Senior Business Analyst - IT
American Public Education, Inc.

American Public Education, Inc. (APEI) is seeking a Senior Business Analyst with strong analytical and product management skills to proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers across the enterprise. The candidate will display a deeper understanding of the role and business analysis tasks and techniques and demonstrate effective team leadership behaviors. The Senior Business Analyst establishes and maintains liaison relationships with business partners across the enterprise in order to provide effective technical solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzes business processes to define the functional and detailed requirements and works with the team to design specifications and an approach.
• Analyzes business practices throughout American Public University System (APUS) departments and utilize this information to influence process improvements.
• Understands, analyzes, interprets, and documents process workflows.
• Analyzes information to include performance data, metrics, and process interdependencies to conceptualize and define operational problems.
• Leads discovery sessions, publishes meeting minutes, and assures all action items are completed within the established timeframe.
• Consult with business process owners to obtain additional information during system development to evaluate an alternative approach.
• Conducts system demonstrations and coordinates the creation of user guides.
• Prepares User Acceptance Testing (UAT) documentation and leads the user acceptance testing effort with the responsible business process owner.
• Oversees the transition to new processes and provides post-production release support.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Essentials Skills:

• Keen attention to detail and the ability to self-motivate.
• Ability to motivate others and work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Proven leadership ability, with strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to set and manage priorities and projects with tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to articulate ideas to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Superior analytical, evaluation, and problem-solving skills.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration or related field required; advanced degree preferred.
• Seven to ten years of experience working in Information Technology as a Business Analyst.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum development methodology as well as more formalized waterfall-style Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience with design/development of web applications and SaaS products
• Experience with Microsoft Office Products, especially SharePoint, Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Ability to use current and contemporary business tools and methodologies. Experience with project management processes and tools preferred.

Work Environment, Travel, and Physical Demands:

• Standard office Environment or ability to efficiently work remotely
• Limited travel may be required as needed

Compensation and Benefits:

• American Public Education, Inc. offers a competitive salary and benefit package.
• Per the US Department of Education Program Integrity Rules, postsecondary institutions that participate in the student financial assistance programs pursuant to Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) are barred from providing incentive payments to any person or entity engaged in student recruiting and/or admissions activities.
• For additional information on our benefits please click the following link: https://www.apus.edu/about/careers/staff.

About Us:

Online, on campus and in the workplace, we provide higher education and training to our country’s heroes – military service members, veterans, nurses, government employees, and motivated professionals that want to make a difference. American Public Education, Inc. educates service-minded students, ranging from the military, public service, federal agencies, and nursing communities, through American Public University System (APUS), Hondros College of Nursing (HCON), Rasmussen University and Graduate School USA (GSUSA).

It is the policy of American Public University System (APUS) and American Public Education, Inc. (APEI) to afford equal opportunity to all qualified persons. We treat all qualified individuals equally as to their recruitment, hiring, assignments, advancements, compensation, and all other terms and conditions of employment. of American Public University System (APUS) does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, or sensory disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Colorado, California, Washington and NYC Pay Transparency Statement

If you are a resident of Colorado, California, Washington or New York City and this role is available remotely, you may be eligible to receive additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role, which we will provide upon request. Please send an email to recruiting@apei.com