Business Analyst

Synopsis of Role:

Provide status of in-progress issues and enhancements to the business and aid the business in the setting of priorities.

Essential Functions: 

• Assist the business with the creation of project proposals for submission to the Executive Committee.
• Analyze business practices throughout APUS  departments and utilize this information to influence system enhancements and maintenance requests.
• Participate in the business analysis process to define the functional and detailed requirements and work with the development team on the design specifications and approach.
• Meet with the department contacts and reporting team to create functional design documents for new reports providing data mapping and report layout specifications.
• Responsible for leading discovery sessions and for working with the Project Manager to publish meeting minutes and assure all action items are completed in the timeframe set.
• Consult with business owners to obtain additional information during system development in order to evaluate an alternative approach.
• Conduct system demonstrations and coordinate the creation of user guides.
• Assist the project team and key stakeholders in the review of test cases.
• Prepare User Acceptance Testing (UAT) documentation and leads the user acceptance testing effort with the responsible business owner.
• Monitor and document post-implementation problems and revision requests.
• Work with other Business Analysts to get a complete picture of the impacted processes.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• BS or BA is required.
• IT certification or understanding of analytical techniques preferred.
• 1 to 5 years experience in the Information Technology or Education disciplines required.
• Exposure to design methodology such as Agile is preferred.
• Experience with application design/development of web applications desired.
• Understanding of relational database concepts and SQL preferred.
• Experience with Data Warehouse applications is desirable.
• Microsoft Office experience (i.e., Word, Excel, and PowerPoint); Visio and MS Project skills preferred.

Work Environment and Physical Demands:

• Standard office environment in Charles Town, WV.
• Must be able to travel to all APUS offices (Charles Town, West Virginia and Manassas, Virginia).