Job Description
Role: IT Business Analyst (Enterprise Analyst)
Location: Torrance, CA
Work Type: Hybrid, 4 days on-site at Torrance CA
Contract Type: W2 only. No Corp to Corp candidates
We are seeking a highly skilled, highly motivated, team-oriented, and customer-focused Senior Business Analyst to join our team for a large-scale enterprise-wide modernization project. The successful candidate will play a critical role in analyzing business processes, identifying requirements, and ensuring the successful integration of a new SaaS-based system with various other systems and applications.
Key Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and vendors to gather and document business requirements.
• Analyze and map current business processes and workflows.
• Develop detailed business and functional requirements documents.
• Facilitate workshops and meetings to elicit requirements and validate solutions.
• Work closely with all teams (e.g. Business, IT, vendors, infrastructure, and reporting and analytics teams) to ensure technical solutions align with business needs.
• Assist in the development of test plans and participate in testing activities.
• Provide ongoing support and training to business users.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices.
• Help with prioritizing requirements to determine the scope of the project.
• Help with refining and solidifying the business case.
• Help with assessing risks and solidifying business benefits.
Must Have Skills:
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience as a Business Analyst, preferably in large-scale enterprise projects.
• Strong understanding of SaaS solutions and integration methodologies.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Proven ability to work in a complex, cross-functional environment.
• Experience with business process modeling and tools such as Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN), including:
• Creating detailed process maps and flowcharts to visualize business processes.
• Using Tools to standardize the representation of business processes, making it easier to understand and communicate.
• Identifying inefficiencies and areas for improvement within business processes.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure that process models accurately reflect business requirements and objectives.
• Utilizing tools to create and manage process diagrams.
• Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies.
• Detail-oriented with very good organizational skills.
• Ability to write detailed meeting minutes and communicate business requirements effectively through various methods.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Understanding of system integrations, including API (Application Programming Interface) and MFT (Managed File Transfer), and how systems are linked and integrated.
Nice to Have Skills:
• Master’s degree in a related field.
• Experience with specific SaaS platforms
• Knowledge of data migration strategies and tools.
• Certification in Business Analysis (e.g., CBAP).
• Experience with user experience (UX) design principles.
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance standards relevant to the automotive industry.
• Experience with SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) compliance.
• Project management skills, as the BA may be given small projects or workstreams to lead.