Senior Business Analyst (Milwaukee, WI)

Our Customer is an American financial services mutual organization based in Milwaukee. The financial security company provides consultation on wealth and asset income protection, education planning, retirement planning, investment advisory services, financial planning trust and private client services, estate planning and business planning. Its products include life insurance, permanent life insurance, disability income, and long-term care insurance; annuities; investments; and investment advisory products and services.

Our customer is looking for a Senior Business Analyst on a contract basis to help support their ongoing business needs. This role is on-site in Milwaukee, WI.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze specific business areas and define how technology solutions can drive business outcomes.
• Partner with product managers, engineers, designers, and subject matter experts within Agile teams to deliver solutions.
• Provide deep expertise in at least one business domain and serve as a subject matter authority.
• Assess and document current-state processes across multiple business areas and domains.
• Perform future-state and gap analysis to identify solution opportunities and business improvements.
• Lead requirements gathering for medium to large initiatives across multiple business domains.
• Author user stories and features with medium to high complexity.
• Serve as a subject matter expert throughout the development lifecycle.
• Coordinate and facilitate business test planning and test execution.
• Author and review test plans and ensure business sign-off on testing activities.
• Lead projects independently and provide mentorship to other business analysts when needed.
• Apply project management skills to drive delivery, execution, and continuous progress.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 4-5 years of business analysis experience.
• Strong experience with requirements gathering and business analysis.
• Strong independent ownership and accountability.
• Strong project leadership and execution skills.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Deep familiarity with Agile and Scrum development environments.
• Ability to analyze complex problems using multiple information sources and recommend solutions.
• Strong communication skills with ability to serve as a key information resource and decision support partner.
• Advanced gap assessment skills.
• Advanced requirements gathering experience.
• Advanced test planning experience.
• Intermediate proficiency with Adobe Analytics.
• Intermediate proficiency with Jira.
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Power BI.
• Intermediate proficiency in SQL.
• Intermediate experience with process mapping, product demonstrations, user research, and wireframing.
• Basic understanding of business cases, continuous improvement, and storytelling.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications related to business analysis or Agile methodologies.
• Strong data analysis and reporting skills.
• Experience with process improvement and Lean methodologies.
• Strategic and executive-level thinking.
• Strong technology acumen.
• Experience with industry benchmarking.

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements). Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.