Functional Business Analyst

Procyonts, Inc.; Fairlawn (OH); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Procyonts, Inc. is seeking a seasoned Business Analyst to define functional requirements, write user stories, and document processes across the product lifecycle. You will liaise between IT and business units, focusing on inventory management from DCs to stores and customers, while coordinating testing with stakeholders.

Candidates should have 5+ years in retail BA roles, experience with Jira/Confluence, and ability to work in a hybrid Agile/Waterfall environment to drive timely delivery.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst.
• Experience working in the Retail industry.
• Understand product flow from inventory management to DCs, stores and customers.
• Experience with Atlassian Jira and Confluence.
• Comfortable in a hybrid Agile and Waterfall environment.
• Ability to gather requirements and document processes.
• Ability to gauge if the solution meets requirements.
• Experience facilitating testing with business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Elicit and document business requirements with stakeholders.
• Document requirements with business stakeholders and project team.
• Identify and document impacted systems with project team and system owners.
• Lead requirements walkthroughs with cross-functional teams and vendors.
• Assist partners in creating user stories.
• Prioritize functionality for each sprint.
• Create test plans and coordinate testing.
• Handover test plans to Testing Analyst and QE teams.
• Provide guidance during testing.

Skills

Requirements elicitation

Documentation

User stories

Testing coordination

Stakeholder liaison

Hybrid Agile/Waterfall

Jira & Confluence

Retail domain knowledge

Education

N/A

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

This Role:

In a project team setting, defines functional requirements, creates documentation, writes user stories and facilitates testing with the business stakeholders. Serves as liaison between IT and other business units to provide core competency and in-depth knowledge of product life cycle/inventory management from DCs to stores and customers.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the business stakeholders to elicit and document business requirements
• Work with the business stakeholders and project team to document requirements
• Work with the project team and system owners to identify and document impacted systems
• Conduct requirements walkthroughs with various cross functional teams and vendor partners
• Assist vendor partners and cross functional teams in creating user stories
• Work with the project team to identify highest priority functionality to be delivered in each sprint
• Create test plan and orchestrate testing
• Hand off the test plan to Testing Analyst and QE team for execution
• Provide help and guidance as needed during testing

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst
• Experience working in the Retail industry
• Understand how product moves from inventory management to distribution center to stores/customers
• Experience with Atlassian suite, specifically Jira and Confluence
• Comfortable working in a hybrid Agile and Waterfall approach
• Experience with facillitating testing with the business stakeholders
• Ability to gather requirements
• Ability to document processes
• Ability to gauge the system/solution meets the requirements
• Create test plans from requirements
• Driving the effort