Business Analyst II - Act Consulting

ACT Consulting has an immediate need for a Business Analyst with our direct client.

ACT Consulting is a leader in the staffing industry providing candidates on a national basis for contract contract to hire and direct hire engagements while maintaining the highest regard for people integrity and customer satisfaction. Our clients are comprised mostly of Fortune 1000 companies primarily in the areas of Information Technology Engineering Professional Accounting and Finance.

Please take a moment to review the job description. If this is something you are interested in please send a copy of your resume to jerald@act-info.com or contact me directly at 704-248-8877.

• Job Title: 33260738 - Business Analyst
• Location: Remote (EST Work Hours/ Candidates must be within driving distance to one of the following Company Locations: Stamford CT, Irving TX, Ft. Myers FL)
• Duration: 6 months
• Experience: 4-6+ years of experience as a Business/Data Analyst;

Job Description:

• Candidates must be within driving distance to one of the following Company Locations: Stamford CT, Irving TX, Ft. Myers FL
• Please Ensure all Submitted Candidates have a Completed Bachelors Degree for Consideration
• Candidate must work EST Hours.
• Knowledge of Government/Public sector organizations, hierarchies and structure required

Description:

• Exciting career opportunity for a Business Analyst within the Data Strategy and Enablement group. This role will provide support for business processes (including but not limited to Enterprise, Account and Person data management) with a focus on Government, Public Sector and Education.

Duties:

• Drive data quality initiatives on improving the accuracy of our Government, Public Sector and Education account data that's leveraged in critical business processes throughout the enterprise with focus on organization hierarchy structures
• Collaborate across business and technical teams, both on site and offshore, to create business deliverables such as Data flow diagrams, Business Requirements, Functional Requirements, User Stories and User Acceptance Tests
• Obtain understanding of relevant business area(s), technical options, limitations, costs and risks to communicate tradeoffs and recommend solutions or suggest alternatives to proposed solutions to shape requirements
• Independently drive critical data workshops with business and IT stakeholders to develop requirements and execution process while managing dependencies across teams
• Review data records/attributes on a periodic basis and to ensure data quality and curate data insights that will ultimately improve the transparency and value of data across Gartner
• Ensure quality through adherence to and supporting processes and procedures, including the maintenance of documentation on shared file systems
• Review delivery team output to ensure requirements are correctly interpreted; define and execute test cases
• Provide support to other business analysts, business process owners and project managers to help drive business initiatives

Requirements

• 4-6+ years of experience as a Business/Data Analyst; prior experience in working in Data Warehouse, Master Data Management, Analytics environment a plus
• Knowledge of Government/Public sector organizations, hierarchies and structure required
• Knowledge of Education organizations, hierarchies and structure a plus
• Expert level communication with both technical and non-technical personnel, both oral and written
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking and problem-solving skills including ability to clearly and concisely gather, interpret, analyze and document Business Process, User and Data Functional requirements in a structured way
• Ability to breakdown complex business problems and workflows into meaningful components that are understandable by various levels
• Well versed with in utilizing tools such MS Excel, MS Word, Google Suite, MS Visio, Lucid Chart, JIRA, Confluence
• Advanced SQL Skills Required
• Basic understanding of data analysis tools and techniques is a plus
• Experience with business intelligence and data visualization systems is a plus (Tableau, Power BI)
• Data governance experience is a strong consideration