. This is an ONSITE position. Please find below additional details about this job. Kindly respond with your most up to date resume if you would like to pursue this opportunity. Client is considering only LOCAL CANDIDATES for this position. 

The Business Analyst’s role is to elicit, analyze, specify, and validate the business needs of stakeholders, be they customers or end users. This includes interviewing stakeholders and gathering and compiling user requirements to understand the technology solutions they need. The Business Analyst will also apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to help the business make good technology decisions. The Business Analyst will also be proactive about working with the Emerging Technology Analyst to look for new technologies to optimize business processes. The Business Analyst will play a pivotal role in ensuring IT’s understanding of business requirements.

-Collaborate with project sponsors to determine project scope and vision. -Clearly identify project stakeholders and establish user classes, as well as their characteristics. -Conduct interviews to gather user requirements via workshops, questionnaires, surveys, site visits, workflow storyboards, use cases, scenarios, and other methods. -Identify and establish scope and parameters of requirements analysis on a project-by-project basis to define project impact, outcome criteria, and metrics. -Perform cost-benefit and return on investment (ROI) analyses for proposed changes to aid management in making implementation decisions. -Work with stakeholders and project team to prioritize collected requirements. -Participate in the development and management of project plans related to application development initiatives, from project planning and design through testing, implementation and maintenance. -Research, review, and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing requirements-gathering processes and develop strategies for enhancing or further leveraging these processes. -Develop business cases which clearly articulate business requirements, options for potential solutions, financial benefit, risk analysis, cost and schedule, and benchmarking. -Develop use cases, test plans and perform testing and quality analysis in project execution. -Anticipate and communicate the business unit's technology needs to IT to ensure that technology priorities are established, prioritized, and driven by the business needs so as to maximize value of technology investments. -Collaborate in the planning, design, development, and deployment of new applications, and enhancements to existing applications. -Assist in building Run Books for hardware and software deployments. -Liaise with various business groups in the organization to facilitate implementation of new or improved business processes. -Work with stakeholders and project team for Change Management process. -Prioritize and manage competing business demands.

-College diploma or university degree in the field of business administration, computer science, finance, or information systems. -Three to five years related work experience. 

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES 

 -Demonstrated knowledge of the organization’s core business process and operations. -Proven experience with business and technical requirements analysis, elicitation, modeling, verification, and methodology development. -Experience overseeing the design, development, and implementation of software and hardware solutions, systems, or products. -Ability to create systematic and consistent requirements specifications in both technical and user-friendly language. -Exceptional analytical and statistical skills with the ability to apply them to systems issues and products as required. -Clear understanding of product management and market placement. -Demonstrated project management skills and project management software skills, including planning, organizing, and managing resources. -Understanding of application development and software development life cycle concepts. -Working knowledge of network and PC operating systems, including -Working knowledge of current network hardware, protocols, and standards. -Excellent understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives.

Additional Information :

- "All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines". 

- All candidates who are authorized to work in US are encouraged to apply.

- Candidates must clear the Background check prior to commencing the assignment.

THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES:

Email your candidate/s resume to  joseph dot shelton at idealforce.com along with the following details: Rate, Current location and Availability.

Disclaimer : 

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.