Business Analyst

Role: Business Analyst

Start Date: ASAP

Location: Hybrid in Bloomington, MN

Rate: Up to $65.34/hr W2, dependent on skills and qualifications

Role Overview:

The Business Analyst will support IT and business teams in delivering successful outcomes for projects involving infrastructure upgrades, application implementations, and construction-related technology initiatives. This role bridges the gap between business needs and technical solutions, ensuring requirements are clearly defined, documented, and validated throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Requirements Gathering & Analysis
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, IT SMEs, and vendors to elicit, document, and validate functional and non-functional requirements.
• Translate business needs into clear technical specifications for infrastructure, application, and construction-related projects.
• Project Support & Coordination
• Assist Project Managers in tracking scope, schedule, and budget impacts related to requirements changes.
• Support RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) management by identifying and documenting business-related risks and dependencies.
• Coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT) and ensure business readiness for go-live.
• Documentation & Reporting
• Create and maintain business process documentation, workflows, and data mapping.
• Prepare status updates and contribute to monthly reporting on requirements progress and business deliverables.
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Act as a liaison between business units, IT teams, and external vendors.
• Facilitate workshops and meetings to clarify requirements and resolve issues.
• Compliance & Standards
• Ensure adherence to company IT policies, standards, and governance processes.
• Support change management and business acceptance activities.

Mandatory Skills:

• 3–5 years of Business Analysis experience in IT projects (applications and infrastructure).
• Strong understanding of requirements gathering, documentation, and validation techniques.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); familiarity with MS Project or similar tools.

Desired Skills:

• Exposure to construction-related IT deliverables (e.g., networking, cabling, hardware deployment).
• Knowledge of system application components and integration points.
• Experience working with Public Safety or similar regulated environments.
• Familiarity with vendor coordination and purchased solution implementations.

Deliverables:

• Business requirements documents (BRDs), functional specifications, and process flows.
• UAT plans and test scripts.
• RAID logs and business impact assessments.
• Monthly reporting contributions for leadership.