Business System Analyst (Ref: 18461)

Position: Business System Analyst (Ref: 18461)

Location: Richmond, VA USA, 23219

Salary: $62.41/hr.

Duration: 1 Years 0 Months 5 Days - Contract

Openings: 1

Deadline: 07/03/2026

Description:

***Local Candidates Only

***Hybrid - Onsite 4 days/week initially

We are seeking a skilled and proactive Business Systems Analyst to join our project design team. In this fast-paced environment, you will serve as a key contributor to software development projects, utilizing both Agile (Kanban/Sprint) and traditional Waterfall methodologies. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who excels at managing multiple priorities while maintaining high standards for work quality and process efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with project stakeholders to identify business processes, pain points, and system deficiencies.

• Conduct root cause analysis to recommend business or technical resolutions.

• Document requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria; manage requirements traceability and testing.

• Diagram current and proposed processes, including process flows, context diagrams, and data flow diagrams.

• Decompose requirements into Epics and Features, mapping them into technical design specifications.

• Create conceptual prototypes, wireframes, and mock-ups.

• Perform quality assurance functions, including defining test objectives, creating test plans/cases, and executing regression testing.

• Coordinate and facilitate User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

• Act as a project coordinator for small-scale projects or workstreams.

• Facilitate cross-functional team meetings, capturing decisions and action items to ensure project alignment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience delivering business and systems analysis artifacts.

• 5+ years of experience as an Agile Business Analyst with a strong understanding of Scrum concepts.

• Proven experience organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs.

• Expertise in translating strategy requirements into application requirements and user stories.

• Proficiency in defining acceptance criteria and managing the acceptance process with development teams.

• Experience with large, multi-module systems.

• Experience in managing projects or workstreams independently.

• Exceptional written and oral communication skills with the ability to work effectively with diverse teams.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project) and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Team Foundation Server (TFS), JIRA, or Confluence.

• Ability to create low and high-fidelity wireframes.

• Experience building interactive dashboards and reports using Power BI or Tableau.

• Strong experience writing complex SQL queries for data extraction and transformation.

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent.

Required / Desired Skills

• Extensive experience extracting requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, use cases Required - 10 Years

• Agile Business Analyst, strong understanding of scrum concepts and methodology Required - 5 Years

• Experience translating business and product requirements into application requirements and user stories Required - 10 Years

• Strong capability in documenting and maintain acceptance standards to guide testing and ensure deliverable quality Required - 10 Years

• Exceptional written and oral communications skills and have the proven ability to work well with a diverse set of peers and users Required - 10 Years

• Experience in creating wire frames and prototypes (using Balsamiq or Figma) Required - 5 Years

• Expertise with Microsoft office products – Visio, word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project Server Required - 10 Years

• Strong experience in writing complex SQL queries for data extraction, transformation and reporting Required - 5 Years

• Experience building interactive dashboards and reports using Power BI Desktop. Required - 5 Years

• Experience in managing projects & Sprints as a Project Coordinator Required - 5 Years

• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) Required - 5 Years

• Certified Scrum Master Required - 5 Years

• Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt or above) Required - 5 Years