Senior Business Analyst

CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen)•Milwaukee, WI

2d•Remote

About The Position

At CLA we create inspired careers. We recognize that not everyone wants to grow their career in the same way. That’s why CLA exists to create opportunities. We promise to know you and help you. CLA, one of the nation’s largest public accounting and professional services firm is currently seeking a Senior IT Business Analyst to join our growing Enterprise Business Solutions team. Position Summary: The Sr. IT Business Analyst will support and translate business needs into technical requirements for modification, implementation, or conversion of business systems or processes. They also ensure all solutions support and conform to business needs and specifications. They will interact on a regular basis with other IT architects and team members, business users, Managers, and Principals. They will also work with external vendors. The position allows you the opportunity to work from home as well! The ideal candidate would enjoy collaborating with a team and contributing ideas, have the ability to work with multiple personality styles, and be solution driven. This opportunity provides growth, skill advancement and work life balance.

Requirements

5 years of relevant experience required.
Bachelor's degree is required. Combination of relevant experience, education, and training may be accepted in lieu of degree.
Requirements elicitation and translation into actionable deliverables.
Advanced BPMN process modeling (as-is and to-be).
Agile / Lean methodologies and tools (e.g., Azure DevOps).
Test planning and execution.
Data analysis using SQL and visualization tools.
Strong understanding of Agile and DevOps planning and delivery practices.
Microsoft Office, Azure DevOps (or similar tool) and process mapping applications (Lucid or similar).

Nice To Haves

Proficient in modeling/mapping as-is and to-be business processes, test planning, test case development and execution.
Proficiency with Agile / Lean methodologies, Microsoft Project, Office, Azure DevOps and process mapping applications.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with business groups to identify, document and communicate business needs and provide IT solutions
Perform current state analysis of existing business systems, applications and functions
Document, analyze and assess current business processes and underlying systems/applications
Plan, elicit, capture, analyze and validate business, functional and technical requirements
Facilitate requirements elicitation sessions and walkthroughs with business and IT resources
Answer questions and clarify requirements for projects and enhancements during the estimation process
Produce timely and high-quality requirements-related work products, including requirement specifications, process flows, mock-ups and qualifications
Collaborate with other departments and IT to develop business cases associated with new project requests
Plan, facilitate and execute system/functional testing and UAT for projects and enhancements
Understand the relationships, dependencies and impact of neighboring business functions
Knowledge of core systems, applications and technical platforms
Coordinate tactical-related business requests for IT development enhancements