About the Role
Allied Consultants, Inc. is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to play a key role within a high-impact technical services team, analyzing current legacy systems, identifying inefficiencies, and translating business needs into actionable technical solutions.
Responsibilities
- Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs.
- Formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies.
- Experienced with business process reengineering and identifying new applications of technology to business problems.
- Familiar with industry standard business process mapping, and reengineering.
- Prepares solution options, risk identification, and financial analyses.
- Writes detailed descriptions of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs.
- Acts as the critical bridge between business stakeholders and technology teams.
- Documents requirements for vendor selection and solution implementation.
- Meets with stakeholders through interviews, workshops, and surveys to discover business needs.
- Translates abstract ideas into structured Business Requirement Documents (BRD) and Functional Requirement Documents (FRD).
- Creates use cases to visually map current vs future state.
- Negotiates requirement trade-offs and manages expectations regarding project timelines and costs.
- Participates in the testing phase by creating test cases and ensuring the final product meets original requirements.
- Serves as the central point of contact between users, technical teams, and stakeholders.
- Ensures solution implementation to stakeholder satisfaction until project completion.
Requirements
- Minimum 8 years of experience.
- Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
- Independently performs a variety of complicated tasks.
- A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
- Minimum 5 years of experience serving as a liaison between the Business community and Customer IT Teams.
- Strong experience as a Data Analyst in analyzing raw data.
- Strong experience as a Business Analyst in requirements gathering.
- Understanding of technology.
- Project management experience with PMP is a huge plus.
- Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
- Analyze current legacy system and identify inefficiencies.
- Translate business needs into actionable, technical solutions.
- Document requirements and UAT.
- Translate abstract ideas to business requirements in a structured way.
Skills
- Business Analysis
- Data Analysis
- Requirements Gathering
- Technology Understanding
- Project Management (PMP a plus)
- Business Process Reengineering
- Business Process Mapping
- Risk Identification
- Financial Analysis (Cost/Benefit, ROI, Buy/Build)
- Use Case Creation
- Scope Management
- Test Case Creation
- Stakeholder Communication
Location
- Austin, Texas
Work Type
- Full-time
- Contract
Experience Level
- 8+ years
Benefits
- Medical insurance (with employer cost sharing)
- Life insurance
- 401(K) plan with company match
- Flexible spending through a cafeteria plan
About the Company
- Allied Consultants, Inc. is a proudly Austin based firm with over 34 years of experience delivering top-tier technical and business professionals within Texas State Agencies.
- At Allied Consultants, we value our consultants and are committed to providing an exceptional experience.
Equal Opportunity
- Allied Consultants is a proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
