Overview:
Propylon has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Business Analyst to join our innovative, software solutions business dedicated to driving digital transformation in the legal landscape.
The successful candidate will work within our Government Solutions Department which is responsible for supporting software solutions built on Propylon’s core products for Propylon’s customers worldwide. The role is a client facing role and will involve working directly with a number of Propylon’s clients. The role of Business Analyst at Propylon is suitable for someone with several years of experience having previously worked as a Business Analyst where the position involved systems analysis, preferably in a client facing position. This role contributes to the specification, design, and implementation of document workflow software solutions in a client environment.
About Propylon:
Our vision is to disrupt the legal landscape with innovative solutions that simplify the complex and connect people with the law. Our software teams seek to understand business related challenges, design process, technical solutions, ultimately solving problems and embracing digital transformation within the legislative, government domain. Our software solutions support the lifecycle process of turning an idea into a law so this is the opportunity to work on something that impacts the fabric of society!
Propylon has been listed as one of the best “Great Places To Work” every time we applied for the accolade in 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024. As such, we are proud to offer competitive salaries, excellent training, and opportunities to help you reach your full potential and develop in your career.
This is a full-time, permanent role based in Oklahoma City. The role will be office based (depending on COVID-19 restrictions) with work-from-home flexibility. This is a client-facing role and may involve out of State travel to client-sites in the future.
Responsibilities:
Working closely with the developers and client subject matter experts throughout the course of each project to ensure client requirements are fully understood and successfully delivered in the Propylon’s suite of products
Participating in workshops with key stakeholders, including internal and external Senior Management, to gather business requirements that enable the creation of user stories and development tasks
Building an excellent relationship with all stakeholders and own peers. Being the point of contact to ensure blockers and issues are identified and resolved.
Documenting Functional Specifications and working closely with the Technical Lead and Senior Business Analysts to support the solution design and ensuring successful implementation of customer requirements
Preparing, documenting and implementing activities for the deployment phase of each assigned project, including client training/demo sessions, user guide documentation and internal knowledge share
Working with the client and internal project team members to identify and resolve technical issues
Creating an understanding and expertise of the client businesses to stay up to date with customer needs. Manage expectations through proactive and regular client communications with both formal and informal communication methods
Actively participating in presentations and demonstrations to both existing and potential clients
Define, plan and execute manual test scripts
Identifying and recommending best practices to be used within the team of Business Analysts by bringing experience and learned lessons into the team
Requirements:
4+ years’ experience in a technical Business Analyst role
Computer Science, IT or Business Administration degree, or equivalent experience
Strong business analysis skills and understanding of business requirements is a must
Experience of writing Business Requirements and/or Functional Specification documents
Experience with the principles of SDLC
Ability to understand and document complex document-centric workflows and to conceptualize them in IT terms
Ability to self-start and work in pressured environment with deadlines
Good technical knowledge and skills
Experience with software testing
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Proven decision making capabilities
Be personally well organized, presentable, and manage one’s own time effectively
Nice to Have:
Client facing experience
Certified BA qualification
Experience with Office-style applications e.g. ability to create macros, spreadsheet formulae etc.
Experience with Visio
Experience with database reporting tools
Experience of working with JIRA
Experience of working in an agile team
Propylon is an equal opportunities employer; positions are open to all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of gender, civil or family status, sexual orientation, religious belief, age, disability, race or membership of a minority community.