Business Analyst
NYC, NY (Onsite is must)
Full Time
- Skill:
Review, analyze and evaluate business systems and user needs. Document requirements, define scope and objectives and formulate overall business goals. Work closely with a team of programmers to achieve those goals. Work with Salesforce, Web, & AS400 developers.Quality assurance testing of final product.
Requires 2-4 years of experience in business analysis and software quality control. Familiar with relational database concepts and client-server concepts. Rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
Responsibilities:
- Determine operational objectives by studying business functions; gathering information; evaluating output requirements and formats
- Construct workflow charts and diagrams; studying system capabilities; writing specifications
- Improve systems by studying current practices, designing modifications
- Recommend controls by identifying problems, writing improved procedures
- Define project requirements by identifying project milestones, phases and elements
- Monitor project progress by tracking activity; resolving problems; publishing progress reports; recommending actions
- Maintain user confidence and protect operations by keeping information confidential
- Prepare technical reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends
- Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
- Validate resource requirements and develop time estimate models
- Suggest changes to senior management using analytics to support your recommendations. Actively participate in the implementation of approved changes
- Create informative, actionable and repeatable reporting that highlights relevant business trends and opportunities for improvement
- Conduct insightful, ad hoc analyses to investigate ongoing or one-time operational issues
- Perform Quality Assurance testing on finished and in-development applications.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience
- Salesforce, SQL, Advanced Excel experience strongly preferred
- Showcase Query Tool, Web QA, and/or AS400 experience a plus
- Ability to impact operations and effect change without being confrontational
- Detail oriented, analytical and inquisitive
- Ability to work independently and with others
- Extremely organized with strong time-management skills