Role: Business Analyst 

Location: Local to Chicago/Houston

Exp: 12+

Top 5 Skill Sets

1. Good communication skills, work with business users

2. Be able to work independently

3. Be comfortable working with tight deadlines

4. Conduct requirement workshops and gather requirements

5. Perform Analysis

6. Write SQL queries to gather data and perform data analysis

7. Be comfortable in a data-intensive application

8. Be able to work with Excel and Access

Nice to have skills or certifications:

9. Experience working with JIRA

10. Experience working in an Agile environment

11. Familiar with AWS technologies – not mandatory

12. Closely work with the Scrum master and write user stories

13. Is familiar with financial data

Job Summary:

Drive identification of requirements across business units and identify substandard systems processes through evaluation of real-time data. Serve as thought leader for technical business processes, developing forward-thinking systems prototypes that promote increased efficiency and productivity on multiple levels.

Primary Responsibilities:

Create and implement precise management plans for every project, with attention to transparent communication at all levels

Perform, evaluate, and communicate thorough quality assurance at every stage of systems development

Determine and develop user requirements for systems in production, to ensure maximum usability 

Partner with other stakeholder teams across business units (i.e., sales, finance, security, compliance) to develop necessary analysis and documentation in a collaborative way, communicating effectively and efficiently with production, managerial, and executive teams

Evaluate, analyze, and communicate systems requirements on a continuing basis, and maintain systems processes, including the delivery of monthly status reports to all appropriate parties

Author and update internal and external documentation, and formally initiate and deliver requirements and documentation

Conduct daily systems analytics to maximize effectiveness and troubleshoot problems

Develop meaningful and lasting relationships with partners for optimized systems integration, and respond to questions and concerns from managers and executives with supporting research and recommendations. Qualifications:

Technical Degree or related work experience 

Proven experience in an analytics and systems development capacity

High proficiency with SQL language and database management

Proven analytical abilities

Practical experience in generating process documentation and reports

Excellent communicator with the ability to translate data into actionable insights

Experience working with Business Objects.

Knowledge of ITIL Foundation.