Communications & High Tech - Business Systems Analyst II

Description Bring your Business Systems Analyst experience to the table with Accenture’s Fortune 100 clients. Organization:  Communications & High Tech Location:  Seattle, WA  Accenture’s Services workforce is a dedicated team of people who work on outsourcing engagements. These are long-term partnerships with clients for whom we manage and provide increasingly specialized business operations, such as finance and accounting, IT, applications development and maintenance, help desk services, and HR.  We not only maintain key business functions for clients, we constantly seek to improve them to help our clients move ahead of the competition. Job Description:  The Business Systems Analyst Level II will work on a variety of projects ranging in both size and scope, and will be responsible for delivering large-scale, complex programs that marry processes with technology to help our clients achieve high performance.   Key responsibilities may include:  Work on a variety of projects ranging in both size and scope Ownership for gathering, refining and prioritizing requirements from product manager and/or business owners through meetings, questionnaires or interviews Assess current business systems and define work items to identify and implement functional requirements that address system gaps/issues Translate business requirements into systemic requirements and detailed functional designs for major project application components. Assist project management with definition of scope and management of application architectural designs Work with development and test teams to ensure completeness and feasibility of functional specifications and obtain sign-off Ensure business owners and/or end users have understanding of design approach and system functionality to attain business sign-off Estimate order of magnitude and help identify resource requirements Work with project team members, other internal groups and external vendor groups to troubleshoot and resolve system issues in a timely manner Preparation of presentations and status reports to communicate application development status Research different approaches to address systems issues, perform cost/benefit/risk analysis on alternatives and communicate results to project stakeholders to facilitate decision making. Organize and lead change management and issue resolution meetings with product management, test and development teams Assist in management of ongoing quality assurance efforts to ensure application delivery meets expectations of end-users per business requirements  Qualifications  Basic Qualifications:  2 years of professional work experience 1 year of experience as a Business Analyst 1 year of experience with the software development lifecycle methodology Bachelor's degree Preferred Skills:  Previous experience in software or business process development Solid understanding of software architectures, Microsoft products, software and development lifecycle Demonstrated experience with relevant project technology (e.g. SQL, data models, web applications, reporting) Technical skills to enable thorough analysis of multiple system components and interfaces  Professional Skill Requirements:   Able to successfully facilitate group meetings Ability to manage resources and project schedule, and provide feedback to business Sound problem resolution, team building, judgment and decision making skills required Ability to operate independently, manage tasks and supervise the work of others   To submit resumes online Click Here   Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration. Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa. Accenture is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Job Information Company: Accenture Location: Seattle, WA Status: Full Time, Employee Job Category: Engineering Relevant Work Experience: Bachelor's Degree Contact Information Company: Accenture Reference Code: 261627