Business Analyst - #1408087

job summary:

Are you a highly analytical and collaborative problem-solver with a knack for translating complex business needs into effective technical solutions? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where you can lead projects from conception to completion and ensure successful application delivery? We're partnering with a mission-driven organization focused on financial education and student success to find a talented Business Analyst to join their team.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a company dedicated to helping individuals navigate the student loan landscape, offering a supportive workplace where your ideas are valued and your growth is encouraged.

location: West Des Moines, Iowa

job type: Permanent

salary: $80,000 - 100,000 per year

work hours: 9am to 5pm

education: Bachelors

responsibilities:

• Requirements & Design Leadership: Lead the creation and maintenance of comprehensive business and technical requirements, collaborating with stakeholders to identify essential application capabilities. You'll transform stakeholder input into clear, actionable user stories and detailed requirements.
• Compliance & Analysis: Analyze existing requirements, regulations, contracts, systems, and processes to ensure full compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
• Project Planning & Execution: Take ownership of project planning, monitoring, and successful completion. You'll communicate project status, concerns, and questions effectively to all stakeholders and the development/deployment teams.
• Quality Assurance & Testing: Ensure requirements are met through the development of robust scenario testing and test plans, including both manual and automated tests.
• Seamless Product Delivery: Deliver products to production with meticulous, validated plans designed to minimize deployment and post-launch issues, ensuring business needs and timelines are consistently achieved.
• Application Support & Optimization: Provide essential second-tier support for assigned internally developed business applications in collaboration with the software development team. You'll also work to advance department processes by promoting change and efficiencies.
• Cross-functional Initiatives: Lead analysis and project management tasks on various cross-functional initiatives, crafting project scope documents that detail tasks, process flows, data flows, impact statements, and system changes.
  
  

qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• SDLC & Agile Expertise: Working knowledge of software development life cycles (SDLC), Agile development methodology, and various testing methodologies.
• Analytical Mindset: A strong analytical mind capable of critically and quickly evaluating information from multiple sources, reconciling conflicting data, and translating high-level information into intricate details.
• Problem-Solving Creativity: The ability to think creatively to efficiently and effectively identify requirements that solve complex business problems.
• Communication Prowess: Express ideas clearly and accurately through both written and verbal communications, adapting your style for diverse audiences.
  
  

skills:

• Technical Aptitude & Organization: Strong technical aptitude combined with excellent organizational skills to manage multiple tasks, competing priorities, and strict deadlines effectively.
• Collaboration & Independence: Comfortable working both independently and as a vital member of a project team.
• Adaptability: Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability by quickly learning new systems and processes, interacting effectively with diverse technical and business units, and adapting to changing priorities.
  
  

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.