E-Business Analyst

Motion; Birmingham, Northern (AL, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Tuition reimbursement

Paid vacation

Sick leave

Holiday pay

Job summary

Motion Industries is seeking an IT Business Analyst III to collect, clarify, analyze, and translate business requirements into functional specs for development teams in Birmingham, AL. The role serves as a liaison between business operations and IT for requirements, design, testing, implementation, and support.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in Agile environments, strong communication, and the ability to guide users through testing and UAT within a Scrum

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience or equivalent combination.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments and requirement analysis.
• Ability to translate business needs into functional requirements.

Responsibilities

• Identify and analyze business problems and evaluate solutions.
• Lead requirements gathering and define project scope and objectives.
• Act as Product Owner within Scrum/Agile teams and coordinate testing.
• Develop documentation and user manuals or wikis for products.
• Mentor less experienced staff and coordinate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Agile/Scrum

Product Owner

Stakeholder facilitation

Jira

Pivotal Tracker

CollabNet Team Forge

Project management

Requirements gathering

Documentation

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.

Since 1928, GPC has set the standards for performance and value for our customers and our stakeholders.

Today, we’re proud to say we’re the largest global auto parts network and a leading industrial parts distributor, one that offers rewarding careers that combine small company feel with a global scale.

Our strengths are in the relationships we build and the value we deliver by merging local expertise with a global force.