Business Analyst

ASSYST is seeking a skilled Business Analyst to review, analyze, and evaluate business systems and user needs for our client in Austin, TX.

Job Location: Austin, Texas (Fully Onsite role)

The ideal candidate will formulate systems to parallel overall business strategies and utilizes experience in business process reengineering to identify new technology applications that make business operations more effective. This position requires a professional familiar with industry-standard business process mapping who can work independently with a wide degree of creativity and latitude.

Responsibilities

• Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs.
• Formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies.
• Identifies new applications of technology to business problems to make business more effective, utilizing experience with business process reengineering.
• Prepares solution options, risk identification, and financial analyses such as cost/benefit, ROI, buy/build, etc.
• Writes detailed descriptions of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs.
• Gathers, analyzes, and documents user requirements, business processes, and problems to automate or improve existing systems.
• Develops complex system documents to convey business requirements and support efficient system design.
• Develops test plans and participates in user acceptance testing to confirm new and existing system functionality.
• Analyzes program policies and procedures to determine their effect on automated systems and system functional areas.
• Serves as a liaison by providing consultation, documentation, and direction to other areas regarding analysis, design, configuration, testing, and policy implementation within all systems.
• Develops, documents, and revises system design procedures, test procedures, and quality standards.
• Keeps all stakeholders informed through the distribution of project information and project status reports.
• Facilitates the service request life cycle through customer-related service request responses, business requirements coordination, technical specifications and related artifacts review, and monitors system integration and user acceptance testing prior to implementation.
• Identifies a project’s potential risks and difficulties and designs strategies to mitigate or avoid them.
• Works independently and in coordination with TDA staff as assigned to perform a variety of complicated tasks with a wide degree of creativity and latitude.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Education (Required): Bachelor’s degree with major course work in computer science, management information systems, or a related field.
• 5 Years (Required): Experience as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, or similar roles.
• 5 Years (Required): Work experience with Agile methodology and user story analysis.
• 1 Year (Required): Work experience with the Texas Automated Nutrition System (TANS).

ASSYST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, military status, national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law