Business Analyst

CloudAxiom INC; California (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudaxiom is seeking a Business Analyst in California, Missouri, to lead business analysis efforts for strategic initiatives and complex projects. You will work closely with stakeholders to define requirements, conduct risk assessments, and ensure effective documentation throughout the project lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and experience developing integrated requirements. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and knowledge of Jira and Confluence are essential. Strong interpersonal and analytical skills are critical to succeeding in this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Information Systems, Accounting, Business Management, Project Management or related degree.
• Experience developing complex, integrated business requirements for information technology projects.
• Strong analytical skills to critically evaluate and reconcile information.

Responsibilities

• Direct business analysis effort for strategic initiatives or complex projects.
• Document user requirements clearly in user story format.
• Highlight project issues and manage risks affecting project expectations.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Conflict management

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Planning skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office (Project, Visio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Direct business analysis effort for strategic initiatives or divisional level projects/programs of the highest complexity and impact.

Partnering with enterprise architects, BRMs, and/or solution architects, work with business sponsors to define business requirements.

Facilitate cross functional product team meetings to ensure understanding of the business and technical implications of client requirements across multiple functional areas

Identify project stakeholders and elicit requirements from the stakeholders using appropriate methods.

Document all user requirements, functional requirements and non-functional requirements clearly, unambiguously and concisely in the agreed upon user story format.

Lead and facilitate ongoing requirement or user story prioritization.

Working with the enterprise architect and/or solution architect, provide research and analysis to support the selection of business application software required to support business requirements.

Coordinate the work effort of a project with assigned resources.

Highlight project issues and project risks that could cause the project to not meet expectations.

Document change requests and follow the approval process.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Information Systems, Accounting, Business Management, Project Management or related degree

Key Competencies/Skills

Excellent interpersonal, planning, organizational, verbal communication, and documentation skills

Experience developing complex, integrated business requirements for information technology projects

Experience with introducing new methods and techniques to improve process efficiencies

Being able to effectively communicate with stakeholders about their needs and ask the right questions to surface essential requirements information

Ability to manage conflict and elevate situations effectively as needed (resource constraints, conflicting goals, disagreements etc.)

Strong analytical skills, to critically evaluate the information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts and decompose high-level information into details

Ability to effectively work independently and across teams, functions and departments.

Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications: Project, Visio, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Knowledge of Jira and Confluence