Business Analyst II

About Us:

At apexanalytix, we’re lifelong innovators! Since the date of our founding nearly four decades ago we’ve been consistently growing, profitable, and delivering the best procure-to-pay solutions to the world.   We’re the perfect balance of established company and start-up.  You will find a unique home here. 

And you’ll recognize the names of our clients. Most of them are on The Global 2000. They trust us to give them the latest in controls, audit and analytics software every day.  Industry analysts consistently rank us as a top supplier management solution, and you’ll be helping build that reputation.

Read more about apexanalytix - https://www.apexanalytix.com/about/

Quick Take - 

We are seeking a highly skilled Business Analyst II to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for the maintenance, support and operations of Apex software applications including requirements for production incidents and small enhancements.  They will define, translate and document user requirements for development and client implementation projects according to establishing standards and best practices.  Additionally, the candidate will understand defined requirements for current and future products, create test cases/build test plans for these products, execute these test plans, and accurately report results back to management.

The successful candidate will possess a strong attention to detail, excellent relationship management skills, and the ability to effectively facilitate work sessions with technical architects and business sponsors.  As well as strong QA/testing aptitude, technical skills, software analysis experience, and excellent written and oral communication skills.

 The Work - 

• Troubleshoot errors and application issues via periodic testing, help desk tickets and other methods.
• Research, analyze and recommend improvements to supported applications.
• Requirements gathering and validation: Ensuring scope of work is clearly defined and signoff is done by key stakeholders.
• Work with users and information system development staff to determine data storage and access requirements.
• Work closely with developers, managers, and executives to ensure the release of high-quality products.
• Manage system implementation, tracking the timing of deliverables, and developing conversion and migration plans for moving from existing systems to enhance or more effective new systems. 
• Develops and maintains a functional expertise in the various APEX businesses and anticipates business and system needs based upon changing industry conditions.
• Coordinate implementation projects through their complete lifecycle including publishing complete timelines, managing dependencies, and tracking milestones.  Provide weekly/daily status on issues, milestones, and timelines.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining support related application documentation.
• Provide estimates for creating test cases, test plans and testing specific features
• Develop, document and maintain functional test cases and other test artifacts like the test data and data validation.
• Execute and evaluate test cases and report test results.
• Be solely responsible for testing certain applications/products
• Enter defects/enhancements that are accurate, clearly stated and submitted in a timely fashion
• Learn and adhere to testing processes and policies
• Report clearly on assigned tasks and recognize and alert management of potential problems/issues in advance. Facilitate test plan/case reviews with cross-functional team members.
• Identify any potential quality issues per defined process and escalate potential quality issues immediately to QA Manager/Other project teams.
• Design and develop advanced test suites using object-oriented methodologies.
• Implement and execute test strategies on all supported platforms and languages to help improve overall quality and test code coverage.
• Work under pressure and manage competing priorities and shifting timelines while maintaining project scope.
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