Business Analyst

The role

We are adding a Business Analyst to our Operational Excellence team. This role sits between business users and the technical team. You need to speak both languages. Our headquarters is in New York City, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. Contract role, full-time hours, paid in USD at the end of each month. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Eastern time. You will need a reliable internet connection and a quiet place to work.

Main duties

• Analyse data in Excel and SQL to size problems and measure results.
• Present findings and recommendations to managers and executives.
• Document business rules, data definitions and report logic.
• Run requirements sessions with business users and document what they need.
• Work with developers and vendors to clarify requirements during the build.
• Identify gaps between the system and how people actually do the work.
• Prepare training materials and job aids for new processes.
• Map current and future-state processes in Visio or Lucidchart.

Required qualifications

• 3+ years as a business analyst or in a similar requirements role.
• Jira and Confluence experience.
• Working knowledge of SQL for basic queries.
• Comfortable leading workshops with people who disagree.
• Familiar with Agile and Scrum.

What you get

Rate: $1,950 to $2,700 per month

• Long-term engagement.
• Flexible hours.
• Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise.
• Company laptop.

About Allegheny Unified School District

As a charter network of 25 schools, the organisation runs campuses in several cities. Food services serve about 30,000 meals a day. We started in 1947 and have grown to about 990 people.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Allegheny Unified School District.