Senior Business Analyst

This job was posted by https://www.arjoblink.arkansas.gov : For more information, please see: https://www.arjoblink.arkansas.gov/jobs/4877786 Description The Senior Business Analyst plays a critical role in bridging business needs and technical solutions by owning requirements definition, quality assurance, and stakeholder collaboration. This position drives discovery, ensures high-quality deliverables, and mentors junior analysts to support strategic initiatives within the IT department. \ \ Key Responsibilities Own and manage the requirements relationship with business stakeholders for assigned domains, ensuring clarity and alignment.\ Lead discovery sessions through interviews, workshops, observation, and data analysis to identify core business problems and opportunities.\ Analyze requests to uncover underlying issues, presenting viable solution options and defining future-state processes with operational impact considerations.\ Author precise, testable requirements and acceptance criteria, and define comprehensive test strategies including scope, regression, and validation plans.\ Design, execute, and coordinate testing activities such as functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing, ensuring quality standards are met.\ Lead backlog refinement, participate in sprint planning, and represent business requirements during technical discussions and trade-off analyses.\ Mentor junior and mid-level analysts through review, feedback, and knowledge sharing, while contributing to team standards and documentation.