Description

Our client is seeking IT Business Analyst under minimum supervision, will apply process management best practices, to ensure that the goals of each IT Project are delivered through a common understanding of the desired business requirements and processes.

Location: Houston, Texas 77002- Should be able to work onsite.

Contract Duration -6 months likely to be extended.

IT Business Analyst will assist the project team through the definition and documentation of the existing business processes and the desired business processes. Using this information, the IT Business Analyst will work with project stakeholders to identify skill gaps and cultural barriers that might prevent or reduce the project's success at delivering business value.

In addition, the IT Business Analyst will coordinate the development of test and training plans to ensure that the business is able and ready to execute the future state business processes. Following a project's implementation, the IT Business Analyst will be called upon to gather and analyze information to determine if the processes are being executed effectively, as designed.

Primary Responsibilities and Actions

• Facilitate cross-functional project teams to create current state and future state business process models
• Work with appropriate business and IT staff to gather business process performance information
• Work with business process owners to document business requirements
• Work with business process owners to analyze and recommend improvements to business processes
• Ensure that the desired business processes and the list of requirements complement and reflect each other
• Develop testing approaches and test plans/scripts for verifying/validating that new or modified business processes work as designed
• Test the entire, end-to-end, process, including manual steps and steps provided or supported by technology
• Coordinate the testing of new business solutions
• Assist with the creation training approach and plan
• Assist with the development of training materials and deliver training to appropriate end users
• Assist the project manager with project planning, including the identification and estimation of business process activities needed to ensure the project is successful

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in IT project delivery & business analysis
• Experience implementing SAP
• Deep understanding of current and emerging IT technologies
• Core understanding of resource management and allocation
• Business Process Modeling experience. Knowledge of standards and techniques for modeling current state and desired business processes
• Business Process Analysis experience. Ability to work with process owners and process participants to identify potential process improvements
• Information Management experience. Ability to work with the appropriate people to gather and consolidate data into information that is useful for understanding, describing and improving business processes. This includes trend analysis and basic statistics.
• Knowledge on how other organizations can use current and emerging technologies to drive digital business
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project
• Solid organizational skills and solid understanding of project management processes
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies
• Self-starter able to drive towards goals and manage time effectively
• Strong skills in interpersonal, verbal, and written communication
• Strong project/portfolio management skills
• Experience with at least one project/program management methodology, such as:
  • The Project Management Institute's (PMI's) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
  • Agile/Scrum

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