Cherry Bekaert delivers digitally driven and industry-aligned solutions to elevate our clients from mid-market players to market leaders in a hypercompetitive landscape. Ranked among the largest accounting firms in the United States, we offer specialized solutions across assurance, tax, business valuations, digital consulting, M&A and other advisory services to advance our clients' business goals. For more than 75 years, global corporations, private businesses, government entities, nonprofits, emerging firms, start-ups and successful individuals have relied on Cherry Bekaert to guide them forward as their growth advisor.

We offer professional opportunities and resources in an environment that is supportive, flexible, entrepreneurial, and offers personal growth. We invest in our people to help transform their careers. Bringing together diverse talents and backgrounds, we empower our people to achieve more. This supports our mission: “Making a Difference for our people, our clients, our community and our professions."

Cherry Bekaert specializes in serving industry sectors including Government Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Hospitality & Retail, Industrial Manufacturing, Not-for-Profits, Private Equity Services, Professional Services, Real Estate & Construction and Technology. In addition, The Firm has an international reach through our affiliation with Allinial Global.

The person in this role also proactively helps business users identify opportunities for business process improvement in the face of, or prior to, introducing new or modern technologies. The BA engages with business subject matter experts and leaders and users to understand how changes to processes, products, services, software, and hardware can improve efficiencies and add value, or how they may impact data and data quality. They must articulate those ideas and balance them against what is technologically feasible and financially and functionally reasonable. The BA is an agent of change, while understanding the critical relationship between understanding the business needs and objectives and supporting organizational Stakeholders’ understanding of the technology implications.

The BA is an expert in performing elicitation of requirements, various documentation and sharing techniques (to include standardized process documentation and image-based process flows such as Visio and additional BPM tools), supporting prioritization of the requirements, and obtaining approval. The techniques required may be within an Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodology.

The BA role is a member of the Business Analysis team within the Program Management Office (PMO) and will be exposed to a variety of project assignment types, business challenges, and solutions.

In this role you will:

• Apply a structured and standard approach and leading process definition and requirements definition/design activities. Apply a logical, organized, and intentional process to gathering business requirements and obtaining approval. Will suggest and use tools, frameworks, and methods commonly used in business process definition/mapping and information technology design and iteration.
• Review and update methodologies within the organization and manage improvements. Participate in lessons learned and independent assessment with respect to requirements, applies process and standards, and improvement that can be made to optimize results, and team engagement.
• Consult with other initiative stakeholders and function as a member of a collaborative team. The Business Analyst will consistently work alongside and advise a collaborative team of stakeholders who collectively share in the responsibility of introducing and managing transformation across the organization (i.e., IT, PMO, Finance, Operations, Innovation, and Business Process Improvement).
• Support communication efforts. Support the design, development, delivery, and management of communications related to the requirements definition/gathering activities and processes. Communicates to stakeholders those points of design challenge and alternatives/options.
• Documents requirements and change requests. Applies SDLC appropriate documentation techniques to capture user requirements and quality specifications. Facilitates and documents ongoing clarification and updates until approved specs are achieved.

Additional responsibilities may include:

• Contribute to project management overall (i.e., updates, reporting, risk and issue identification and management, etc.)
• Support identification and documentation of business management/process issues that surface during requirements that require leadership decisions
• Support identification and documentation of data definition, data management, and data clean up opportunities that surface during requirements elicitation activities

What you bring to the role:

• Candidate’s professional experience includes at least 7 years of demonstrable experience conducting business analysis work across a variety of projects
• Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, facilitative, and consultative skills
• Analytical thinking and problem solving
• Ability to aide in managing documented risks appropriately
• Being meticulous and capable of delivering a high level of accuracy, exceptional organizational skills
• Knowledge of business structure and stakeholder analysis
• Knowledge of and ability to apply project management fundamentals on small projects.
• Requirements gathering and documentation.
• Test case development and support
• Experience with creating process models.
• Working understanding of networks, databases, business intelligence/analytics tools, and other technology that may be applied to further enable business process

What you can expect from us:

• Shared values, including uncompromising integrity, a passion for excellence, and mutual respect
• The opportunity to innovate and do work that motivates and engages you
• A collaborative environment focused on your career growth and continuous professional development
• Competitive compensation and a total rewards package that focuses on all aspects of your wellbeing
• Flexibility to do impactful work and the time to enjoy your life outside of work

Candidates must demonstrate eligibility to work in the United States. Cherry Bekaert will not provide work sponsorship for this position.