Agile Business Analyst I

FIS•Columbus, OH

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

Analyze business requests to be solved with automated systems. Formulate and design automated systems scope and objectives based on both user needs and a good understanding of applicable business systems and industry requirements. Provide expertise in identifying, evaluating and developing systems and procedures that meet user requirements and are within stated sizing estimates. Configure system settings and options; plan and execute business design, assist in integration and acceptance testing, where necessary; and create specifications for system to meet business requirements. Include analysis of business and user needs, documentation of requirements, and translation into proper system requirement specifications.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree
Relevant Experience or Degree in: Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Business or related field; or equivalent training or experience in lieu of degree
Four-year college degree and 0-2+ years professional experience, or a high school diploma with 2+ years professional experience in coding, designing, developing and analyzing data
Professional experience working with end-users to meet business needs
Are flexible, responsive, creative, innovative, accepting of change and place value on people and interactions
Are business oriented, thinking continuously about what can be done to improve the business, and the business processes which drive the business
Are able to retain enough independence to evaluate potential solutions based on the overall impact to the organization, rather than the influence of the particular business area and its managers
Are able to challenge the business manager, sponsor, problem owner and users to define the real business problem behind the expressed “needs” to ensure that the solution team is solving the right problem, and not providing the right solution to the wrong problem
Are willing to step into other roles on the agile scrum team when necessary to help the team meet defined goals

Nice To Haves

Are able to collaborate openly within a mixed team of developers, analysts and product owners
Have the ability to analyze a problem, organize thoughts and recommend approaches
Are a creative thinker, comfortable pushing the boundaries of standard industry practices
Are a self-starter looking for responsibility and a place you can make an impact
Like to innovate and make things around you better
Have testing and/or programming/technical experience
Are experienced in Agile/Scrum methodology, and the development of associated project artifacts (i.e., user stories, acceptance criteria).
Scripting knowledge, bankcard industry knowledge, understanding data structures, professional experience working with end-users to meet business needs
Working towards a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)

Responsibilities

Work within an agile scrum team to include a ScrumMaster, Product Owner, business analyst, test analysts, application developers and client counterparts to design and deliver new products or capabilities in an iterative, continuous fashion
Develop detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, screen mock-ups, flow diagrams, etc. outlining the solution to be implemented
Be accountable for assisting in the gathering and verification of non-functional requirements, review of architectures and designs, adherence to standards, and developing and implementing strategies for validating that the target requirements have been adequately addressed
Be an active participant in all agile scrum ceremonies
Be responsible for maintaining project and system documentation
Be a strong advocate for the development team’s priorities and challenge and will push back on scope-creep and negotiate timelines with the product owner