Business Analyst - Remote (PST Hours) - Intelliswift Software Inc

Woodland Hills, CA 91367

About the Job

Job Title: Business Analyst
Location: Remote (PST Hours)
Duration: 14 Months
Contract Type: W2 only
Pay Rate: $65.93/Hour

Responsibilities

Develop a thorough understanding of the business need, related business processes.
Organize, prepare, and lead requirements definition sessions with the business stakeholders and/or SME’s.
Document and translate complex business problems into business requirements and functional solutions.
Provide the right level of documentation for the audience and objective (i.e. User Stories, BPMN, Wireframes, UML, PowerPoint, etc.).
(Document and) confirm business requirements with the clients.
Effectively communicate the business requirements to technical staff.
Assist in design of the proposed technical solution to the business need.
Break down business requirements into concise JIRA tickets (Epics, User Stories, Tasks) and define Acceptance Criteria.
Answer questions and resolve ambiguities for the developers and QA Engineers during development.
Ensure that the software meets project objectives and customer expectations.
Be the main point of contact for communication between the project team and the source system owners.
Understanding and documenting the current Business Process and the desired Business Process and
User Journey for the Copyright Licensing Platform
Propose and advise on potential solutions to business problems
Help identify potential improvements for Business Transformation
Lead Workshops to gather requirements and communicate results to stakeholders
Capturing Test Scenarios
Creation and maintenance of test plans in Zephyr Scale for Business User Testing to create effective Business Sign Off
Assisting Business with Testing
Logging detailed new requirements from discussions with the business
Discussing the requirement with Dev Team to get them fulfilled
Updating and amending requirements where necessary
Assisting in Development prioritisation and planning by packaging up requirements into coherent deliveries/Product Releases
Admin and maintenance of Project Workflow in JIRA to effectively communicate the status of the development
Collaborate and Review with other BAs and Project Team to develop and maintain best practice
Refine and help manage the Product Backlog
Maintaining shared Documentation of the system within Confluence for use of the Business and Dev team
Work with other Teams to understand what and where data can be sourced from
Assist with reporting Project OKRs / KPIs to stakeholders
Complete deliverables on-time with limited supervision.
Manage multiple work streams, assess priorities and deliver complete, accurate work products.
Proactively resolve time conflict issues working with direct management, project managers and the user community.
Develop agendas and conduct meetings
Document issues discussed and action items assigned for each meeting.

Required Skills:

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science or equivalent experience (at least 5 years as a Business Analyst)
Experience in gathering specifications for web-based applications
Experience in working in Agile teams
Strong interpersonal and communications skills
Excellent technical writer and strong technical integration skills with ability to generate process documentation in narratives and diagrams
Anticipates needs and takes initiative to address challenges
Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills
Basic knowledge of databases and web services
Detail oriented and capable of delivering a high level of accuracy
Willing to work flexible hours for collaboration with teams +/- 8 hour timezone difference

Desirable Skills:

JIRA
Zephyr Scale
Business Objects
Lucid/Miro/Digital Whiteboarding Tools
Entertainment industry/royalties experience
SAP FI experience

Source : Intelliswift Software Inc