Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Senior Business Analyst for a Contract assignment with one of our premier Regulatory clients in Rockville, MD. This position is 100% Remote The Senior Analyst will provide business analysis expertise for assigned projects(s) to ensure that technology products meet the needs of the Corporate Financing Department - Public Offering Review Team (POR). Develops project plans, represents POR as the business in all interactions with technology counterparts, and anticipates the needs of all business end-users. The Senior Analyst will be responsible for one or more complex projects with little or no supervision. Responsibilities : <ul> <li> nalyze business processes, functions, and procedures to determine the most effective business systems technology to meet the needs of the business unit. </li> <li> Facilitate the flow of information between stakeholders to ensure a common understanding of needs and deliverables. </li> <li> Serve as a subject matter expert for one or more business processes and/or systems </li> <li> Independently interact with technology and other business units to ensure clarity of the problem/opportunity and elicit business requirements. </li> <li> ssess the capabilities of technology to understand the change needed to meet business needs and achieve strategic goals. </li> <li> Facilitate the solution selection/decision making process and provide the necessary information to enable the business unit to make an informed decision. </li> <li> Document business functions, processes, and procedures, including as-is and to-be states and the changes necessary for this transformation. </li> <li> Recommend and implement new features and enhancements for the technology team to develop on behalf of the business. </li> <li> Support end-user feedback activities, such as, user acceptance testing and demonstration. </li> <li> Support change management tasks, such as, writing end-user documentation and delivering training. </li> <li> Facilitate design sessions for business solutions. </li> <li> Mentor less-senior analysts on the team. </li> <li> Identify and resolve business issues. </li> <li> Develop detailed understanding of the business being analyzed including the organizational structure and relationships that exist between business units and an understanding of the business impact on the request being addressed to provide better insight in solution recommendations. </li> <li> May use SQL to analyze data sources and check for anomalies. </li> </ul> Education/Experience Requirements : <ul> <li> Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least six (6) years of related experience, or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with four (4) year of related experience, or equivalent training and/or work experience. </li> </ul> Required Skills: <ul> <li> Strong knowledge of Agile software development processes and creating common artifacts </li> <li> Working knowledge of programming languages, including SQL, R, Python and any other related technology tools to conduct analysis </li> <li> Excellent knowledge of business </li> </ul> SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at https://sgainc.com/ . SGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of Race, Color, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Religion, National Origin, Disability, Veteran Status, Age, Marital Status, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, or Other Legally Protected Status. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, and our services, programs, and activities. Please visit our company EEO page to request an accommodation or assistance regarding our policy.

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a REMOTE Business Analyst w/ Contract Lifecycle Management Experience (iCertis Preferred) for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Healthcare Services client for a Remote position. Responsibilities : <ul> <li>Establishes and maintains liaison relationship with business partners and IT organization in order to provide effective technical solutions. </li> <li>Conducts data gathering and analysis to understand business strategy requirements. </li> <li>Contributes to the business short-and long-term planning sessions and provides direction to ensure understanding of business goals and direction. </li> <li>May provide direction for short-and long-term planning sessions and provides direction to ensure understanding of business goals and direction. </li> <li>Provides input from a business and IT perspective. </li> <li>Assesses client needs utilizing a structured requirements process (gathering, analyzing, documenting, and managing changes) </li> <li>to assist in identifying business priorities and advices on options. </li> <li>Develops, writes, and communicates business requirements and functional specifications for the implementation of business solutions. </li> <li>Analyzes customer's operations to understand their strengths and weaknesses to determine opportunities for improvements. </li> <li>Assists in the business process redesign and documentation as needed for new technology. </li> <li>May provide factual content to feasibility study for standard development projects and enhancements. </li> <li>May provide assistance in business case development (i.e., research, data collection). </li> <li>May develop user test cases and system integration testing and validates test results during testing. </li> <li>May review and approve test plans and monitors testing process to ensure that business results are adequately tested with minimal risk. </li> <li>May execute test cases. </li> <li>May ensure test strategies involve appropriate integration and process components. </li> <li>Investigates problems and develops recommendations for resolution. </li> <li>Identifies need for technical assistance to help in problem resolution. </li> <li>Keeps customers informed of problems, issues, and resolutions. </li> <li>Analyzes performance metrics to ensure customer satisfaction. </li> <li>Manages customers' expectations. </li> <li>Ensures IT solutions meet customers' needs. </li> <li>May meet regularly with team to gather work statuses. </li> <li>May discuss work progress and obstacles. </li> <li>Provides advice, guidance, encouragement and constructive feedback. </li> <li>Ensures work, information, ideas, and technology flow freely across teams. </li> <li>May generate appropriate communication, process and educational plans for mitigating the disruption of change. </li> <li>May identify and remove obstacles to change. </li> <li>Coaches and transfers knowledge to less experienced team members. </li></ul> Required Skills: <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience. </li> <li>Requires 5-7 years of relevant technical or business work experience. </li> <li>Requires experience/in-depth knowledge of business operations and systems requirements processes. </li> <li>Minimum 5 years relevant technical or business work experience. </li> <li>Ability to work collaboratively within a team / group setting. </li> <li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills. </li> <li>Strong problem solving and analytical skills. </li></ul> Preferred Skills: <ul> <li>CLM experience, whether Icertis or another CLM. </li></ul> SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at https://sgainc.com/ . SGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of Race, Color, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Religion, National Origin, Disability, Veteran Status, Age, Marital Status, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, or Other Legally Protected Status. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, and our services, programs, and activities. Please visit our company EEO page to request an accommodation or assistance regarding our policy.

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a JIRA Business Analyst for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Financial Services clients in Tampa, FL. Responsibilities: t Firm, we use JIRA software to help our teams collaborate and deliver in Agile ways. We're currently looking for JIRA expert (JIRA Business Analyst) to join our team. The JIRA Business Analyst will directly support our Agile Transformation by helping to define our tooling strategy and configure JIRA and other related tools so that they can be used effectively by our Agile teams. The JIRA Business Analyst will also act as a subject matter expert, providing support, training, and advice to our teams as they adopt Agile best practices. <ul> <li> s a member of the Central Agile Transformation Office team, you will collaborate with the team, participate in team ceremonies (planning, daily standups, etc.), and will take ownership of backlog items (user stories) which support the goals and objectives of our Agile transformation. </li> <li> Stories may include helping users configure JIRA boards / plan views / dashboards, helping users diagnose and resolve JIRA technical issues, changing JIRA system configurations, analyzing JIRA data, building JIRA reports, etc. </li> </ul> Required Skills: <ul> <li> 5+ years of relevant experience such as IT, Operations, Project Management, or Product Management, preferably within the Finance / Banking industry </li> <li> Experience working on an Agile team (Scrum / Kanban). ScaledAgile Framework (SAFe) experience and/or related certifications are ideal </li> <li> Extensive experience using and administering JIRA including configuring issue types, workflows, screens, and permissions, boards (scrum / kanban), roadmaps / plans, writing JQL queries, and creating JIRA dashboards </li> <li> Experience using other Atlassian tools such as Confluence, Compass, JIRA Align, and common JIRA plugins </li> <li> Experience with office and collaboration tools including Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Visio, etc. </li> <li> lignment to Agile and Firm values as well as strong leadership skills, attention to detail, communication / collaboration skills, and a determination to continuously grow and learn </li> </ul> Preferred Skills: <ul> <li> Experience writing ScriptRunner scripts using Groovy programming language and experience extracting and analyzing JIRA data using REST APIs is a plus </li> </ul> SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at https://sgainc.com/ . SGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of Race, Color, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Religion, National Origin, Disability, Veteran Status, Age, Marital Status, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, or Other Legally Protected Status. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, and our services, programs, and activities. Please visit our company EEO page to request an accommodation or assistance regarding our policy.

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