Associate Business Analyst

Job Description

Associate Business Analyst (46224) Saint Louis, Missouri | Temp to Perm

LRS Consulting Services is seeking an Associate Business Analyst for a Contract-to-Hire or Direct Hire opportunity. This role offers the chance to apply your skills in support of meaningful work for one of our client partners.

LRS Consulting Services has been delivering the highest quality consultants to our clients since 1979. We've built a solid reputation for dealing with our clients and our consultants with honesty, integrity, and respect. We work hard every day to maintain that reputation.

• Support creation of user stories, process flows, workflows, and business documentation.
• Help identify business process improvements and operational efficiencies.
• Assist with documenting current-state and future-state processes.
• Assist with creation of basic wireframes, mockups, screen flows, and process diagrams to support business and technical requirements.
• Collaborate with product, UX/UI, and development teams to clarify user experience expectations and workflow designs.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and demos.
• Work with Product Owners, Business Analysts, QA teams, and developers to support delivery activities.
• Assist in tracking requirements, defects, enhancements, and project tasks.
• Support testing activities including test case validation, user acceptance testing (UAT), and defect tracking.
• Help ensure business requirements are accurately implemented and validated.
• Create and maintain business requirements documents, meeting notes, user guides, and process documentation.
• Support data analysis and reporting activities using spreadsheets, reporting tools, or dashboards.
• Maintain documentation within Agile and project management tools such as Jira or Confluence.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including business stakeholders, operations, IT, QA, and vendors.
• Communicate project updates, requirements clarifications, and documentation changes effectively.
• Escalate issues, risks, or blockers to senior team members when appropriate.

• Must have a minimum of 1 year experience in Business Analysis, Operations, IT Support, Project Coordination, or related roles.
• Bachelor's degree in business, Information Technology, Computer Science, Healthcare Administration, or related preferred.
• Experience with business analysis principles and SDLC concepts.
• Agile methodologies experience such as Scrum or Kanban preferred.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, or other Agile/project management tools is a plus.
• Exposure to process mapping, workflow analysis, or reporting tools preferred.
• Basic knowledge of SQL, data analysis, or system integrations is a plus.
• Internship or prior experience supporting technology or business initiatives preferred.
• Candidate must be able to effectively communicate in English (written & verbal).

LRS is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants for employment will receive consideration without unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, gender identity, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, citizenship, status or protected veteran status.

In some cases, LRS Consulting uses generative artificial intelligence (AI) in support of our hiring processes. LRS takes steps to ensure the use of AI does not result in discrimination based on protected class(es). AI may be used in the hiring process solely in support of the assessment of candidate qualifications. All decisions in the hiring process are made by LRS employees.

If AI will be used in the hiring process for the position for which you are applying, you will be notified and will have the opportunity to opt out. If you have any questions, please contact us.