Business Analyst

About the Role

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university seeking a Business Analyst. This role focuses on evaluating business processes, identifying improvement opportunities through technology, and defining requirements through collaboration with stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct interviews, workshops, and reviews to elicit, clarify, and validate business needs, objectives, and constraints for IT projects.
• Develop and maintain business requirements documentation, including user stories, use cases, process flows, and functional specifications.
• Analyze and model data, workflows, and systems to identify opportunities for process optimization, automation, and enhancement.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration between business users, IT teams, and project stakeholders.
• Perform gap analysis, impact assessments, and feasibility studies for proposed IT solutions.
• Support testing activities, user acceptance testing, and system validation.
• Provide input on IT solution design, configuration, and implementation.
• Stay informed about industry trends, technology innovations, and best practices in business analysis.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document business requirements, processes, and systems.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Associate's Degree in a related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• No prior relevant work experience required.
• Advanced knowledge of various documentation processes, business system architecture and associated technologies.
• Advanced skills in data organization and analysis, problem solving, systems documentation and report writing.
• Skills in functional leadership and cross communication between functional user and technical groups.
• Ability to manage work on multiple projects with competing priorities.
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal skills with the ability to tailor communication to different audiences.
• Effective analytical and presentation skills.
• Excellent organizational, time management skills, and professionalism.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline or equivalent.
• Experience supporting business operations, process analysis, or project-related activities.
• Familiarity with gathering requirements, documenting business processes, and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel to organize, analyze, and interpret data.
• Experience preparing presentations, reports, process documentation, or other materials.
• Exposure to developing reports and process documentation.
• Familiarity with data analysis or visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Ability to communicate findings and information effectively to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies, project management principles, or software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to support business initiatives.

Other Information

• This position is located in Atlanta, GA.
• Salary Recruiting Range: $54,194.00 - $79,096.00 (Depending on Experience)
• Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check.