Business Analyst

This advanced-level Business Analyst serves as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, supporting bureau initiatives, projects, and operational processes. The role focuses on gathering, defining, and validating business and technical requirements while ensuring alignment between business needs and delivered solutions. The consultant will analyze current business processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and recommend enhancements to systems and workflows to improve operational efficiency and meet customer needs. Responsibilities include developing use cases, user stories, and test plans to support current-to-future state transformations, as well as validating system requirements and design specifications. The role requires collaboration with business leads, SMEs, architects, and developers to design and implement solutions. The analyst will lead requirements sessions, facilitate stakeholder discussions, and ensure cross-functional alignment. They will also document workflows, data flows, and system interactions, ensuring traceability from requirements through delivery. This position includes ownership of quality assurance activities, including test planning, execution, defect resolution, and validation of delivered solutions. The analyst will also support end-user training, develop documentation, and ensure the successful deployment and adoption of solutions. The individual operates with minimal supervision, acting as a senior authority on business analysis practices, contributing to multiple complex initiatives, and providing guidance to stakeholders and team members. The role also contributes to enterprise standards, best practices, and continuous process improvement efforts. Other notables:  Contract role supporting the Bureau of Aeronautics (Airport Financial Management and Airport Project Management)  Position requires strong collaboration across business and IT teams  Experience with Oracle databases, SQL, and data analysis tools is relevant  Familiarity with SDLC, JIRA, and process modeling tools (e.g., Visio) is beneficial