IT Business Analyst

Farm Credit Mid-America•Jeffersontown, KY

6d•$74,190 - $178,402•Hybrid

About The Position

The IT Business Analyst partners with business owners, stakeholders, and development teams to translate business needs into actionable requirements that drive technology solutions and business value. This role facilitates Agile processes, manages and supports prioritization of the delivery team backlog, and collaborates with product and business team members to define features, user stories, and conditions of acceptance to support successful solution delivery. The IT Business Analyst analyzes business processes, identifies improvement opportunities, and promotes alignment between business objectives and desired outcomes and technology solutions. The IT Business Analyst contributes independently to routine and recurring work with growing confidence and consistency. It applies established procedures, manages assigned responsibilities effectively, and collaborates with others to support business outcomes. Team members at this level are expanding functional knowledge, strengthening judgment, and developing problem-solving skills within defined parameters.

Requirements

High School Diploma/GED with 5 years relevant experience.
Bachelor's Degree with 1 year relevant experience preferred.

Nice To Haves

Agile or Scrum Master certification preferred.
Business Analyst certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Facilitates collaboration among business owners, stakeholders, and development teams to define, prioritize, and refine features, user stories, and conditions of acceptance using Agile methodologies.
Primarily responsible for managing, documenting, and organizing delivery teamwork (dependencies, ADO boards, sprint planning, etc.) and facilitating team ceremonies, with responsibility for leading and executing these activities shared across team members based on each team’s structure and ways of working.
Utilizes team delivery metrics and qualitative feedback to evaluate team performance (velocity, cycle time, lead time, etc.) and support continuous improvement within the delivery team.
Elicits, analyzes, and documents business, process, and data requirements, translating business needs into clear and actionable requirements.
Manages the delivery team backlog and communicates priorities, requirements, risks, work progress updates, and recommendations to support informed decision-making and project delivery.
Analyzes current and future-state business processes and system functionality, identify gaps and enhancement opportunities, and recommend solutions that improve user experience and operational effectiveness.
Develops process models, data requirements, user scenarios, test scenarios and test scripts for functional testing (and technical testing in collaboration with the Quality Assurance Engineer), and interface mockups to support solution design, testing, and implementation activities.
Partners with business stakeholders, Quality Assurance, and operational teams to evaluate impacts, dependencies, and continuous improvement opportunities that increase business value and support future development initiatives.
Completes routine assignments independently using established procedures and sound judgment.
Applies working knowledge to resolve common issues and identifies when to seek guidance.
Communicates clearly with teammates and internal partners to support coordinated work.
Organizes workload to meet deadlines and deliver consistent, reliable outcomes.
Contributes ideas that strengthen processes, accuracy, and effectiveness.
Uses available tools and resources to resolve straightforward issues and improve confidence.