Business Analyst I (Data Analyst) || Anchorage, Alaska

Location: Anchorage Alaska

Duration: 6 months starting ASAP

Scope: Responsible for business analyst and data management activities to assist with project delivery.

Skills needed:

• Researches defines documents business processes and objectives with a focus on data quality and process documentation.
• Learns quickly and can assist users with training as needed.
• Assists with creating and maintaining user guides used to facilitate the learning of business information systems and supporting processes.
• Partners with functional and strategic areas to establish and maintain a unified approach to implementing processes.
• Manages work and project delivery tasks under minimal supervision with high quality delivery.
• Performs work with high standard of quality to ensure best practices and standards are aligned to processes.

Desirable Skills:

• Business and Systems Analysis and quality data entry
• Strong verbal and written communication Skills
• System implementation experience
• Project Organization Skills
• Collaboration and teamwork skills
• Strong computer skills especially Microsoft applications
• Ability to work independently in an office setting and meet deadlines
• Detail oriented

Job Description:

SUMMARY: Responsible for understanding and executing service-related business needs documenting the business processes and/or requirements and driving efforts to completion.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Directs defines documents and carries out small to medium projects actively participating in all phases under direction of manager.
• Identify assess and manage risks to ensure the project success.
• Deliver realistic project and quality plans track activities while providing regular and accurate reports to stakeholders as appropriate.
• Monitor cost time and resources used and take action where these deviate from agreed tolerances.
• Manage the investigation of operational requirements problems and opportunities seeking effective business solutions through improvements in automated and non-automated components of new or changed processes.
• Manage the analysis of business processes; identifies alternative solutions assesses feasibility and recommends new approaches.
• Contribute to evaluating factors which must be addressed in the change program which help establish requirements for the implementation of changes in the departmental business process.
• Support others to execute tests of new/updated processes.
• May create and/or assist in training internal users within the company.
• Gathers and assimilates information/data using known tools techniques methods to ensure an accurate and concise output summarizing findings; maintains communication with stakeholder ensuring project/tasks are delivered on time and to expectations
• Reviews and prepares results documents and recommendations for stakeholders ensuring all commitments of the project are met.
• Maintains updated knowledge of evolving technology and methods that can be used for effective business and data analysis.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelors degree in computer science business information systems or a related field; or equivalent combination of post high school education and experience equal to four (4) years.

EXPERIENCE:

• 2 - 5 years of experience in quality data entry training business analysis and/or project management.