Associate Principal, Business Analysis

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To be considered for this position, applications and resumes are accepted only through our careers site by directly applying to the posted job. We do not accept unsolicited resumes or sales solicitations from staffing agencies. Any OCC employee wishing to submit a referral must do so through their Workday account. Any resume submitted outside of an active job posting will not be considered for employment.

OCC is seeking an individual who would be responsible for discovering, synthesizing, and analyzing information from a variety of internal and external sources, including tools, processes, documentation, and stakeholders. The ideal candidate is a proven change agent that demonstrates the ability to solve complex problems through logical, digestible solutions that deliver key value to our stakeholders. Additionally, this individual must be comfortable communicating to all levels of the organization as well as inside and outside the organization.

Skills that are foundational to the success of this role include, but are not limited to, communication, analytical, problem solving, process modelling, facilitation, elicitation, scope management, leadership and agile mindset.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily. Act as a partner to both the business and the technology teams Identify scope gaps and missing requirements by acquiring an in depth understanding of current state (i.e., legacy system) and future state Identify product team dependencies and plan for resolution Work cross-functionally to analyze and define key stakeholder business needs Perform requirements analysis, story decomposition, system integration analysis, and data flow design Regularly engage in agile activities including sprint planning and backlog grooming.

Act as an advisor to the Product owner regarding next steps and approvals Build high quality user stories and acceptance criteria; work with scrum team to refine user stories Provide requirement and design support to scrum team Support development of user interface requirements and design by collaborating with UI/UX tools and teams Support or develop test plans and test cases;

participate in test results verification Assist in building cross-team collaboration and define acceptance criteria for integrated components Adhere to analysis best practices for epics and user stories Assists in developing and maintaining policies, standards, guidelines and documentation to ensure that a consistent framework is applied across the enterprise.

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The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.

• [Required] Experience in Agile and software development
• [Required] 5+ years of experience in business system analysis or related experience
• [Required] Preferred business experience in clearinghouse activities
• [Required] Flexibility working with remote teams in alternate time zones
• [Required] Self-motivated and self-starting, working with little supervision and picking up new and unfamiliar concepts
• [Required] Experience using Confluence and Jira
• [Required] Experience with process modeling tools such as Draw.io, Visio, etc
• [Preferred] Inquisitive nature with a disposition for probing for information in order to solve complex problems
• [Preferred] Analytical mindset with a focus on integrations between services and processes into complex environments

• [Required] Knowledge and/or vested interest in event driven applications, streaming and batch analytics technologies
• [Preferred] Knowledge and/or vested interest in cloud technologies; experience working with AWS
• [Required] Knowledge and/or vested interest in different data management and visualization tools (SQL, Figma, Tableau, Business Objects, etc.)
• [Required] Knowledge and/or vested interest in complex data analytics supported by python and R
• [Required] Knowledge of Business Analysis best practices including requirements elicitation, solution evaluation, requirements analysis, gap analysis, and requirements decomposition
• [Preferred] Familiarity or experience working with End User tools/services and assessing dependencies and risks for integrating new tools into complex systems

• [Required] Bachelor's degree 5+ years of experience
• [Preferred] MBA/MS degree

• [Preferred] CCBA, CBAP, AAC, and/or any related certification

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