For the given job description <<Your Journey at Crowe Starts Here:
At Crowe, you have the opportunity to deliver innovative solutions to todays complex business issues. Crowes accounting, consulting, and technology personnel are widely recognized for their in-depth expertise and understanding of sophisticated process frameworks and enabling technologies, along with their commitment to delivering measurable results that help clients build business value. Our focus on emerging technology solutions along with our commitment to internal career growth and exceptional client value has resulted in a firm that is routinely recognized as a Best Place to Work. We are 75 years strong and still growing. Come grow with us!
Job Description:
Crowe is seeking a talented and driven Senior Business Analyst in our Product Engineering practice. This individual will assume a business analyst role on a Scrum team that is responsible for assisting in the development and maintenance of the Ignite data analytics product that is leveraged by the Audit practice to deliver Crowes Audit services. Primary responsibilities include leading requirements elicitation with key stakeholders, documentation, story creation, and refinement for the team. This individual should have a passion for continuous improvement, innovation, and a history of successful software delivery and leadership within an Agile Scrum team.
Responsibilities:
Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, from executive leadership to peers. Collaborate with Product Owner, stakeholders, and development teams to understand business goals and objectives. Ability to acquire a deep understanding of our products and systems, including their capabilities, features, and technical specifications. Perform analysis of large-scale epics for decomposition and work closely with Program Leadership and teams to ensure accurate scoping, feasibility assessment and effort estimation for epics and features. Conduct refinement sessions to decompose features into user stories, tasks, and acceptance criteria for the development team. Schedule, coordinate, and facilitate agile ceremonies and elicitation sessions with the Product Owner and stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and clarify requirements andor issues. Lead backlog management and refinement activities assisting in prioritizing and sequencing work items based upon business value and technical complexity. Collaborate within the Scrum team and Program Leadership on progress, providing updates and identifying potential risks or issues that surface during development. Develop and conduct product presentations andor demonstrations that effectively communicate the value, benefits, capabilities and features to various stakeholders and development team members. Partner with Development Lead to share Scrum Master responsibilities for the development team. Perform as a change agent on identified Agile process improvements for the development team. Perform change management activities in support of product releases. Collaborate with the QA Lead to ensure effective coordination and execution of User Acceptance Testing efforts. Collaborate across development teams to manage dependencies and ensure risks are proactively managed. Work with the development team to demonstrate work to the Product Manager and ensure it complies with the Definition of Done (DoD). Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including operations to promptly identify and prioritize issues reported in a production environment to ensure timely resolution and minimize impacts on users. 
Required Qualifications:
5+ years of BAExcellent analytical and critical thinking skillsStrong understanding of work requirement solicitation and decomposition techniquesExceptional learning agility and the ability to adapt quicklyAbility grasp business concepts and translate those to the development teamProficient level of understanding of Product Development and Software Development Life CyclesSolid experience with Agile Scrum methodologyExcellent communication skills, both verbal and written with the ability to effectively convey business and technical information to diverse audiences Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively with diverse stakeholders and team members as a part of a larger program fostering strong relationships and driving resultsProactive, self-starter, with a natural inclination toward taking individual initiative and personal accountabilityHigh degree of organization and the ability to manage multiple tasks effectively
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)Experience working with Azure DevOps or similar toolProduct Owner andor Scrum Master certificationExperience with SharePoint  Microsoft 365  Power BIExperience with Data Driven or Data Heavy ProductsIndustry experience in professional services, finance, or accounting
About the Team: 
Product Engineering professionals at Crowe lead the software development efforts for the firm and build technology solutions in a consistent and reliable way. Product Engineering owns the software development competency for the firm, which is tied to standardized processes, practices, policies and controls for client-facing products and projects. Team members share expertise across various industries, targeting manufacturing and distribution, government, healthcare, financial services, and private equity groups based on demand from other Business Units. You will learn and build on a wide range of technologies in an environment where innovation and new ideas are highly encouraged. Hop on board to join one of the fastest growing technology consulting practices in the industry.
Our Benefits:
At Crowe, we know that great people are what makes a great firm. We value our people and offer employees a comprehensive benefits package. Learn more about what working at Crowe can mean for you!
How You Can Grow:
We will nurture your talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity. You will have the chance to meet on a consistent basis with your Career Coach that will guide you in your career goals and aspirations. Learn more about where talent can prosper!
More about Crowe:
Crowe (www.crowe.com) is one of the largest public accounting, consulting and technology firms in the United States. Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities while also helping clients reach their goals with tax, advisory, risk and performance services. Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the country's best places to work. Crowe serves clients worldwide as an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world.
Crowe LLP provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Crowe LLP does not accept unsolicited candidates, referrals or resumes from any staffing agency, recruiting service, sourcing entity or any other third-party paid service at any time. Any referrals, resumes or candidates submitted to Crowe, or any employee or owner of Crowe without a pre-existing agreement signed by both parties covering the submission will be considered the property of Crowe, and free of charge.>> the resume: <<SummaryA results driven, detail-oriented data professional with a variety of roles in business and technology. Experience includes Data Quality & Governance across different dimensions within data driven environments. Resourceful, self-starter with a proven track record of effectively working with cross-functional teams to develop and implement data strategies.
EducationExpected in2018totoBachelor of Arts|Computer ScienceQueens College of the City University of New York,Flushing,NYGPA:Expected in2009totoHigh School Diploma|Martin Van Buren High School,Queens Village,NYGPA:
Experience09/2021toCurrentData Quality AnalystIllumina|IL,State,Drive adoption of Collibra to provide users with a tool to foster data democratization. This includes an organizationally accepted Business Glossary, Data Catalogue, Data Dictionary, the ability to explore Data Lineage for Tableau-based dashboards, and a single source of truth.Perform User Acceptance & Regression Tests on Google Cloud Platform's BigQuery data using SQL scripts (i.e. test functionality, performance and solution of new product requests to maintain strong development standards and high stakeholder satisfaction).Gain a deep understanding of Peacock's data pipeline to comprehend the data flow and identify transformations from source to target.Perform in-depth exploration of causes, trends, opportunities, and actions required to improve data quality of key metrics, KPIs, and additional data centric dashboards.Provide ad hoc analysis to support data team, business units, and key stakeholders for complex data quality questions.Partner with stakeholders and implementation specialist during the data onboarding phase on various projects, providing analysis and sharing best practices.Evaluate large datasets using BigQuery to determine quality and accuracy; proactively identifying, addressing and resolving reconcilable discrepancies through daily/weekly/quarterly data analysisImprove data quality across products and projects by collaborating and working closely with engineering, management, product, business teams and other required team, contributing directly to development by participating in feedback sessions.Define and operationalize processes to continuously monitor and quality check data completeness and accuracy.Develop a complete inventory of data clean up reports, defining the cadence for producing them and addressing uncovered issues.07/2019to09/2021Enterprise Data Steward AssociateOnemain (Formerly Springleaf & Onemain Financials).|Conyers,GA,Acted as a liaison between non-technical & technical stakeholders within cross-functional teams to gather business requirements for data solutions.Managed a monthly Data Quality process that helped identify Data Quality anomalies.Analyzed, queried and manipulated data using SQL to define business rules and best practices. This included writing Data Quality rules to add into SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and execute as part of our Data Quality monthly process.Compiled and presented monthly/quarterly reports to management to showcase number of identified data anomalies and remediation progress.Performed manual and automated tests on applications and submitted reports.Developed process improvements to enhance overall Data Quality.Collaborated closely with Business Process Owners and Data/Technology Stewards to promote team-oriented approach in Data Quality remediation.Participated in technical trainings and workshops to improve skills set and boost overall knowledge.Analyzed issues and recommended corrective actions to improve final results.Outlined remediation plans to standardize results to meet compliance regulations.Executed test scripts using SQL to compare specifications and comply with stakeholder requirements.Researched and established root cause to data issues.09/2018to07/2019Database/Data Entry SpecialistWinHolt Equipment Group|City,STATE,Assisted with the implementation of a new database system running on SQL Server called EpicorCollaborated with IT and Engineering department in order to integrate key information including but not limited to manufactured items, parts and materials from prior database system, known as AS-400, into EpicorMaintained data integrity by normalizing tables to avoid redundant and duplicate dataImproved reliability of supply chain software, systems, database and order processingAssessed department needs and goals through communication and system evaluations to modify existing databases for personalized customization11/2017to09/2018Administrative AssistantAchieve Beyond|City,STATE,Maintained database by updating child files with their C.L.A.I.M.S. softwareVerified that information in the computer system was up-to-date and accurateCreated pivot tables in Excel to view statistical information for unpaid servicesCreated monthly reports using ReportViewerIdentified and resolved system and account issuesOrganized files, developed spreadsheets, faxed reports and scanned documents>>. The result is, Good Fit

Fit assessment: Good Fit