Chicago IT Business Analyst

POSITION SUMMARY
The role is expected to aid in one or more BI projects in gathering requirements with multiple elicitation activities, document and model business processes and requirements following company standards and templates. Other activities would include in preparing test scenarios, helping in functional testing, training end users and other change management type activities. Ideal candidate should be a self-driven, organized, agile and should be able to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment
 

Detailed Experience and Skills Requirements:
- Business Analysis experience with excellent communication, interpersonal and organization skills.
- Basic knowledge of systems development cycles, methodologies, and work flow diagramming
- Excellent analytical, problem solving skills
- Proficient in elicitation of requirements through workshops, interviews, etc.
- Ability to work with various levels of business users.
- Experience in modeling and analyzing business processes and requirements.
- Understanding of metrics, dashboard design and drivers of business analysis
- Properly documenting the business and functional requirements and getting sign-off
- Experience in preparing high level data dictionaries, data mapping documents
- Experience in mock-ups and wireframes for reports, dashboards, forms, etc. based on the requirements
- Experience in use case development.
- Assisting in the functional testing process
- Ability to perform analysis on data via ad-hoc reports or freehand SQL queries to support the requirements process
- Understanding of Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Data Integration fundamentals to gather complete requirements
- Ability take ownership of BA activities in project when needed and/or take direction from Project Management/Lead BA
- Experience in BI Products such as OBIEE 11g, Tableau to design solutions appropriate for business users and within best practices.
- Support developers and en



Responsibilities:
- Strong Business Analysis experience with excellent communication, interpersonal and organization skills.
- Basic knowledge of systems development cycles, methodologies, and work flow diagramming
- Excellent analytical, problem solving skills
- Proficient in elicitation of requirements through workshops, interviews, etc.
- Ability to work with various levels of business users.
- Experience in modeling and analyzing business processes and requirements.
- Understanding of metrics, dashboard design and drivers of business analysis
- Properly documenting the business and functional requirements and getting sign-off.
- Experience in preparing high level data dictionaries, data mapping documents
- Experience in mock-ups and wireframes for reports, dashboards, forms, etc. based on the requirements
- Experience in use case development
- Assisting in the functional testing process
- Ability to perform analysis on data via ad-hoc reports or freehand SQL queries to support the requirements process
- Understanding of Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Data Integration fundamentals to gather complete requirements
- Ability take ownership of BA activities in project when needed and/or take direction from Project Management/Lead BA
- Experience in BI Products such as OBIEE 11g, Tableau to design solutions appropriate for business users and within best practices.
- Support developers and ensure that the solution is built according to specifications
- Experience in Order to Cash with specific focus on invoice/sales reporting


Qualifications:

• Experience level: Experienced
• Minimum 6 years of experience
• Education: Bachelors (required)

Skills:

• business analyst
• Business Analysis
• SQL
• Business Intelligence
• Data Warehouse