Remote Business Analyst (hospitality)

Company: Software Guidance & Assistance
Location: Parsippany
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

Software Guidance Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Remote Business Analyst (Hospitality) for a short-term contract assignment with one of our premier hospitality clients. Summary DescriptionThe Business Analyst enables the efficient collection, development, documentation, and communication of business and functional requirements.The role also works together with the QMO for supporting user testing to achieve business and project goals.The business analyst will be responsible for bridging the gap between the business users, stakeholders, and technical teams (Internal and Vendors) for projects within their domain. Essential Job Functions - Reviews and defines appropriate requirement types for projects - Builds and maintains the requirements plan and execution for supporting projects - Gathers, analyzes, develops, documents and communicates business and functional requirements - Works with stakeholders for prioritization of requirements - Analyzes business operations to understand their strengths and weaknesses to determine opportunities for improvements - Assesses business needs and other information such as the business environment, business vision, business rules, risks, and information pertinent to the stakeholders - Works with technical teams for requirement clarification for supporting development activities - Identifies risks issues and escalates as required - Works closely with the PMO and project management for supporting requirement change management - Ensures requirements lifecycle is defined and followed for all initiatives within domain - Assists in the development of user test cases and validates test results during user acceptance testing - Owns manages requirement traceability from inception to deployment for projects within domain Requirements EducationBachelor's degree in information technology, hospitality, business, or related field(s). 5-7 years relevant work experience (Technical or business) Experience working with requirements management tools, especially Jira Strong experience with business requirements process, SDLC, and Agile Highly proficient knowledge with Windows applications, including but not limited to Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio Proficient in IIBA Principles and practices Must have Skills -Experience working with data (SQL querying experience preferred) -Extensive work done with business teams (ie not just someone who is only technical) -Hospitality experience or Revenue Management Experience (1 or the other) Preferred, not required -Redshift experience Interview Process 1 st Round phone interview with hiring manager 2 nd Round Zoom interview with select members of project team 3 rd Round as needed SGA is a Certified Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) celebrating over thirty years of service to our national client base for both permanent placement and consulting opportunities. For consulting positions, we offer a variety of benefit options including but not limited to health dental insurance, paid vacation, timely payment via direct deposit. SGA accepts transfers of H1 sponsorship for most contracting roles. We are unable to sponsor for Right-to-Hire, Fulltime, or Government roles. All parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply for all roles. Only those authorized to work for government entities will be considered for government roles. Please inquire about our referral program if you would like to submit a candidate for any of our open or future job opportunities. SGA is an EEO employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status. To view all of our available job postings andor to learn more about SGA please visit us online at www.sgainc.com httpwww.sgainc.com .

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