IT Business Analyst

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Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Disability/VeteranWaste Management is the largest environmental solutions provider in North America, serving more than 20 million customers in the U.S. and Canada. As part of our strategy, we are committed to developing new waste solutions that can help communities and organizations achieve their green goals, including zero waste.With the largest network of recycling facilities, transfer stations and landfills in the industry, our entire business can adapt to meet the needs of every distinct customer group. In 2012, we worked with over 100 Fortune 500 companies and helped over 150 different communities become greener.Waste Management is also a renewable energy provider, producing more than twice the amount of renewable electricity than the entire US solar industry. One of the ways we do this is by recovering the naturally occurring gas inside landfills to generate electricity, called landfill-gas-to-energy. By the end of 2012, we operated over 138 beneficial-use landfill-gas projects, producing enough energy to power nearly 500,000 homes.As North America's largest residential recycler, we expect to manage more than 20 million tons every year by 2020, up from the more than 12 million tons we handled in 2012. Part of that will come from expanding on proven technology to make recycling easier for consumers. Another part will be investing in future technologies, like converting organic waste from the materials stream to make high-end compost for local growers.To enable our business to expand our lead in a market increasingly enhanced by technology, Waste Management is undertaking a substantial technology transformation. Waste Management currently has an opportunity for an IT Business Analyst - Revenue Management to be the primary liaison between Technology and the Business on new systems and the enhancement of existing systems. The IT Business Analyst is responsible for combining technical expertise with business acumen to conduct business process and requirements analyses, solution assessments, and preliminary cost/benefit analyses in an effort to align information technology solutions with Waste Management business strategy.In this role, you will:1. Serve as a technology partner with Waste Management business sponsors in defining effective solutions to business needs using technology.2. Identify, document & manage business requirements, specifications, business processes changes and recommendations related to the proposed solution via industry standard analysis techniques such as data flow modeling, workflow analysis, functional decomposition analysis, use cases and user stories.3. Participate in and/or lead projects through the use of effective project management skills, in all phases of the SDLC to deliver critical information technology projects.Education and Experience:Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent experience, in Computer Science, MIS, Business Administration or similar area of study and three to five years of previous experience required with a Master's Degree preferredCertified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) preferredRequired Knowledge, Skills or Abilities:5+ years' experience as a Business Analyst within an enterprise implementation project.Ability to conduct user workshops, define requirements, write use and business cases, and design workflow processes.Strong analytical and communication skills. Must be able to communicate effectively and confidently with business partners, project team members and senior management.Must be flexible and willing to undertake a wide variety of challenging tasks.Ability to lead design sessions and drive solution design decisions utilizing their solid grasp on the business problem and the right solution to solve it.Demonstrated use of project management skills in either an Agile or a Waterfall methodology to drive projects from requirements to on-time, on-budget delivery.Proven track record of managing and meeting project deadlines and delivering high-quality services and project artifacts.Ability to present information, analysis, ideas, and positions in a clear and convincing manner to both technical and nontechnical audiences.Ability to build working relationship within and between teams in order to elicit requirements from various personalities across organizational and geographical boundaries.Ability to lead a group to consensus, solves problems, and accomplishes tasks.Recognizing and mapping business benefits to business processes and user stories. Convert user stories to business requirements and acceptance test cases.Facilitating the execution of all testing activities and providing test data as required for all testing (user roles and scopes, dummy data, etc).Ability to multi-task, meet deadlines, and anticipates team needs along with ability to operate and promote an environment of teamwork.Experience in the use of Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio).Strong organization skills, ownership and accountability.Ability to work in fast-paced environment.Preferred Knowledge, Skills or Abilities:Familiar with pricing, financial statements and accounting practicesExperience with requirements management, test management and defect management tools (i.e. Rally, Quality Center).Overall understanding of technology concepts, trends, and capabilities specific to the organization's environment and direction.BenefitsAt Waste Management, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click. "Apply Now."