We have an exciting opportunity in Windsor, CT for a Business Analyst!

This is a 1-year contract opportunity with an hourly pay rate starting at $70-80/hour.

In this role you’ll lead requirement gathering and projects within SBS, our National Accounts Sales division.  You will act as a liaison between Technology and the with the business on system development and enhancements. Conduct business process analysis, needs assessments and various analysis in effort to align technical solutions with business initiatives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides project management, including working with project team to ensure timely accurate deliveries.
• Develops and support SBS system requirements, enhancements and updates.
• Delivers clear requirements that meet users’ needs and are which are feasible technically and in compliance with WM internal development standards and practices.
• Assists the business in creation of strategic roadmaps, as well as driving the deliverables identified an on-going backlog grooming, including development of compelling business cases and ROI models.
• Acts as a key interface between business stakeholders and user community and the IT community.
• Partners with all levels of IT including architects and developers on architecture design and developing logical and physical data models.
• Communicates changes and enhancements verbally or through written documentation to developers, sponsors and business stakeholders.
• Participates in and provide analysis shaping requirements, development estimates, and system designs.
• Works with test and QA to validate releases, match the requirements set for it.
• Attends monthly release and perform SIT testing. 
• Manages document repositories, maintenance and updates of project documentation library.
• Reviews progress and evaluates result accuracy and efficiency.
• Conducts basic financial modeling, project planning, analytical and problem solving.
• Organizes system work and runs it as a program, with a long-term vision.

The Project Manager must have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Business Administration or similar area of study.

• 5+ years of project management experience

• Will consider 10+ years experience without degree

• PMBOK methodologies (Guide Five and Nine, Waterfall)

• Experience in leading infrastructure upgrades such as network upgrades, hardware procurement, technology application deployments

• PMP certificate preferred

• Agile certification preferred