Senior Business Analyst

Job Title:

Senior Business Analyst
Location: Columbus, OH
Work Model: Hybrid — Tuesday through Thursday onsite, Monday and Friday remote
Rate: $57–$67/hour
Contract Term: September 28, 2026 – June 25, 2027
Contract Extension: Yes, strong possibility of extension
Employment Type: W-2 Only
Work Authorization: U.S. Citizens Only | Green Card holders also eligible; no visa sponsorship available
Work Schedule: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, with 1-hour lunch

We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to support IT projects, application initiatives, business requirements, functional specifications, service provider coordination, and solution delivery activities. This role will report to the Manager of Applications and will work closely with business partners, stakeholders, service providers, IT teams, and project teams to ensure business needs are clearly defined, documented, validated, and delivered.

The Senior Business Analyst will be responsible for identifying, defining, and documenting business requirements and functional specifications across assigned projects and applications. This individual will support all phases of the Systems Development Lifecycle, including demand assessment, business planning, requirements elicitation, process modeling, solution assessment, testing support, deployment, and post-implementation activities.

The ideal candidate is a strong, independent Business Analyst who can manage their own work with limited supervision, lead requirements discussions, facilitate workshops, coach less experienced analysts, and partner effectively with both business and technical stakeholders.

• Identify, define, document, and validate business requirements and functional specifications for IT projects and initiatives.

• Lead, design, and facilitate business engagements to establish scope, business needs, project objectives, outcomes, and expectations.

• Oversee end-to-end requirements traceability using standard tools, templates, and internal processes.

• Translate business needs into clear requirements, use cases, process documentation, business rules, and acceptance criteria.

• Ensure requirements are aligned to business goals, project scope, solution design, and expected outcomes.

• Assist Business Relationship Managers with demand assessment activities.

• Review business strategies and provide input into business cases, high‑level goals, expected outcomes, and project feasibility.

• Begin eliciting business requirements during early planning and discovery phases.

• Model current‑state and future‑state processes using business process mapping, value stream mapping, and other appropriate techniques.

• Socialize project needs and requirements with IT teams, including Architecture, Applications, Infrastructure, and Services.

• Facilitate workshops to evolve scope, gather detailed requirements, develop use cases, and help visualize the desired end state.

• Engage with key stakeholders to influence solution design and ensure it supports business goals, scope, and strategy.

• Review proposed designs and solutions for usability and alignment with approved requirements.

• Provide input into the identification and delivery of project benefits.

• Assess solution impacts across business areas, service users, applications, processes, and stakeholders.

• Support all phases of the Systems Development Lifecycle using Waterfall, Agile, or hybrid delivery methodologies.

• Provide clarification on project vision, scope, requirements, business rules, and expected functionality throughout delivery and deployment.

• Support change request assessment and management through standard processes.

• Develop or support acceptance test plans and assist testing teams in creating appropriate test scripts.

• Support testing, implementation, deployment readiness, and user acceptance activities.

• Help ensure delivered solutions meet documented business requirements and stakeholder expectations.

• Work with service providers to become knowledgeable about assigned…