***Must be able to sit onsite 3 days per week in Chicago, IL.***

Client: Banking

Location: Chicago, IL (Must be ale to sit onsite 3 days per week.)

Length: 6+ month Assignment

Pay: $45 - $50/hour W2 (No Corp-to-Corp)

The Analyst will analyze current processes and systems, assessing the business model and its integration with technology. The Analyst is responsible for working with stakeholders to understand their needs, analyze problems, and elicit requirements/stories from a business team. Also gather and apply technical knowledge in use cases, process models, technical requirements, acceptance criteria and more into JIRA Epics & Stories, spikes and Tasks that can be executed by the team. Working closely with the Development Team to refine and estimate the story requirements. The Analyst will be part of an Agile Scrum team, collaborating with the Product Owner(s) to evaluate the Features, write effective user stories, document business rules and with the Developers to review technical design, identify enablers and dependencies. The resource must be able to be able to act as the communication hub between tech teams and business partners/product owners.

Skills:

• 6+ years practical Agile experience.
• Experience in being a Product Owner OR working closely with Product Owner to define business needs.
• Business Analyst experience in converting business need into Epics and Stories.
• Experience refining business processes and testing.
• Extremely strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work with both technical and business team members with ease.
• Strong JIRA experience is required.
• Experience with SQL and other data tools.
• Experience working in a Testing environment (Manual / ALM).
• Horizon toolset familiarity.
• Change Management familiarity.