Business Analyst – Enterprise Data

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Collect and document requirements through interviews with client stakeholders, collaborative working sessions, and evaluations of existing documentation.

• Develop user stories with precise acceptance criteria and manage them in Jira.

• Collaborate with senior business analysts and product owners to refine and prioritize the backlog.

• Monitor requirements from the intake phase through to development and testing.

• Evaluate and enhance analytical business processes, reporting mechanisms, system improvements, KPI calculations, and data transfers.

• Identify issues, manual workarounds, data quality discrepancies, and possibilities for simplification or automation.

• Formulate solution alternatives and suggest enhancements in collaboration with data and BI teams.

• Create current-state and future-state workflow mappings utilizing process flows and swimlane diagrams.

• Maintain process documentation in Confluence or team repositories.

• Acquire knowledge of client data ecosystems, including source systems, pipelines, data warehouses, and reporting layers.

• Document data definitions, business rules, source-to-target mappings, and data dictionaries.

• Write basic SQL queries to analyze data, validate requirements, and assist in testing.

• Review, troubleshoot, or create basic Power BI reports and DAX measures.

• Generate low-fidelity wireframes to ensure design alignment with stakeholders.

• Assist in producing BRDs, functional specifications, user stories, process maps, data mappings, and test cases.

• Support UAT by drafting test scenarios, coordinating testers, and logging and tracking defects.

• Engage in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, and retrospectives.

• Aid in breaking down epics into user stories and estimating work with the delivery team.

• Support quarterly and roadmap planning by organizing requirements, dependencies, and priorities.

• Professionally represent Kaizen with client teams and cultivate strong working relationships.

• Keep the Kaizen engagement lead informed on progress, risks, and scope inquiries.

• Adhere to Kaizen delivery standards and contribute to internal templates, best practices, and knowledge sharing.

• Quickly adapt to new client environments, tools, and business sectors as engagements evolve.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Analytics, or a related field.

• 1 to 3 years of experience in business analysis, data analysis, or a related position.

• Basic understanding of data concepts such as tables, joins, data models, and metrics.

• Strong writing abilities, capable of transforming vague input into clear, structured requirements.

• Effective and confident communication with both business and technical audiences.

• Curiosity about business operations and how data informs decision-making.

• Interest in consulting and adaptability to work with various clients, industries, and team setups.

• Organized, detail-oriented, and willing to ask questions.

• Proficient with Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; strong Excel skills are expected.

• Familiarity with Jira for creating and managing stories and epics; experience with Confluence is a plus.

• Basic knowledge of Power BI, including report building and DAX.

• Basic understanding of SQL for querying and data validation.

• Familiarity with diagramming tools such as Visio, Figma, Lucidchart, Miro, or similar.

• Legally authorized to work in the United States.

• Must clarify whether sponsorship is needed now or in the future.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time employment.

• Remote work arrangement.

• No travel required.