Business Analyst Senior

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Atlanta Metro Areatime type:
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JR117874

We are the leading provider of professional services to the middle market globally, our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change, empowering our clients and people to realize their full potential. Our exceptional people are the key to our unrivaled, culture and talent experience and our ability to be compelling to our clients. You’ll find an environment that inspires and empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally.

There’s no one like you and that’s why there’s nowhere like RSM.RSM’s Center for Advanced Tax Technology (“CATT”) is a fast-paced, high-energy, collaborative environment that also happens to be one of the fastest growing tax practice groups at RSM.  The CATT team is focused on enhancing RSM US and global ability to deliver comprehensive, value-added, and efficient Tax products and services to our clients.

It is a dynamic team with professionals of varying backgrounds from tax functional, tax technical, technology development, and product management. The team consults and executes on a wide range of initiatives involving process and tool development and implementation including training development, engagement management, tool design, and implementation.
** JOB SUMMARY
** The CATT Business Analyst works with Product Owner, Process Owners, Process Business Analysts, and Developers to design, development, deploy and perform ongoing maintenance activities for our custom-developed software that is used by internal RSM partners and staff as well as external clients to drive long-term scalability and sustainability of the business for a competitive advantage. To execute their area of responsibility, this role collaborates with staff, product teams, IT, other functional areas within the broader RSM firm, and field offices to ensure we achieve the vision cohesively and effectively.  

The ideal candidate will have strong data analytics capabilities, a continuous improvement mindset, and a deep passion for the digital transformational journey.
** ESSENTIAL DUTIES
*** Collaborates with the Product Owner to prioritize technical and functional requirements and maintenance of the product roadmap.
* Identifies what the business wants and works with the team to determine what's feasible to deliver (adherence to firm policies and standards).
* Understands pieces of the business capability to understand potential process redesign opportunities.
* Defines, documents, and communicates requirements in work items for product development team (epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria).
* Organizes, models, and specifies requirements with the appropriate level of detail given complexity, risk, and audience; represent requirements using alternative views (ex. models/diagrams) where appropriate.
* Participates and champions all agile/scrum ceremonies (or adherence to Kanban principles)
* Monitors sprint burndown charts to know when to ramp up/down the team to drive quality and velocity over time.
** EDUCATION / CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
*** Requires a minimum of a Bachelor's Degree (preference given to Business or Technology or Accounting major).
* Certification of Capability in Business Analysis or equivalent experience.
** JOB REQUIREMENTS
*** Understanding of Agile development methodologies (required).
* Is highly technical, but still able to bridge the gap between business stakeholders and communicate well.
* Requires a minimum of five (5) years of professional analyst experience.
* Is passionate about understanding the client’s needs.
* Thrives in ambiguity, working across multiple organizational stakeholders.
* Knowledgeable in the use of Application integration APIs
* SQL queries and cloud native application knowledge are plusses (but not required)
* Prior public accounting experience with mid to large size firm(s) or other professional services experience (preferred).
** SUCCESSFUL CHARACTERISTICS / SKILLS
*** Creative, out-of-the-box thinker and problem-solving experience to assess, analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve…