IT Business Analyst

We are looking to add an IT Business Analyst to join our Information Technology team in West Des Moines, IA.

• Partnering with business stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and document requirements.
• Translating business needs into clear, actionable requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Reviewing end-to-end process analysis, identifying gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Facilitating requirements workshops, stakeholder meetings, and solution discussions.
• Acting as a primary liaison between business, technology teams, and vendors.
• Ensuring alignment of solutions to business strategy and objectives.
• Supporting solution design by collaborating with architects and developers.
• Driving traceability from requirements through delivery and testing.
• Participating actively in testing strategy, test case definition, and validation of outcomes.
• Identifying and proactively managing risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Ensuring clear and consistent communication across stakeholders at multiple levels.
• Facilitating conflict resolution and stakeholder alignment in ambiguous situations.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in business administration, information technology, computer science, or a related field.
• Experience:
  
  4-6 years of progressively responsible experience with business systems analysis, including system development, system configuration, business process analysis, and project management.
• Skills & Licensing:
  Business Analyst certification (e.g. IIBA Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)).
• Technical
  
  Competencies:
  
  Possesses strong business and technology knowledge to understand business needs, make informed decisions, and deliver effective technology solutions, including related processes and procedures; demonstrates excellent problem‑solving skills to efficiently identify issues, determine root causes, and propose and implement effective solutions or improvements.

• Health, dental and vision coverage.
• Paid parental leave and supportive new parent benefits.
• Company‑paid continuing education and tuition reimbursement.
• 401k profit sharing, including a lump‑sum contribution each year.
• Generous time‑off practices, in addition to paid holidays.
• Paid volunteer time off and employee matching gifts to charities that are important to you.
• Inclusion & belonging initiatives, including paid diversity day time‑off, a committee, employee resource groups, and development programs.
• Consistent merit increase and promotion opportunities; employees are reviewed annually.
• Discretionary bonus opportunity.

Holmes Murphy & Associates is an Equal Opportunity Employer.