Genuent USA has a need to hire a Business Systems Analyst for the Los Angeles area. This is a 6 month contract position. Qualified candidates please apply to this posting or call Krista Joy directly or email with your updated Resume for consideration RESPONSIBILITIES: -Internal groups include marketing, retail print production, sales, product -External groups include retailer IT (for lab testing), retailer Sales, Print Vendors -Works closely with business managers to gain in-depth understanding of business needs. -Identifies, analyzes, and translates business needs into functional specifications. -Works closely with project teams on the implementation of solutions. -Participates in projects through the various phases, oftentimes acting in a project lead role. -Provides training and mentoring for other Analysts. -Oversees the work of other Analysts on the project team. -Designs, creates, and documents process flows, technical requirements lists, specifications, diagrams, scenarios, mockups, and/or models for the development team using Visio, MS Word, Excel, PDF, SharePoint, and other like tools. -Creates and maintains IT Business Requirement Document (BRD) or Software Requirements Document (SRD) or other equivalent written documentation. -Reviews business and system requirements with stakeholders and obtains approval signatures to proceed. -Works closely with Developers to determine technical feasibility of new requests. -Works closely with Quality Assurance to ensure complete test coverage. -Collaborates with Developers and Quality Assurance on test plans. -Participates in user acceptance testing of systems and projects. -Escalates issues or decisions that have cost or schedule impacts. -Reviews enhancements and projects after implementation to ensure compliance to specifications and objectives as well as backward compatibility with existing systems. -Assesses business risk, potential severity, probability and strategy. -Enforces established documentation guidelines and best practices. -Maintains a high degree of business functional knowledge and current technologies and tools. -Adheres to all policies and procedures concerning all confidential information including but not limited to internal use and restricted information, including Protected Consumer Information (PCI) Adheres to all Company Health and Safety policies and procedures. -Administers duties as defined by our client's performance review plan Other duties as assigned by manager. -Supports internal teams (Application Support Team and Accounting/Finance) for any production issues which arise related to Retailers or settlement/reconciliation issues. Skills/Experience: Minimum of 5-7 years professional experience in analysis in an IT environment. Minimum of 3+ year's professional experience in project management in an IT environment. Strong knowledge of and experience with all phases of the software development life cycle, with an emphasis on requirements elicitation, specification documentation, and communication. Strong experience with systems analysis and functional design as it relates specifically to product integration, improving processes and efficiency Experience with UML (ie, activity diagrams, use case diagrams) Demonstration of project leadership acting as a Lead Business Systems Analyst on large-scale IT projects (6months + in duration). Experience working with an internal development team consisting of other Business Systems Analysts, Software Architects, Software Engineers, and Quality Assurance Testers. Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with technical, business, and management staff. Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to develop cohesive working relationships with internal and external clients. Flexibility to adapt to change and willing to learn and develop new skill sets as applicable. Pre/post-implementation support skills involving user functional support and high-level troubleshooting. Superior project planning skills with the ability to handle large work load, facilitate the activities of dynamic workgroups, and multi-task in a fast paced environment. Strong RDBMS skills and SQL knowledge with the ability to write complex SQL statements involving multiple joins and sub-selects. Experience with SQL 2008 Moderate to advanced knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio Bachelor's degree in a business or technical field. DESIRED: >Banking and/or credit card systems (stored value systems) experience. >Payment systems >Experience working in an IT development environment based on the Microsoft .NET framework. >Experience working with product integration.