Business Analyst

About SGS Technologies:

We are headquartered in Jacksonville, FL, and are a trusted IT and staffing solutions provider with over 23 years of industry experience, delivering reliable and scalable solutions to clients across various domains.

We are looking for an experienced business analyst to support one of our direct clients in Anchorage, Alaska.

• Job Title – Business Analyst
• Duration – 6 Months
• Experience – 4 years experience required
• Location – Anchorage, Alaska
• Work mode – Onsite

Job Description

Business Analyst/Data analyst role

Scope: Responsible for business analyst and data management activities to assist with project delivery.

Skills needed:

• Researches, defines, documents business processes, and objectives with a focus on data quality and process documentation.
• Learns quickly and can assist users with training, as needed.
• Assists with creating and maintaining user guides used to facilitate the learning of business information systems and supporting processes.
• Partners with functional and strategic areas to establish and maintain a unified approach to implementing processes.
• Manages work and project delivery tasks, under minimal supervision with high quality delivery.
• Performs work with high standard of quality to ensure best practices and standards are aligned to processes.

Desirable Skills:

• Business and Systems Analysis and quality data entry
• Strong verbal and written communication Skills
• System implementation experience
• Project Organization Skills
• Collaboration and teamwork skills
• Strong computer skills, especially Microsoft applications
• Ability to work independently in an office setting, and meet deadlines
• Detail oriented

SUMMARY: Responsible for understanding and executing service-related business needs, documenting the business processes and/or requirements, and driving efforts to completion.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Directs, defines, documents and carries out small to medium projects actively participating in all phases under direction of manager. Identify, assess and manage risks to ensure the project success.
• Deliver realistic project and quality plans, track activities, while providing regular and accurate reports to stakeholders as appropriate.
• Monitor cost, time and resources used and take action where these deviate from agreed tolerances.
• Manage the investigation of operational requirements,
• problems and opportunities, seeking effective business solutions through improvements in automated and non-automated components of new or changed processes.
• Manage the analysis of business processes; identifies alternative solutions, assesses feasibility and recommends new approaches.
• Contribute to evaluating factors which must be addressed in the change program which help establish requirements for the implementation of changes in the departmental business process.
• Support others to execute tests of new/updated processes. May create and/or assist in training internal users within the company.
• Gathers and assimilates information/data using known tools, techniques, methods to ensure an accurate and concise output summarizing findings;
• maintains communication with stakeholder, ensuring project/tasks are delivered on time and to expectations.
• Reviews and prepares results documents and recommendations for stakeholders, ensuring all commitments of the project are met.
• Maintains updated knowledge of evolving technology and methods that can be used for effective business and data analysis.

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business, information systems, or a related field; or equivalent combination of post high school education and experience equal to four (4) years.