Job Title: Business Analyst

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid 

Legal Entity: Entergy Mississippi, LLC 

CS Business Analyst

In this role, you will be accountable for maintaining the relationship with the end user for small to medium scale projects. You are responsible for eliciting requirements/user stories and representing them throughout the systems development cycle. The  CS Business Analyst will lead requirements elicitation and documentation for a small to medium sized project and work as part of a business analysis team on larger projects under the supervision of more senior colleagues.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily:

• Coordinates Plan & Define activities as part of the Requirements Development process for small to medium size projects
• Development of business process models and business requirements/user stories (functional and non-functional)
• Partners with the business community to develop comprehensive user acceptance testing/training plans and ensuring the application is successfully transitioned to production
• Investigates business issues and data challenges
• Serves as the requirements liaison across project stakeholders
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree required (technical discipline preferred) or equivalent experience. 3+ years in an applicable business environment.
• 3+ years' experience in a BA role

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required of the position

• Working technical knowledge and understanding of business analyst fundamentals
• Working technical knowledge of writing and leading Business Requirements Documents
• Working technical knowledge of business process modeling; knowledge in business/functional domain
• Understanding of business issues and data challenges of the assigned business area
• Understanding of business processes and how applications support the process
• Demonstrate critical skills such as collaboration, strong written and verbal communication skills, and analytical capability
• Ability to facilitate sessions with project stakeholders, asking probing questions to elicit business process discussion and creating process flow diagrams.

Primary Location: Mississippi-Jackson Mississippi : Jackson || Arkansas : Little Rock || Louisiana : New Orleans || Texas : The Woodlands 
Job Function: Corporate
FLSA Status: Professional 
Relocation Option:
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT 
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 123932
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEO page, or see statements below.

EEO Statement: The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. 

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Additional Responsibilities: As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

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WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.