Business Analyst

Job Title: Business Analyst
Location: Raritan, NJ - ON SITE
Duration: Long Term Contract

Responsibilities:
Works within identified scope of project, gathers business requirements by working with business stakeholders, Business Architecture, IT and Vendors (or cross-functional technical teams).
Must have worked on creating BRD, FRDs, UML and flow diagram.
Ability to facilitate business requirement, elicitation sessions with multiple stakeholders
Ability to perform UAT on Business requirements & Reports validation.
Capture and write document business requirements including system application flows and impacts.
Development of new process flows and functionality integration and adding any needed clarity to requirements as well as documenting progress.
Identifies potential issues and risks after conducting a gap analysis.
Plans and consults with business stakeholders on data reporting and trending reports as needed.
Primary contact to assist in defining business system requirements.
Works with appropriate departments to assure technical information is accurate and documented.
Create and apply diagrams that represent the flow, the process, and the transformation of data within various systems for current and future state.
Maintains approved project artifacts and follows version control processes.
Has in-depth knowledge in own discipline and basic knowledge of related disciplines.
Works independently; receives minimal guidance and collaborates well with team.
Ability to coach colleagues with less experience and perform peer reviews for requirements.
Supports systems testing traceability and provide weekend and/or after hour assistance as needed.

Qualifications:
Bachelor s degree or equivalent work experience that provides knowledge of and exposure to fundamental theories, principles, and practices.
8 years of BSA experience is required.
Proven effective communication and analytical skills required to address and present most complex ideas and concepts to users, business systems analyst and management.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
Effective facilitation and presentation skills necessary to demonstrate business systems solutions in a clear and concise manner.
In-depth knowledge of SDLC and creating and developing business requirements.
Ability to develop, plan, and create timelines for requirements delivery during project life cycle.
Proven effectiveness in maintaining project targets and deadlines.
Proficient in Visio to create process flows.
Strong waterfall methodology experience required and familiarity with Agile Scrum concepts would be a plus.