As a salaried fulltime employee of Ferguson Consulting, you will function as a contract IT resource in the role of Business Analyst at the enterprise level for our reinsurance client in Chesterfield, MO.
We’ve learned over the years how to comply with our clients’ unique procurement procedures and to keep in step with their overall processes so we can be responsive to their requests and requirements.
As a Business Analyst, you will lead client business studies for smaller implementations, ensuring business needs are met within timelines and budgets. You will identify client’s business needs for systems development, performing requirement analysis, documentation of requirements and partner with developers to ensure appropriate solutions are designed. You will train users on system functionality and support them during all phases of implementation.
Provide estimates as required for work efforts.
Document the clients’ business needs in the form of formal requirements and/or use cases, and work with the developers/designers to develop appropriate solutions; while ensuring the solution supports all affected business units.
Work with the project team to ensure expectations and priorities of clients are met, which may include negotiation of design aspects that will meet or exceed their needs while considering the impact to Client Technologies’ core software. Support Quality Assurance test plans with input needed for successful validation of the work efforts.
Work within the constraints of time, cost, scope and quality. Document work flow using project management tools.
Develop test scenarios and test cases as well as assist with review of client data to determine the validity of the data, which includes negotiating possible solutions to problems, offering suggestions to the client, and recommending needed changes to the system. Act as subject matter expert for QA staff.
Create and monitor specifications and requirements for internal/external project members.
Provide subject matter expertise for user manual documentation and for creating well-structured client specific documentation following client Technologies’ standards.
Participate in multiple projects simultaneously, appropriately balancing priorities and deliverables.
3-5 years related experience, such as Business Analysis, Quality Assurance, etc.
Ability to read, review and understand XML output.
5+ years related experience, such as Business Analysis, Quality Assurance, etc.