Senior Business Analyst

Position Title: Senior Business Analyst
Location: Atlanta, GA, Seattle, WA, New York City, NY
Work Arrangement: hybrid role, 3 days in office*
Contract Length:  4 Months
Pay Rate: $92.59/W2
Interview: Interview - 2, maybe 3 rounds
 
Overview
The Senior Business Analyst partners with business and technology teams to deliver technical products from inception through ongoing maintenance. This role is responsible for leading the collection, analysis, and documentation of business and functional requirements. Key activities include developing workflows, user stories, and acceptance criteria; performing data mapping and data flow analysis; supporting user testing; and, where applicable, documenting processes and procedures. The Senior Business Analyst ensures that solutions align with business objectives, meet stakeholder needs, and drive operational efficiency.
 
Primary Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with peers and business partners; demonstrate strong questioning and listening skills and the ability to look beyond obvious answers to understand broader impacts.
• Conduct interviews with business stakeholders to identify and clearly articulate business needs, problems, and opportunities; provide scalable implementation options aligned with business objectives.
• Gather, analyze, and document requirements by eliciting and organizing business needs to support design and development. Deliverables may include current-state and future-state workflows, user stories, acceptance criteria, data mapping, and UI wireframes.
• Lead and influence cross-functional teams to align project objectives, priorities, and deliverables.
• Facilitate discussions to drive consensus on target operating models, business rules, and data-related policies.
• Provide consultation and support to product owners and development teams on business-facing application enhancements, ensuring that proposed solutions meet requirements and deliver business value.

 
Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of professional experience, including at least 5 years in Business Analysis.
• Strong expertise in querying, mapping, and documenting data to support business and technical requirements.
• Proven ability to design and articulate customized solutions that align with business objectives.
• Hands-on experience working within Agile, Lean, and/or Kanban software development methodologies.
• Advanced proficiency with documentation tools such as Excel, Lucid, and other workflow/data mapping platforms.
• Strong understanding of analysis and documentation practices across all phases of the project lifecycle.
• Skilled in facilitating decision-making and consensus through workshops and stakeholder engagement.
• Demonstrated adaptability, with the ability to learn quickly and thrive in a dynamic environment with tight deadlines.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to independently manage personal timelines and coordinate multiple project deliverables across teams.
• Proficiency in SQL, Excel, Lucid, Jira, Tableau, and Agile frameworks.