Lead Business Analyst

Waltham Planning Group manages assets for more than 200,000 clients through 120 offices. Since 1926, the firm has grown through acquisitions of independent advisory practices. We started in 1926 and have grown to about 107,800 people.

Waltham Planning Group is hiring a Lead Business Analyst to work remotely from Sri Lanka. We want someone who writes clear user stories, asks the uncomfortable question in requirements sessions and tests what gets built. Our headquarters is in Waltham, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. Employment is through our payroll partner in Sri Lanka. Salary is paid monthly in Sri Lankan rupees. Core hours are 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM US Eastern. You will need a stable internet connection and a backup power source (UPS or inverter).

Duties

• Map current and future-state processes in Visio or Lucidchart.
• Maintain a prioritized backlog with the product owner.
• Write user stories and acceptance criteria in Jira.
• Document business rules, data definitions and report logic.
• Analyse data in Excel and SQL to size problems and measure results.
• Work with developers and vendors to clarify requirements during the build.
• Run requirements sessions with business users and document what they need.
• Identify gaps between the system and how people actually do the work.

Requirements

• Jira and Confluence experience.
• 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.

What we offer

• 24 days paid time off.
• Monthly internet allowance.
• Company laptop.
• Annual salary review.

Please submit your CV in English.

Shortlisted candidates will hear from us within two weeks.

Start: Within 30 days.

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