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The Assurance Business Analyst will collaborate with the Sr. Technical Product Owner, the Business Analyst team, subject matter experts, and appropriate stakeholders to support the product vision. They will be responsibility for reviewing scope, refining business requirements, and supporting the delivery team throughout the scheduled releases. They will serve as a key point of contact for both business and technology teams.
The percent of time allocation for management, business analysis, testing and support varies by person and depends upon specific project assignments and individual experience. This variation in primary responsibilities will be reflected in each individual’s performance goals.

Agile Business Analysis – includes the following:

• Research, document, and socialize functional requirements for enhancements to tools/processes.
• Lead requirements elicitation sessions; Review and address requirement issues before beginning delivery process.
• Document user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Develop supporting documentation when applicable including state flow diagrams, data mapping, etc.
• Establish and manage relationships with Audit line of business and technology subject matter experts.
• Support the change control process for changes in scope and requirements.
• Monitor and evaluate product progress at each stage of the Agile delivery process.

Quality Assurance (QA) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) – includes the following:

• Quality Assurance (QA) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) – includes the following:
• Participate in test case design to ensure quality QA/UAT results and validate user stories after QA completion.
• Work with scrum teams to resolve issues found in the development, QA, and UAT delivery cycles Provide support to the audit methodology group regarding QA/UAT inquiries.
• Collaborate with BA Team to support the development of a center of excellence for UAT.

Product Owner Support – includes the following:

• Support product vision including upgrades, enhancements, and project alignment/sequencing
• Act as primary liaison between business and technology teams to provide transparency to process
• Assist with vendor relationship management for enhancements, support tickets, open projects/SOW
• Review release backlog to ensure priorities are accurate and up to date
• Participate in Scrum meetings

Leadership Activities and other duties – includes the following:

• Build and leverage internal and external networks
• Contribute to the development and improvement of team processes
• Keeps abreast of latest developments as they affect accounting and auditing standards and the Firm’s policies
• Ensure professional development through ongoing education

End User Support – includes the following:

• Support BA team with critical issues and follow up with engagement teams and other escalations as necessary

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

• BS/BA Degree in Accounting or equivalent degree

TECHNICAL/SOFT SKILLS

Required qualifications

• Strong oral and written communication skills with culturally diverse, cross functional audiences across all levels of the organization.
• Great attention to detail and quality.
• Genuine interest and strong aptitude for use of technology.
• Strong technical expertise in MS Office suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Ability to leverage resources across multiple products/projects.
• Strong knowledge of the Agile Framework, with a focus in Scrum and Scaled Agile.
• Strong organizational and multi-tasking ability.

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 5+ years relevant work experience in Audit or Business Analysis
• Experience working with 3rd party and vendor relationships.
• Proven experience in operational business process improvement

LEADERSHIP SKILLS

• Skilled at building relationships and dialogues with individual contributors, peer management staff, and senior leadership across functional disciplines
• Lead by example with a positive, upbeat, can-do attitude. Drive positive change in how cross functional teams work together
• Exhibit the qualities of Respect, Integrity, Innovation, Teamwork, Excellence, Stewardship
• Embody the characteristics of a first-choice advisor: Caring, Curious, Collaborative, Courageous, Critical Thinkers
• Strong ability to be decisive, to make solid, reasonable, and defendable decisions based on data and experiences
• Strong interpersonal skills plus a proactive approach to finding solutions to issues and managing priorities
• Self-motivated to follow up on job assignments

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior business analysis or audit experience with a mid to large public accounting or audit services firm.
• Understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Understanding of both Waterfall and Agile Methodologies.
• Experience with Azure DevOps or Jira.

• Build and leverage internal and external networks
• Contribute to the development and improvement of team processes
• Keeps abreast of latest developments as they affect accounting and auditing standards and the Firm’s policies
• Ensure professional development through ongoing educatio