Business Analyst

Business Analyst

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Business Analyst for a hybrid opportunity in Houston, TX!

Position Title: Business Analyst

Location: Houston, TX

Anticipated Start Date: 03/24

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 12-24+ months contract + Renewable

Job Type: [FULL TIME (>%3D40 HRS WEEKLY) [CONTRACT], [HYBRID]

Pay Range: $45 - $53/hr

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Required:

• BA experience
• Software Development background in work history
• Someone who has been a program manager before would be ideal
• Someone who understands PM skills (this person does not have to be PM, they will be assigned a PM that will work with them but someone that can understand PM skills like risk migration and scope.

Job Description:

As a Solution Manager you will be considered a team leader that manages end to end business outcomes of highly complex technical scope across the end-to-end HP ecosystem and customer lifecycle. Acts as a subject matter expert providing analysis of information and joining recommendations on solution functionality across these ecosystems in partnership with your team and business partners. Serves as a key participant in stakeholder teams representing the Organization and work to be delivered.

The role requires that you become a recognized authority on relevant subject matter knowledge including technologies, strategy, and process. You will contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas. The expectation is that you will successfully operate in the most complex disciplines in which the company must operate including participating in large, cross-division functional activities that affect the organization's long-term goals and OKRs (objectives and key results). As a leader you will routinely exercise independent judgment in developing methods, techniques, and criteria for achieving objectives and be expected to exercise independent judgment within defined or undefined practices and procedures to determine appropriate action. This role is expected to have mastery in clearly communicating the state of project positions and will require you to prepare and communicate recommendations to stakeholders and accountable managers as well as provide executive level audience updates on occasion.

Responsibilities and Key Delivery Areas:

• Works with business, finance, technical solution architects, asset product managers and developers to research components of solutions to problems
• Prepare technology mapping of the current state and recommended state as appropriate for the solution they are assigned to Single source of accountability and communication on behalf of the Organization within the stakeholder teams they participate in
• Convert business requirements into solution requirements that are utilized by architects and development resources in the form of end-to-end use cases, solution design documents and initiatives. These requirements are aligned to the originating business requirements that will support the design
• Compiles sizing and costing as part of the analysis needed for the recommended solution
• Leads Analysis and Design sessions for multiple assets and scope
• Creates and manages the Solution framework for the accepted design
• Ensures that the delivery execution progress supports the outcomes needed and aligned with stakeholders
• Prepares end-to-end test case or demo for the stakeholders in collaboration with the delivery execution project manager
• Works closely with multiple Delivery Execution teams to enable regular communication as to development and testing status, completes executive dashboards as needed

Education and Experience Required:

• Typically, 5+ years' experience in directly related business
• Typically, Graduate level degree in Engineering, Science or Computer Science disciple or MBA

Knowledge and Skills:

• Advanced knowledge of IT development and services industry
• Must be able to analyze problems, solve and communicate their resolutions effectively
• JIRA and Test Rail experience
• Prior Business Analyst experience preferred

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

Keywords:

Solution Manager

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

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Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 236502 when responding to this ad.

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