Business Analyst, Government Savings - Product Management

Ascensus is a technology and service platform supporting savings plans across America. The Business Analyst will collaborate with Product Owners, teams, and customers to define product features, write user stories and acceptance criteria, support Agile product backlog management, and assist with project planning, implementation, documentation, and risk mitigation.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with Product Owner to write accurate user stories and acceptance criteria, incorporating technical dependencies that are ready to be consumed by the team
• Supports and educates the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog
• Actively participates in scrum ceremonies (backlog refinement, road mapping, release planning, sprint planning)
• Assists the project team in the definition of project deliverables (such as product level documentation, and other deliverables)
• Participates in retrospectives, identifying the successes and challenges encountered and being an advocate for positive change
• Completes the accurate and timely updates as required to time and project tracking systems
• Continually enhances own domain knowledge of systems, products, and industry
• Collaborates with team members to identify and apply best practices
• Works with Product Owner and Team to plan and execute project implementations
• Continually improve personal skills and adaptability to agile practice and the practical application of these skills
• Assists in the identification and mitigation of project risks
• Brings technical product knowledge to strategic business conversations
• Assists with other tasks and projects as assigned
• Responsible for protecting, securing, and proper handling of all confidential data held by Ascensus to ensure against unauthorized access, improper transmission, and/or unapproved disclosure of information that could result in harm to Ascensus or our clients
• Our I-Client service philosophy and our Core Values of People Matter, Quality First and Integrity Always® should be visible in your actions on a day to day basis showing your support of our organizational culture

Requirements:

• Demonstrated success in Business Analyst position or equivalent work experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• Excellent analytical skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including active listening
• Knowledge of PC applications including SQL and MS Office products
• Knowledge of common business applications and analytical tools
• Knowledge and/or experience with writing user stories and acceptance criteria
• Knowledge of Scrum/Agile theory
• Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team