Senior Business Analyst — Cloud & Data Integration

Accord Technologies Inc.; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Accord Technologies Inc. is seeking a seasoned Business Analyst to support modernization initiatives and cloud-based data foundations. You will translate business needs into actionable requirements, facilitate cross-team collaboration, and guide agile delivery across IT and business stakeholders.

The role emphasizes requirements gathering, process mapping, data analysis, and governance, with collaboration across executives, managers, and subject matter experts to drive enterprise value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in MIS, Business, or related field, and/or relevant experience.
• 8 years of experience working on large, complex IT systems.
• 8 years of experience eliciting requirements, writing user stories and design documents, defining acceptance criteria, testing outcomes, and facilitating communication between business stakeholders, developers, and project teams.
• 8 years of experience with SDLC procedures and system development methodologies.
• 8 years of experience managing stakeholder expectations and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Create, present, and maintain user stories, acceptance criteria, demo expectations, and design documents in DHS-defined systems.
• Create, document, trace, maintain, prioritize, and assess changes to business processes and associated requirements.
• Work closely with key decision makers, systems owners, and end users in support of core processes and critical business objectives.
• Conduct research to obtain data, analyze problems, and advise and recommend solutions.
• Query and analyze data to determine solutions, such as installation of alternate methods and procedures, changes in processing methods and practices, or redesign of products or services.
• Advise client or department heads on alternate methods of solving needs or problems and recommend specific solutions.
• Work within an Agile methodology framework with a focus on delivering value and adjusting rapidly to produce the most effective outcome.
• Work closely with all IT organizations and drive projects to successful completion.
• Facilitate requirements gathering, process mapping, data gathering, and analysis throughout applicable phases of the project life cycle.
• Analyze business strategy and user needs, document specifications, and translate business objectives into system requirement specifications.
• Guide business customers through business case development for new applications and functionality, including cost/benefit analysis and risk/impact analysis.
• Focus on continuous improvement for both business processes and underlying technologies and system support.
• Work closely with other Business Units to identify and deliver Enterprise value.
• Consult with executive-level stakeholders to define business needs or problems

Skills

Requirements elicitation

User stories

SDLC

Stakeholder management

Governance

Project coordination

Microsoft stack

Agile experience

SQL/database

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

MIS or related degree

Tools

TFS / VSTS / ADO

Jira

RTC / IBM Rational

SQL Server Management Studio

Azure DevOps

Job description

Accord Technologies Inc. is seeking a seasoned Business Analyst to support modernization initiatives and cloud-based data foundations. You will translate business needs into actionable requirements, facilitate cross-team collaboration, and guide agile delivery across IT and business stakeholders.

The role emphasizes requirements gathering, process mapping, data analysis, and governance, with collaboration across executives, managers, and subject matter experts to drive enterprise value.