Business System Analyst (Houston)

We have an excellent contract-to-hire opportunity with a stable organization consistently recognized as one of the best companies to work for in the Houston area. This is a hands-on role requiring collaboration with stakeholders and all levels of users, including senior leadership. You will be working in a modern, beautiful office in downtown Houston.

The ideal candidate is engaging, builds trust quickly, is inquisitive, willing to learn, self-motivated, and thrives in a problem-solving environment. This position is heavy on calculations and requires strong SQL skills to translate data between regulatory authorities, business users, and technical teams and the willingness to learn PL / SQL.

Role Overview

The Business Analyst Environmental Systems will help analyze, design, and recommend improvements to business processes and data flows. You will support projects and system enhancements by gathering requirements, assisting with system configurations, performing testing, designing reports, and providing end-user support.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal customers to create software solutions for Environmental applications.
• Assist with emissions and environmental reporting for internal and external stakeholders.
• Analyze, design, and sustain optimal business processes with business partners.
• Gather, document, and validate business requirements, ensuring they are met.
• Oversee and ensure the integrity of all technical solutions.
• Assist in designing and executing new functions or modifications.
• Coordinate change management for assigned solutions.
• Perform testing prior to customer use or acceptance testing.
• Interact frequently with IS teams and business units dependent on assigned systems.
• Build relationships and work effectively with all levels of the organization.

Required Technical Skills & Experience

• Intermediate to expert experience providing business analysis in a corporate setting.
• Full lifecycle project development experience in a BA role.
• Experience supporting technology solutions, including change management, application testing, data integrity management, and end-user support.
• Ability to design or improve business processes to gain full value from technology solutions.
• Understanding of relational databases and database concepts.
• Strong SQL skills highly preferred; PL / SQL or TOAD experience is a plus but not required.
• Experience with requirements management tools such as Jira and specification management using Word.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Experience designing, testing, and rolling out custom or packaged solutions.

Required Functional Skills & Experience

• Quickly understand complex business functions.
• Perform business process analysis and design.
• Manage internal customer expectations effectively.
• Gather, document, and uncover hidden business requirements.
• Skillful management of priorities and change requests.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with business partners and technical resources.
• Ability to work with technical teams to implement changes or resolve application issues.

Education & Certification Requirements

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience