IT Business Analyst

Description

SUMMARY OF COMPANY:

BioUrja Advisors is the shared services company within BioUrja Group. Established in 2006, BioUrja was initially founded to supply physical bioethanol to the U.S. refining industry, BioUrja has since evolved into a leading supplier of refined petroleum products and natural gas liquids, in addition to maintaining its strong presence in the bioethanol supply and trading sector. We count every major refining company as our customer, as well as most of the largest international trading houses and wholesalers.  With over $4Billion revenues crossed in 2013, we are renowned globally in the energy industry, with a reputation for exceptional service and reliability in delivering physical commodities anywhere.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The IT Business Analyst focuses on helping to achieve operational objectives by analyzing business functions, documenting requirements, identifying solutions, and driving outcomes. The IT BA may be involved in supporting business needs around user administration, configuration management (custom or off the shelf), communicating system behaviors, reporting, performance, monitoring, coordinating system needs (end of service life, patching, upgrading), support incoming bugs & defects as well as assisting with change requests.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Ability to define the purpose, goals, objectives, scope and success criteria of a pilot project with input from all stakeholders, technical staff, records management staff, and users. 
• Actively participates in project management about key organizational, process and technology change projects to align systems and operations with business objectives. 
• Enforce the standardization of best practices across the business (application of business process, master data, roles and responsibilities, and system use). 
• Responsible for identifying, assessing, and documenting business requirements, recommending business priorities, and advising business on options, risks, and costs within an Agile process. 
• Maintain product backlogs to make sure teams are working in order of priority in alignment with commercial strategy. 
• Create test scenarios and perform quality assurance tests as needed. 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• 2-3 years of experience in business analysis with an IT focus.
• Strong Office Suite (Excel, MS Access, PowerPoint, Word, Visio) MS Project. 
• Demonstrates a basic knowledge of relational database theory; able to read simple database design diagrams. 
• Candidate should have experience writing novice to intermediate SQL queries. 
• Hands on experience with Tableau, QlikView or equivalent. 
• Must have the ability to multi-task and organize effectively. 
• Must be an effective verbal and written communicator with the ability to influence change and the ability to tailor communications to specific audiences. 
• Experience in project, program and portfolio management planning and execution; Agile methodology experience is strongly preferred. 
• Energy industry experience a plus. 
• Effective when given ambiguous tasks and assignments. 
• Willing to do the detailed work necessary to ensure the success of a project. 

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

BENEFITS:

• Competitive Salary.
• Comprehensive Benefits.
• 401(k)/ Retirement savings.
• Friendly work environment.
• Paid-Time Off/holidays.

EEO Statement
 

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

BioUrja Advisors LLC participates in the E-Verify Employment Verification Program. 

BioUrja Advisors LLC is not currently accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at BioUrja Advisors LLC, via-email, the Internet or directly to hiring managers at BioUrja Advisors LLC in any form without a valid written agreement in place for that specific position will be deemed the sole property of BioUrja Advisors LLC. As a result, no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by BioUrja Advisors LLC.

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