Title: Business Analyst
Duration: 9-12 Months (No benefits)
Location: Remote (some onsite in Jefferson City, MO)
Job Summary:
Lead Business Analyst between the finance, HR, and payroll business owners and the delivery team. Owns requirements, business-rule traceability, and the QAT/UAT test plans used to accept each monthly deliverable.
Responsibilities:
- Run requirements workshops with IT, business, finance, and payroll stakeholders.
- Write Business Requirements (BRD) and Functional Requirements (FRD) documents; define scope and functionality.
- Document business rules from the current data warehouse and reports, working with the COBOL SME and SQL Lead.
- Maintain requirements-to-test traceability in Azure DevOps.
- Write and execute QAT test plans; prepare and support UAT and parallel-run validation with business users.
- Prepare decision-ready materials for sign-offs; track business decisions and changes.
Required Qualifications:
- 7+ years across all SDLC phases.
- 7+ years with waterfall, scrum, and agile methodologies (all three must be shown).
- 7+ years each in:
- Requirements gathering
- Communication with business partners
- Writing and executing QAT/UAT test plans
- Scope and functionality definition
- BRD/FRD documentation
- Azure DevOps (ADO).
- Experience in complex, ambiguous environments.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong accounting knowledge (GL, AP/AR, fund accounting) and payroll knowledge.
- Public sector ERP experience: CGI Advantage, PeopleSoft, Workday, or Oracle.
- Data warehouse and reporting requirements experience.