Business Analyst - Melbourne, United States - Kuraray America , Inc.

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    What you'll be doing...

    Business Analysts analyze data to understand business process and services to improve efficiency and maintain compliance with clients' missions and objectives, including reading and analyzing related federal regulations.

    Business Analysts communicate with the client to gather information to resolve issues, such as complex helpdesk tickets, or gather and refine requirements of software and business functions.

    The BA documents new processes to include flowcharts and supporting narratives to describe changes to manual processes, automated processes and controls or for training purposes.

    The BA may also document and decompose system or business requirements into components for action and trace these through the lifecycle.

    These artifacts will become functional design documents and testing documents. Business analysts conduct or support testing on bug fixes and enhancements. Business Analysts support the team during migration and conversion efforts to bring clients into the new process or software. The Business Analyst will be involved in all aspects of the team's delivery services.

    Responsibilities:
    Use data to understand business patterns and trends
    Analyze internal and external data through quantitative research
    Communicate findings to company through standard and ad hoc reports
    Document Process flows
    Elicit, define or refine, and trace requirements of business and technical nature
    Provide testing or testing support of software and business process compliance to requirements and designed software or architectures
    Promote best practices in business analysis and reporting
    Collaborate with technical and cross-functional teams
    Requirements...

    Previous experience in business intelligence, analysis, or other related field
    Knowledge of software requirements and testing tools
    Knowledge of business process engineering, requirement engineering, and testing practices.
    Possess the ability to create/analyze requirements accountability records.
    Ability to verify that software and its documentation is compliant with applicable requirements functionally.

    The candidate must be able to work in a team environment and be proficient in MS Office applications, including Word and Excel.

    Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
    Strong attention to detail
    Ability to prioritize and multitask
    Bachelor's Degree in a business or technical discipline (5 years, or 8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education)
    Preferred Skills (Desired but not needed)...

    Knowledge of statistical, business process modeling, and business reporting tools
    Microsoft SharePoint
    ISO/CMMI experience
    Understanding of Software Development Lifecycle Process, especially Agile Development (SCRUM and/or Kanban)
    Rational, Atlassian JIRA experience
    Clearance...

    Applicants selected will be subject to a Security Investigation and May need to Meet Requirements for Access to Protected and/or Classified Information
    Location.

    This is a US-Based Remote position, all applicants need to be located within the United States be to considered for the position
    Citizenship.


    Applicants need to be a US Citizen to be considered for the position and have physically resided in the United States for a minimum of 3 years due to background investigation requirements.


    Benefits:
    Medical, Vision, Dental, PTO, Sick, and 401k w/employer match

    Who we are...
    Latitude is a growing Service-Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVOSB) Company within the Federal Sector. We have experience in working with various federal clients across multiple different agencies. We believe in adopting and growing a remote work-from-home culture wherever possible to ensure a healthy work-to-life balance. We believe in automating the mundane and investing in our employees helping them grow their careers over time.

    We strive for innovation and want to develop solutions that we can take pride in and help break through some of the barriers that exist in technology and the government sectors today.

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