Overview

Allied Consultants, Inc. is an Austin-based firm which has for 32 years been a premier provider of technical and business professionals to clients in Texas. We are currently seeking an experienced Business Analyst to be a key resource on a technical services team.

Allied Consultants offers its family of consultants excellent rates, a local support staff, and an attractive benefits package which includes medical insurance (Allied shares a percentage of the cost), life insurance, a matching 401(k) plan and a cafeteria plan.

Candidates selected for interview will be required to undergo criminal background checks and may be required to complete a drug screen in accordance with Federal and State Law. Offers of Employment are contingent on a successful background check

Allied Consultants is an equal opportunities employer.

Responsibilities

Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs. Formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies. Experienced with business process reengineering and identifying new applications of technology to business problems to make business more effective. Familiar with industry standard business process mapping, and reengineering. Prepares solution options, risk identification, and financial analyses such as cost/benefit, ROI, buy/build, etc. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Gather, analyze, and document user requirements, business processes, and problems to automate or improve existing systems; elicit and document business needs for new systems.
• Analyze program policies and procedures to determine their effect on automated systems and system functional areas.
• Assist in requirements gathering.
• Identify opportunities for improving business processes through automation and assist in the preparation of proposals to develop new systems.
• Assist with reviewing and preparing complex project management deliverables such as project charters, project plans, test plans, and risk management plans.
• Consult on the analysis of an application, troubleshoots system problems, and recommend solutions.
• Provide quality assurance consultation to projects, assignments, or special initiatives.
• Develop and review test cases; process change requests; and manage a project's scope, acceptance, installation, and deployment.
• Maintain assigned business relationships with vendors, seek best value for new and renewing technologies, and review and approve monthly and annual invoices.
• Follow all client policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

Years

Required/Preferred

Experience

8

Required

relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals

8

Required

independently performs a variety of complicated tasks, a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected

8

Required

Coordinate with outside vendors and contractors to complete projects and service requests; and defines, assigns, and evaluates their work

8

Required

Develop training curricula and conduct formal training sessions covering assigned systems modules

8

Required

Identify opportunities to improve business processes through automation and help prepare proposals to develop new systems

8

Required

Review complex project deliverables such as charters, design documentation, test plans, and risk assessment plans; and provide comments and suggestions to document owners

8

Required

Develop the design and/or review of test cases; processes change requests

8

Required

Provide complex quality assurance consultation to, or oversight of, projects, assignments, or special initiatives

5

Required

served as a liaison between the Business community and Customer IT Teams (i.e., Architecture, Project Delivery, Application Sustain, etc.

5

Required

Consult on the analysis of an application, troubleshoots system problems, and implements solutions

5

Preferred

work experience with Agile methodology and user story analysis

1

Preferred

Strong experience as a Data Analyst in analyzing raw data, and as a Business Analyst in requirements gathering, understanding technology, and any project management experience with PMP