Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst

JOB-10044841

Anticipated Start Date

November 10, 2025

Location

Taylor, TX

Type of Employment

Contract to Hire

Employer Info

Our client is a membership-based, nonprofit corporation dedicated to ensuring the reliability of the electric grid in Texas. As the independent system operator for the region, they seek skilled professionals to support their critical mission — ensuring a reliable electric grid, efficient markets, open access, and retail choice. With a diverse organization, employees bring a wide range of experience and expertise to excel in the current energy landscape while preparing for the future.

Job Summary

We are looking for individuals to join our client’s team as Senior Business Analyst. You will gather, interpret and document customer business needs that are translated into application requirements, operational requirements, use cases and test cases. Serves as the conduit liaison between internal business units, vendors and software application development teams.

Job Description

• Understands and apply principles, theories and concepts related to the profession and company’s culture.
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Impact is generally limited to specific assignments or projects.
• May respond to inquiries and/or aid and/or guidance to lower-level workers.

Additional Job Duties:

• Interacts with project managers, executives, managers, Market Participants, software developers, test coordinators, training specialists, user experience specialists, and subject matter experts to elicit and clarify business, market and project requirements
• Uses interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, business process descriptions, use cases, and scenarios to obtain requirements
• Analyzes and measures the effectiveness of existing business processes and develops sustainable, repeatable and quantifiable business process improvements
• Uses business analysis to define and chart tasks and workflows in conjunction with project managers
• Assesses technologies to create developmental specifications as well as detailed use and test cases
• Facilitates the implementation of requirements through the lifecycle of a project
• Plans and organizes time, priorities and resources to coordinate multiple initiatives simultaneously and produce deliverables on time and on budget
• Uses requirements to drive the design and review of test cases
• Reports on issues and obstacles which may impact project delivery or completion
• Serves as the subject matter expert for the business analyst discipline within the organization
• Works on the most complex projects where analysis of situations requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Has the ability to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways
• Uses considerable latitude in methods, techniques and evaluations used to obtain results which will maximize return on investment for the organization
• Make independent business decisions except in instances of unusually complex business scenarios
• Demonstrates proven, broad-based business acumen including business/financial analysis and team leadership
• Maintains knowledge of emerging trends and industry best practices

Skills Required

• Requires a minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in internal business and technical analysis
• Prefer minimum of 2 years of experience in project management roles
• Requires demonstrated proficiency with technical writing

Education/Certification/Training

• Bachelor's Degree: Business Administration, Accounting, MIS, Computer Science or related field (Required) or a combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge to a major in such fields is required

Certification

• CBAP Certified Business Analysis Professional (preferred)
• CCBA Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (preferred)

“We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law”.