Junior Business Analyst

Advisory services include transaction due diligence, valuation, forensic accounting and IT risk. We started in 1973 and have grown to about 230 people. We track time in six-minute increments.

Position summary:

MK Certified Public Accountants is looking for a Junior Business Analyst to join a small, steady team. We want someone who writes clear user stories, asks the uncomfortable question in requirements sessions and tests what gets built. On site, Worcester.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Write user stories and acceptance criteria in Jira.
• Work with developers and vendors to clarify requirements during the build.
• Plan and run user acceptance testing, and track defects to resolution.
• Evaluate vendor software against requirements.
• Document business rules, data definitions and report logic.
• Analyze data in Excel and SQL to size problems and measure results.
• Identify gaps between the system and how people actually do the work.

Required qualifications:

• 1-2 years as a business analyst or in a similar requirements role.
• Experience writing user stories, requirements documents and test cases.
• Clear writer and presenter.
• Comfortable leading workshops with people who disagree.
• Familiar with Agile and Scrum.
• Bachelor's degree in business, information systems or a related field.
• Jira and Confluence experience.

Nice to have:

• Process improvement training such as Lean Six Sigma.
• Power BI or Tableau.
• NetSuite, SAP or Dynamics 365 implementation experience.
• CBAP or PMI-PBA certification.

Compensation: $72,000 - $91,000 a year DOE.

Perks and benefits:

• Health, dental and vision coverage starting on day one.
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%.
• Paid sick leave.
• Annual bonus.
• Free parking.

Applications are reviewed as they come in.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at MK Certified Public Accountants.