Business Analyst Job at Apex Systems in Jackson

Apex Systems is looking for a Business Analyst to join a growing team with a client in Jackson, MS. This is a 6+ month contract (chance to extend) that will sit in Jackson, MS office (5x per week) + occasional travel to client facilities across the Southeast (likely 1-2 weeks per quarter).

The Business Analyst (BA) will elicit and document business requirements and processes during the Discovery Phases of a large business process and technology transformation. The BA will work closely with a Project Manager and other IT Resources to ensure the Discovery objectives are met and that a high quality and accurate Business Requirements Document is produced for their assigned End-to-End Process Team(s).

Location: Jackson, MS - Onsite 5x per week in Jackson, MS Office.

Duration: 6+ month contract- chance to extend.

Benefits: Health/Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k options, and more!

Key Responsibilities:

Identify and Understand Business Problems:

• Work closely with stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations.
• Elicit requirements to resolve business problems or solve process inefficiencies

Translate Business Objectives into Requirements:

• Convert business objectives into clearly written requirements for an IT Project.
• Work to ensure that these requirements are feasible and align with the overall business strategy.

Requirements Management:

• Ensure the Requirements Traceability Matrix stays updated and aligned with the Business Requirements Document.
• Trace requirements throughout their lifecycle, manage changes, and validate and verify requirements continuously.

Position Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, Computer Science or related field and at least 5 years of Business Analysis experience. Experience writing requirements for an SAP project is a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, written and presentation communication skills.
• Intermediate MS Excel skills required.
• Advanced MS Word skills required.
• Candidates that can also document basic business process flows in Visio will be preferred.

Other Requirements:

• In office work 5x per week is likely expected. (Jackson, MS)
• On occasion, Travel will be required for up to 5 days a week (Mon-Fri) to client facilities in the US (likely 1-2x per quarter).