Business Analyst IV; Remote - WashU IT

Position: Business Analyst IV (Remote) - WashU IT
* Prepares business cases working with university partners.
* Collaborates with Project Manager to plan approach to requirements elicitation and methods for requirements management and communication.
* Ensures business opportunities and objectives are clearly articulated.
* Performs current state analysis and/or root cause analysis as required.
* Plans modeling techniques to be used in requirements analysis (scope, process, rule, data, interface models, etc.).
* Works with Project Manager to plans validation of requirements in managing project scope, user acceptance, installation and deployment; helps determine metrics.
* Performs feasibility analysis as required for projects.
* Coordinates planning activities to meet objectives and timelines of overall program or project. Works with Project Manager to forecast required time and resources.
* Implements strategies for gathering, reviewing and analyzing data requirements.
* Performs requirements elicitation using techniques per plan.
* Documents requirements, establishes scope and objectives and determines strategy for evaluating requirements implementation in systems to achieve business goals.
* Organizes requirements by release and other needed categories and sets up traceability matrix; articulates requirements relationships and dependencies.
* Translates and simplifies requirements for appropriate use; performs gap analysis and requirements analysis working with technical team.
* Prioritizes requirements working with university partners and creates conceptual prototypes and mock-ups.
* Uses business process modeling, traceability and quality management techniques per methodology.
* Performs requirements management and communication; applies best practices for effective communication and problem-solving.
* Collaborates with project management to obtain requirements approvals per project plan; facilitates go/no go decisions.
* Validates requirements throughout process per plan.
* Uses requirements to drive the design or review of test cases; processes change requests.
* Provides consulting to all stakeholders regarding requirements management working with Project Management.
* Takes on assignments for very large projects and others as assigned.
* Monitors the technical team solution to ensure requirements fulfillment and solution evaluation.
* Leads and coordinates activities associated with requirements management vehicles.
* Provides coaching to junior business systems analyst staff to successfully accomplish objectives.
* Provides leadership to other Business Analysts assigned to projects.
* Assists department manager in the business systems analyst selection process and on-boarding new resources.
* Participates in recommending and leading implementation of continuous improvement plans for business analysis.
* Develops requirements adoption metrics and other methods of evaluating the long-term performance of the solution.
* Reviews and monitors the effectiveness of business analysis via test results.
* Provides status reports.
* Performs other duties as assigned.
* Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time.
* Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.
* Take advantage of our free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.
* WashU provides eligible employees with a defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.
* WashU covers the cost of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.

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