Business Analyst

Job Description:

Business Analyst Summary:

Signature Consultants is seeking a Business Analyst for an opportunity in San Francisco, CA. The Business Analyst will act as a liaison between client area and technical organization by planning, conducting, and directing the analysis of highly complex business problems to be solved with automated systems. Successful candidates should have 7+ years of experience in business systems analysis and/or design.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical assistance in identifying, evaluating, and developing systems and procedures that are cost effective and meet business requirements
• Work with user groups to provide training, resolve questions, assess user needs, and recommend changes
• Prepare specifications for system changes
• Recommend and initiates systems testing
• Act as an internal consultant within technology and business groups by using quality tools and process definition/improvement to re-engineer technical processes for greater efficiencies
• Provide direction and guidance to less experienced staff

Required Skills:

• 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst
• 3+ years of experience as a business/technical liaison
• Working experience with Agile methodologies and tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Ability to create User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
• Strong verbal and written communications
• Enthusiastic and energetic personality
• Ability to clearly articulate ideas and results to diverse business and technical audiences
• Must be detailed oriented and highly analytical with desire to deliver near perfection in everything
• Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with a variety of stakeholders including mid-level managers
• Flexible and self-motivated, with ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Identifiable organizational and task prioritization skills (detail oriented)
• Identifiable communication and presentation skills - both written and verbal
• Ability to take ownership of the task assigned
• Agile Experience
• Identifiable knowledge, experience and understanding of SDLC requirements process and methodologies

About Signature Consultants, LLC

Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Signature Consultants was established in 1997 with a singular focus: to provide clients and consultants with superior staffing solutions. For the eighth consecutive year, Signature was voted as one of the “Best Staffing Firms to Work For” and is now the 14th largest IT staffing firm in the United States (source: Staffing Industry Analysts). With 26 locations throughout North America, Signature annually deploys thousands of consultants to support, run, and manage their clients’ technology needs. Signature offers IT staffing, consulting, managed solutions, and direct placement services. For more information on the company, please visit www.sigconsult.com.