Serves as the liaison between functional and technical teams to evaluate project requests and document the business case for a request.

Four Month Assignment with possible extension based on budget approval.
Telework available

The IT Business Analyst will support the IT project request process by performing stakeholder interviews and facilitating workshops to define and understand business functions and processes (current and future state), identify pain-points, inefficiencies, and related functions and processes, elicit and negotiate business requirements for new implementations and modifications to existing IT systems and services, create process diagrams, document use cases, and partner with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to identify and validate solutions to business unit requests and requirements.

MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED:
Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution of higher education in Information Systems or related field or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Four (2) years previous experience in business/systems/process analysis

MINIMUM LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LAW AND/OR INSTITUTION: None

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: (Preferred qualifications)
IT Project Management experience
Agile Facilitation experience
International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA-CCBA) certification
PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
1.Schedule, prepare, and facilitate fact finding/discovery analysis meetings with stakeholders and subject matter experts to understand and document current business processes and functions, pain points, assumptions, timeframes, and success measures
2.Present business process documentation to business and IT decision makers for approval
3.Define business process inputs, outputs, and data elements required for optimal execution
4.Collaborate with business partners to confirm scope and objectives of the project and formulate a shared understanding of project priorities
5.Assist with identifying scope creep and collaborate with technical and functional teams to evaluate feasibility, effort, and project impact of scope changes
6.Facilitate identification of business-critical process steps and the requirements/policies driving those steps
7.Identify and understand the governing rules and regulations that affect project teams’ business processes
8.Designs user interface mock-ups to effectively meet business needs within native system functionality
9.Document system processes, functionality and recommend improvements as applicable
10.Understand, analyze, and communicate benefits of product features/functionalities to assist customer in evaluating go forward strategies and solutions
11.Collaborate with IT team members and business area representatives to help identify and validate technical solutions to business requests/issues
12.Create standardized templates for internal IT and Business Analyst processes
13.Assists with devising test plans and coordinating User Acceptance Testing documents
14.Plans and executes unit integration and acceptance testing to validate individual customer requirements against delivered product
15.Contributes to and maintains an issues log and collaborates with appropriate teams to identify and mitigate risks

Required/Desired Skills

Skill	Required /Desired	Amount	of Experience
Business Analyst Experience in an IT Environment	Required	2	Years
Facilitating in-person and virtual meetings/working sessions	Required	2	Years
Discussing business requirements and elaborating on project requests with cross-fucntional teams at all levels of the organization	Required	2	Years
Creating business process documents including process diagrams, swim lane diagrams, and written documentation supporting the diagrams	Required	2	Years
Documenting Business Processes Using Visio or LucidChart	Required	1	Years
Creating and Delivering Professional Presentations and Memos to Stakeholders and Leadership	Required	2	Years
Converting Business Requirements to Technical Specifications	Required	1	Years
MS Toolset - specifically, experience with Microsoft Excel (data entry, filtering, basic formulas)	Required	2	Years
Experience working multiple assignments at the same time	Required	2	Years
Agile Methodology	Highly desired	0

Questions

No.	Question
Question1	Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement?
Question2	Please list candidate's email address that will be used when submitting E-RTR.
Question3	Candidate must be paid at least - if selected for this engagement. Candidate can be paid more; however, the SRP rate cannot exceed -. Do you accept this requirement?
Question4	The maximum mark-up for this engagement’s SRP rate is 35%.  To be competitive on pricing, a mark-up below the 35% threshold is suggested.  Do you agree to propose a mark-up at or below 35%?
Question5	This assignment is contingent upon customer renewal and availability of adequate funding. Do you accept this requirement?
Question6	The selected candidate will be expected to start their engagement no later than 2 weeks (10 business days) from the client’s selection date. Do you accept this requirement?
Question7	The expectation is that this person will be come to campus as needed for special meetings. Other than that, they will be able to telecommute. Do you accept this requirement?
Question8	Candidates must be local. Do you and your candidate accept this requirement?
Question9	What city and state is your candidate currently located?