Business Analyst

At Akkodis, we use our insight, knowledge, and global resources to make exceptional connections every day. With 60 branch offices located strategically throughout North America, we are positioned perfectly to deliver the industry's top talent to each of our clients. Clients choose Akkodis as their workforce partner to solve staffing challenges that range from locating hard-to-find niche talent to completing quick-fill demands Position: Business Analyst Pay Rate/Salary: $43/hr. On w2 Location: San Diego CA (Hybrid Remote) Job Type: 6+ Months -Contract-Hire Job Description Akkodis is seeking a Business Analyst with a San Diego CA-based client to join their team Pay Range - $40-43/hr. ; The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors. LOCATION DETAILS: Work Schedule: Hybrid Schedule. Schedule will follow Companies normal schedule 3 days in the office and 2 working from home. ABOUT THE ROLE: PRIMARY PURPOSE: The primary purpose of this role is to lead the development, documentation, and validation of high-quality business and technical requirements through deep understanding of client processes, applications, and data. The position serves as an expert system user and trusted partner to internal and external stakeholders, ensuring solutions meet business needs through thorough testing, timely issue management, and clear, accurate communication. This role is responsible for independently mastering new concepts, simplifying complex information for diverse audiences, and contributing to Agile teams through strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational capabilities. Additionally, the role adopts and utilizes modern work management and analytical tools to support efficient delivery and continuous improvement across projects. RESPONSIBILITES/ACCOUNTABILITIES: • Lead development and maintenance of in-depth requirements based upon knowledge of the client’s business processes, data, and applications. • Have expertise in one or more of the following areas: business process, IT process, applications, and data used by their respective team and or client. The candidate would be responsible for quickly mastering any topics that were new to them. • Responsible for becoming an expert user of applications and systems to support internal and external clients. • Create and perform tests to ensure requirements have been met. Identify use cases for test automation. • Responsible for the timely entry, escalation, and general management of user requests and issues. • Responsible for providing management and or stakeholders with accurate and straight-forward updates on the status of new development, enhancement requests, and issues across candidate’s area of responsibility. • Responsible for handling questions regarding requirements, testing, client needs, issues found, and resolutions. • Responsible for adopting work management tools including: Jira, Azure DevOps, and data analytics tools, e.g. Power BI, SQL queries, Excel models. QUALIFICATIONS: Education: • Requires a bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related discipline - or equivalent work experience. Experience: • Have 2-4 years of equivalent work experience performing and/or verified proficiency in performing related functions. Skills/Knowledge/Abilities: • Excellent verbal and communication skills. • Must be self-directed, goal oriented, and able to learn independently. • Must possess initiative, advanced decision-making skills, and problem solving abilities. • Project and product management experience a plus. • Programming experience is preferred and experience scripting in SQL is highly preferred. • Ability to simplify complex topics for broad audiences and teach to team members in depth. • Ability to manage one’s time across multiple assignment simultaneously in coordination with team members. • Ability to focus and perform at a high level in an open and dynamic team environment. • Ability to independently break down complex business processes to identify requirements, create test scenarios, create training documentation, and explain the business need to operational and sales teams. • Ability to work within a Scrum team and Agile environment. • Experience in SDLC a plus • Takes initiative to learn and teach complex business processes. If you are interested in this role, then please click APPLY NOW. For other opportunities available at Akkodis go to www.akkodis.com. If you have questions about the position, please contact Dana More at dana.more@akkodisgroup.com Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, term life insurance, short-term disability insurance, additional voluntary benefits, commuter benefits and 401K plan. Our program provides employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. Available paid leave may include Paid Sick Leave, where required by law; any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law; and Holiday pay upon meeting eligibility criteria. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs which are direct hire to a client To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit https://www.modis.com/en-us/candidate-privacy/ The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction record.