Business Analyst (contract)

KPMG US is seeking a Business Analyst contractor to support their projects. The role involves partnering with Product Managers and stakeholders to translate business requirements into actionable outputs, while ensuring effective communication and documentation throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with Product Managers and SMEs to understand and translate business requirements into actionable outputs. Assist in creating workplans and project documentation based on business needs
• Elicit, analyze and document business, stakeholder, and software requirements for technology capabilities
• Playback, clarify, and follow up on requirements with stakeholders and relay them to the core team
• Must be able to communicate requirements effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Prepare structured documentation using Microsoft Office tools
• Support the development and review of project documentation and reports
• Work with a multi-disciplinary team
• Plan and manage the business analysis approach for the project and ensure the consistent application of the BA process and related methodologies to deliver artifacts
• Provide guidance on utilization of effective Business Analysis techniques, template usage and development, and technical subject matter
• Maintain and encourage compliance with project specific standards, processes, and tools for Requirements Definition and Management while ensuring traceability for impact and coverage analysis
• Responsible for tracing the requirements during implementation to ensure that the developed system is consistent and in scope with the determined system requirements

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in business analysis or related role in a complex regulated environment
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university or foreign equivalent in Business Administration, Information Technology, or related field
• Skillful in requirements elicitation, analysis, and management for medium to large initiatives while interacting with multiple stakeholders in a matrix organization
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, proficient at communicating/interacting professionally with diverse groups, clients, executives, managers, and subject matter experts
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills
• Proficient with industry-standard, structured business analysis techniques, and practices
• Strong experience with Microsoft tools such as Word, Excel, Project, Visio SharePoint, Power Point; preferred exposure to Azure DevOps
• Good proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
• Basic understanding of data analysis tools (e.g., Excel formulas, pivot tables)
• Knowledge of AI, audits and/or assurance is a plus
• Knowledge/experience of audits (ISO, SOC2, internal audits) and/or technology assurance is a plus
• Experience working for a professional services firm a plus