Business Analyst III (Remote) - WashU IT

Washington University in St. Louis • Clayton, MO

2d • $65,900 - $112,700 • Hybrid

About The Position

This position supports Information Security initiatives and partners with teams across the university to deliver technology and process improvements that enhance security, reduce risk, and support institutional goals. The role works closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple departments and functions. This position is full-time, and predominantly remote; however, candidates local to the St. Louis area are preferred as occasional onsite meetings and team collaboration sessions are expected approximately 1–2 times per month.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education.
• Analyzing Business Processes And Data (4 Years)
• A driver's license is not required for this position.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) - International Institute of Business Analysis
• Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA) - Project Management Institute (PMI)

Responsibilities

• Prepares business cases working with university partners.
• Collaborates with Project Manager to define approach for requirements elicitation, documentation, management, and communication.
• Ensures business opportunities, objectives, and success criteria are clearly articulated.
• Performs current state analysis and/or root cause analysis as required.
• Selects and applies modeling techniques for requirements analysis (scope, process, rules, data, interface models, etc.).
• Works with Project Manager to support requirements validation across scope, user acceptance, implementation, and deployment; assists in defining success metrics.
• Performs feasibility analysis as required for projects.
• Coordinates planning activities to meet objectives and timelines of overall program or project; works with Project Manager to forecast required time and resources.
• Implements strategies for gathering, reviewing and analyzing data and system requirements.
• Performs requirements elicitation using defined techniques and approaches.
• Documents requirements, establishes scope and objectives and determines strategy for evaluating requirements implementation in systems to achieve business goals.
• Organizes requirements by release and other needed categories and sets up traceability matrix; articulates requirements relationships and dependencies.
• Translates and simplifies requirements for technical and business audiences; performs gap analysis in collaboration with technical teams.
• Prioritizes requirements working with university partners and creates conceptual prototypes and mock-ups.
• Uses business process modeling, traceability and quality management techniques per methodology.
• Manages requirements communication and applies best practices for effective collaboration and problem-solving.
• Collaborates with project management to obtain requirements approvals per project plan; facilitates go/no go decisions.
• Validates requirements throughout process per plan.
• Uses requirements to support design and review of test cases and process change requests.
• Provides consulting to all stakeholders regarding requirements management working with Project Management.
• Independently prioritizes the completion of tasks and resolution of issues to ensure compliance to project deliverables.
• Supports large project assignments and other initiatives as assigned.
• Monitors technical solutions to ensure alignment with requirements and evaluates solution effectiveness.
• Leads and coordinates activities associated with requirements management vehicles.
• Coordinates activities with other business analysts.
• Participates in recommending and implementing continuous improvement plans for business analysis.
• Develops requirements adoption metrics and other methods of evaluating the long-term performance of the solution.
• Reviews and monitors the effectiveness of business analysis via test results.
• Provides status reports.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time.
• Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.
• Free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.
• Defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.
• Wellness challenges, annual health screenings, mental health resources, mindfulness programs and courses, employee assistance program (EAP), financial resources, access to dietitians, and more!
• 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child.
• Family care resources are also available for your continued childcare needs.
• Adult care resources.
• Covers the cost of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level