IT Business Analyst

Stanley Consultants
life insurance, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, tuition assistance, 401(k)
United States, Iowa, Muscatine
225 Iowa Avenue (Show on map)
Jan 10, 2025
Description Job Title - IT Business Analyst Location - Muscatine, Iowa Job Type - Hybrid, Onsite ABOUT STANLEY CONSULTANTS Improving Lives Since 1913. Stanley Consultants has been helping clients solve essential and complex energy and infrastructure challenges for over 110 years, successfully completing more than 50,000 engagements in 120 countries and all 50 states and U.S. territories. Values-based and purpose-driven, Stanley is an employee-owned company of engineers, scientists, technologists, innovators and client-service experts who are recognized for their commitment and passion to make a difference. The company garnered a recent Top Workplaces USA Today ranking and followed it with recognitions for outstanding compensation and benefits and work-life flexibility. For more information on Stanley Consultants, please visit https://www.stanleyconsultants.com. The IT Business Analyst position will report to the Manager of Business Systems in Stanley Consultants' Technology Services group. The IT Business Analyst will collaborate closely with operational business leaders, Technology Services management team, and other members of the Information Technology team to gather, document, and translate business requests into actionable technical requirements to be implemented by the Technology Services team. The Business Analyst will become a subject matter expert (SME) in Stanley Consultants' business acumen, processes, development tools and data as necessary to act as a liaison between the business and the Technology Services group team. This position will play a pivotal role in expanding the Technology Services Group's capabilities and capacity through development and implementation of repeatable requirements gathering processes while working closely with the Technology Services management team to review, prioritize, and maintain proper documentation and reports regarding active business requests. The ideal candidate will have a love for business analysis, a background in requirements gathering and user story creation, with a strong desire to learn the engineering consulting business Stanley operates and an advocate for a small but growing development team. What You Will Be Doing: Elicit, analyze, specify, and validate the business needs of stakeholders. Become a SME of Stanley's processes and data to help facilitate requirements gathering and user story creation. Develop functional and/or technical requirements based on conversations with stakeholders that the development team can utilize for implementation. Identify appropriate technologies and designs for solutions for implementation that meet requirements. Work closely with Technology Services management team and business stakeholders to validate and prioritize collected requirements ensuring system and process designs meet requirements. Work closely with Technology Services management team and project managers during requirements gathering and development. Work closely with the Director of IT and IT steering committee to manage onboarding and prioritization of new projects. Design visual and written presentations of project charters, proposed solutions for senior division leadership. Represent and advocate technology solutions for the Technology Services Group. Develop user stories and requirements gathered to into wireframes and prototypes to validate envisioned solutions. Identify areas for automation or efficiency gains by investigating existing processes or systems used by the business and recommending appropriate changes. Other administrative tasks as deemed necessary by the Technology Services management team. Required Qualifications: Bachelor's degree or demonstrated experience in the field of business administration, finance, information systems, or a related field. Four-plus years of related work experience. Proven experience with business and technical requirement gathering and analysis. Excellent analytical and creative problem-solving skills. Prior experience creating user stories, wireframes, and specifications based off gathered requirements. Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks while under pressure. Excellent written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences is required. Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment. Basic understanding of the software development life cycle and project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.). Ability influence and present recommendations to management. Detail oriented, analytical and inquisitive in communicating and presenting complex ideas in a way that is intuitive. Experience with wireframing and prototyping tools such as Balsamiq, Canva, Figma or similar tools. Strong track record of applying analytics to improve business operations and drive quality improvement. Desire to work on a small, but growing team as a business process and data SME. Ability to work with minimal supervision and occasional ambiguous reporting requirements. Preferred Qualifications: Microsoft Project experience a plus. Proficient with MS Office 365, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint. Prior Excel VBA knowledge a plus. Experience with Microsoft Power Platform development is a plus. Familiarity with the engineering consulting industry a plus. Stanley's Approach to Flexibility While some members choose to work out of their local office on a full-time basis, we offer a hybrid schedule for eligible positions consisting of two days a week in the office, two days a week remotely, and Friday being a flexible day that can be worked either in the office or at home. Eligible roles can also offer a compressed workweek schedule. Members who participate will be assigned a 9/80 work schedule, meaning every other Friday off! What we offer: Member-Owned. Member-ownership is at the heart of our culture, aligning client satisfaction, company performance, and personal reward. Work-Life Balance. We realize there's more to life than just work. Paid Time Away. Stanley Consultants offers numerous paid holidays, generous paid time off (PTO), parental leave, and professional development leave. Health Portfolio. We provide a comprehensive portfolio of health services including medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, Doctor On Demand, wellness reimbursement, and mental health resources. Financial Health. We offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, identity theft protection, and many other benefits. Professional Growth. When your skills grow, so do we, which is why we offer tuition assistance, professional society membership, and more. Financial Rewards. We share our prosperity with members through company stock ownership, a generous 401K match, incentive compensation, and profit-sharing contributions to retirement 401K plans. Click Here: A Great Place To Work Learn more about Stanley Consultants in this short video: Working at Stanley Consultants Stanley Consultants does not welcome unsolicited resumes from staffing and recruiting agencies. Any unsolicited resumes submitted to Stanley Consultants, including but not limited to resumes submitted directly to Stanley Consultants members, or any of our representatives, will be deemed the property of Stanley Consultants. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) #LI-BG1 Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)