Business System Analyst - Experienced

Horace Mann is seeking a Business Systems Analyst – Experienced to support business processes and enterprise technology systems. The role partners with business units and technical teams to analyze requirements, manage system initiatives and projects, improve processes, and ensure solutions meet company standards and user needs.

Responsibilities:

• Elicit, analyze, document, and validate functional and non-functional requirements
• Perform gap analysis and issue analysis to identify business needs and improvement opportunities
• Translate and simplify business requirements into clear technical specifications
• Design, document, and maintain business and system processes
• Identify and design business and/or system improvement opportunities
• Assist in the development of business cases for strategic initiatives
• Plan, coordinate, and monitor project deliverables
• Manage small to mid-sized projects and/or project tasks
• Apply knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC) and project lifecycle principles
• Ensure technology solutions meet company standards and user requirements
• Serve as liaison between business units and technical teams
• Facilitate communication between business stakeholders and technical resources
• Manage requirements throughout the project lifecycle
• Provide guidance and feedback to less experienced staff
• Work collaboratively across departments to support enterprise initiatives

Requirements:

• 5+ years of business analyst experience
• Proven experience supporting broad-impact, cross-functional systems
• Advanced skills in requirements elicitation for business processes and system functionality
• Advanced general analysis and gap analysis skills
• Experience generating multiple types of business and/or process documentation
• Experience identifying and designing business/system improvements
• Ability to coordinate and manage small-sized projects and tasks
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills
• Organizational and documentation expertise
• Knowledge of enterprise systems and strategic solution design
• Professional Business Analyst certification (CBAP, CCBA, PBA) preferred