E-Business Analyst

Genuine Parts Company; Alabama; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Industries seeks an IT Business Analyst III to translate complex business needs into clear requirements and functional specifications. You will serve as a liaison between operations and information systems, supporting design, development, testing, and implementation.

Under limited supervision, you will act as Product Owner within an Agile team, facilitate stakeholder sessions, and guide project deliverables from concept to deployment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of IT/business analysis experience.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum development and IT solutions delivery.
• Strong communication and stakeholder facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify and understand business problems and processes, evaluate solutions.
• Gather requirements, define scope and objectives for complex projects.
• Lead efforts to deliver quality business and IT deliverables.
• Prepare design documentation and system specifications.
• Act as Product Owner within an Agile team.
• Coordinate with business and technology teams on requirements and testing.
• Mentor junior staff as needed.

Skills

Agile knowledge

Requirements capture

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Pivotal Tracker

CollabNet Team Forge

Job description

SUMMARY

Under limited supervision, the IT Business Analyst III develops the ability to collect, clarify,
analyze, and translate business requirements into documentation and functional
requirements from which solutions are developed. This role serves as a liaison between
business operations and information systems for requirements, design, development,
configuration, testing, implementation, and application support.

You must be eligible to work in the US without Visa Sponsorship.

JOB DUTIES

• Works with end users to identify and understand business problems and processes and
  evaluates potential solutions.
• Identifies and analyzes business needs, conducts requirements gathering, and defines
  scope and objectives for more complex projects.
• Leads the effort to solve problems and produce quality deliverables to support business
  needs.
• Ensures adequate conceptual and detailed design documentation is prepared through
  the process of analysis, modeling, and specification.
• Writes documentation describing how a system operates or how to use it, depending on
  the different roles in the organization via user manual or wiki for products.
• Verifies and validates conceptual and detailed design software requirements that are in
  line with documented and implicit business processes.
• Identifies and solves problems through root cause analysis. Develops testing plans,
  criteria, and scripts. Guides users through the testing process.
• Prepares and delivers project and system presentations.
• Acts as the Product Owner within a Scrum / Agile team.
• Analyzes business and technical processes to formulate and develop new and modified
  business information processing systems.
• coordinates with business and technology teams ascertaining system requirements,
  such as program functions, output requirements, input data acquisition, and execution of
  user acceptance, and may coordinate testing.
• Identifies and suggests performance improvement changes.
• Mentors less experienced staff members and provides guidance on a regular basis
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Typically requires a bachelor's degree and five (5) or more years of experience or an
equivalent combination.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, TDD, FDD, etc.
• Knowledge of Agile tools utilized from story to design task and release, such as Jira,
  Pivotal Tracker, CollabNet Team Forge, etc.
• Advanced technical aptitude.
• Consultative skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate information
  verbally, visually, and in written format across at all levels of the company.
• Experience developing and implementing systems using Agile/Scrum methodology.
• Experience utilizing or deploying IT solutions to meet business requirements.
• Ability to coordinate tasks and priorities across multiple projects.
• Strong understanding of business intelligence concepts and applications.
• Ability to effectively capture requirements and facilitate sessions with business
  stakeholders.
• Project management skills.
• Proven ability to conceptualize, exercise judgment and think creatively.

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

First level Scrum Master Certification (CSM, PSM I), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Certification of Capability in Business Analysis (CCBA) or Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP) certification is preferred.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

No Supervisory Responsibility

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY

No

COMPANY INFORMATION

Motion Industries offers an excellent benefits package which includes options for healthcare
coverage, 401(k), tuition, reimbursement, vacation, sick, and holiday pay.

DISCLAIMER

This job description illustrates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job classification. It is not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and skills required. Management retains the right to add or modify duties at any time.

GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.