Business Analyst

Hollstadt Overview

Hollstadt Consulting is a management and technology consulting firm dedicated to placing professionals at engagements where they will excel. When you work with us, you'll work with a refreshingly real company led and staffed by seasoned experts who are also down-to-earth, good people. We're committed to treating you with respect and helping you achieve your career aspirations.

Since 1990, Hollstadt has been a trusted partner to more than 150 domestic and global companies and has successfully completed over 3,000 projects. Our continued growth has created challenging and rewarding opportunities for accomplished IT and Business Consultants. Hollstadt Consulting is an equal opportunity employer including disability/veteran.

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Role: Business Analyst

Start Date: ASAP

Location: Hybrid in Bloomington, MN

Rate: Up to $65.34/hr W2, dependent on skills and qualifications

Role Overview:

The Business Analyst will support IT and business teams in delivering successful outcomes for projects involving infrastructure upgrades, application implementations, and construction-related technology initiatives. This role bridges the gap between business needs and technical solutions, ensuring requirements are clearly defined, documented, and validated throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Requirements Gathering & Analysis
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders, IT SMEs, and vendors to elicit, document, and validate functional and non-functional requirements.
  • Translate business needs into clear technical specifications for infrastructure, application, and construction-related projects.
• Project Support & Coordination
  • Assist Project Managers in tracking scope, schedule, and budget impacts related to requirements changes.
  • Support RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) management by identifying and documenting business-related risks and dependencies.
  • Coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT) and ensure business readiness for go-live.
• Documentation & Reporting
  • Create and maintain business process documentation, workflows, and data mapping.
  • Prepare status updates and contribute to monthly reporting on requirements progress and business deliverables.
• Stakeholder Engagement
  • Act as a liaison between business units, IT teams, and external vendors.
  • Facilitate workshops and meetings to clarify requirements and resolve issues.
• Compliance & Standards
  • Ensure adherence to company IT policies, standards, and governance processes.
  • Support change management and business acceptance activities.

Mandatory Skills:

• 3–5 years of Business Analysis experience in IT projects (applications and infrastructure).
• Strong understanding of requirements gathering, documentation, and validation techniques.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); familiarity with MS Project or similar tools.
• Ability to do testing/QA activities in addition to coordinating UAT.

Desired Skills:

• Exposure to construction-related IT deliverables (e.g., networking, cabling, hardware deployment).
• Knowledge of system application components and integration points.
• Experience working with Public Safety or similar regulated environments.
• Familiarity with vendor coordination and purchased solution implementations.

Deliverables:

• Business requirements documents (BRDs), functional specifications, and process flows.
• UAT plans and test scripts.
• RAID logs and business impact assessments.
• Monthly reporting contributions for leadership.