Business Analyst in Houston, Texas

Job Title: Business Analyst III (Data Analytics/Data Science)

Location: US-TX-Houston

Responsibilities:

JOB SUMMARY

The Business Analyst supports various phases of product development from initial conception through to deployment and continuous improvement. They will work closely with the Product Owner and the project team, facilitating and executing a seamless integration of business processes with advanced data-driven insights. Key to this role is the ability to understand and document both current and future business needs, collaborating with internal stakeholders and external service providers to identify and implement the most effective IT solutions. The analyst must possess a strong analytical capability to manage and interpret data from diverse sources, ensuring data integrity and usefulness for making strategic decisions. The Business Analyst helps ensure that data and analytics solutions meet user requirements and are in line with the strategic goals of the organization. Their work not only involves rigorous analysis and documentation but also ongoing collaboration and communication across various levels of the organization to champion the adoption of data-centric business solutions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Supports the Product Owner and project team through various product phases like Process Analysis, Requirements, User Acceptance Testing, Training, Deployment, and Continuous Improvement.

• Documents current and emerging business needs and works with internal and external service providers to define and deliver data and analytics solutions.

• Participates in sessions to gather business context from Product Owners, analyze, document findings.

• Documents business requirements, use stories, and technical requirements.

• Collaborates with internal customers to ensure user requirements are complete and concise, confirming that changes and enhancements meet technical specifications and user requirements.

• Performs data analysis on different data sources, consolidating multiple data sets and analyzing the data accurately and efficiently.

• Performs business process analysis to define how data and analytic solutions should be configured to meet those needs.

• Performs data analysis to review and analyze business performance prior to and post the deployment of data and analytic solutions. Using SQL, BI Reports and ad-hoc analysis within PowerBI, Tableau, Excel, and other applications.

• Maps current processes to the desired state and identifies gaps such as program functions, output requirements, input requirements and sources, data conversion strategies, and system techniques and controls.

• Assists with the development of test designs and develops test cases.

• Assists with the development and maintenance of product and project documentation including internal project status and conceptual business communications materials.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.

• 5+ years experience as a Business Analyst, Product Manager, Solutions Architect, Business Systems Analyst supporting data and analytic software development projects.

• Experience working with Agile development methodology. Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and experience working in an Agile and hybrid development environment.

• Strong prior participation in the design, development, and implementation of enterprise data and analytic solutions. A working understanding of applying data and analytics to improve business processes.

• Ability to elicit, articulate and document process modeling, business requirements, description of business context using scenarios and user stories.

• Strong foundational knowledge of Agile Methodology in application, as well as Product Development and the Software Development Life Cycle.

• Proven experience with business and technical requirements analysis, elicitation, modeling, verification, and methodology development

• Experience using JIRA and Confluence to support workflow.

• Experience in various data and reporting tools such as SQL, PowerBI, Tableau, and Excel

• Strong demonstrated experience with Microsoft applications such as PowerPoint and can pull together clear, concise, and convincing presentations using mockups, data, and written context.

TRAVEL REQUIRED

Minimal travel is required for this position (up to 20% of the time and on a domestic basis).

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About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells

ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells – creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity – as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2022 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for the 13th year – all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.

ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee’s race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.