Business System Analyst

Job Description:

This role acts as a liaison between the business/end users and IT systems development teams for business needs requiring IT-based solutions.

Essential Job Duties:

Act as a liaison between the IT development group and business units for the development and implementation of new systems and the enhancement of existing systems.
Identify and analyze business needs, gather requirements, and define scope and objectives.
Make recommendations for solutions or improvements to business processes that can be accomplished through new technology or alternative uses of existing technology.
Research business requirements and document the relationships between the components of the application system (i.e., end users, business processes, data, applications, and devices).
Translate business requirements into application requirements.
Prepare communications and make presentations on system enhancements and/or alternatives.
Assume other duties as assigned.

Education & Experience:

Preferred Qualifications:

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to draw and interpret graphs.
Ability to utilize complex computer operations (intermediate/advanced programming, relational databases, and operating systems) and advanced features of software packages.
Frequently communicates complex information and interacts with management. Can present, resolve, and address delicate situations. Can motivate and persuade others.
Decisions impact the management and operations within a department. May contribute to business and operational decisions that affect the department.
Problems are varied and complex, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation.
Problems are solved using knowledge and skills, general precedents, and practices.
Provides and sets goals and priorities for functional areas. May make recommendations for department policies, practices, and programs. Makes decisions for and/or resolves problems for others.
Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously including task delegation, project oversight, and resource allocation.