Fast Facts

Join Aeries Software as a Business Analyst, where you will bridge the gap between business needs and tech solutions, ensuring customer requirements are met while enhancing their experience with our products.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include documenting requirements, communicating with stakeholders, collaborating with product teams, and overseeing user acceptance testing to ensure product meets customer needs.

Skills: Candidates must have 3-5 years of SaaS experience, proficiency in user story writing and UI mockups, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects effectively.

Qualifications: A Bachelor's degree in business, data, or computer science is preferred. Familiarity with federal reporting requirements and SQL Query/Postman is a plus.

Location: Based in Orange, CA with remote work available within the US (preferably CA or TX) and occasional travel to California or Texas.

Compensation: $72000 - $100000 / Annually

We’re looking for a Business Analyst Superstar!

All About Aeries

Aeries Software is a leading EdTech company offering a comprehensive Student Information System in both California and Texas. With a rich history of innovation and proven track record of developing software focused on the whole student, Aeries ensures that student data empowers success and never impedes.

All About the Job

As a Business Analyst, you will engage with external stakeholders (customers and sales prospects), internal stakeholders, and other resources to document the details of what will meet the needs of customers; bridging the gap between business needs and technological solutions within the organization. Business Analysts' main tasks will include performing detailed requirements analysis, documenting processes, and performing software testing, including user acceptance testing. To succeed in this role, you should have a natural analytical thought process and the ability to explain difficult concepts to non-technical users.

Your Mission

• Serve as Product Owner to specific product teams
• Responsible for prioritization of work items across assigned subject matter expertise areas
• Communicate with and serve as a resource to Product Managers to guide larger prioritization decisions
• Troubleshoot ticket escalations
• Work closely with the development team to produce high-quality features
• Gather Product requirements which includes:
• Collating input from various sources, including quarterly user group meetings
• Defining desired outcomes
• Collaborating with System Architects to refine customer requirements
• Defining customer struggles
• Defining logical workflow
• Defining the Acceptance Criteria
• Creating regression and user-acceptance test plans
• Create documentation
• Communicate system functionality, as well as current and upcoming system changes, to customers, support, trainers and other system users
• Conduct Post-development Testing
• Verify that Acceptance Criteria was met
• Adjust regression testing plans

About You

Your Experience and Skills

• 3 – 5 years working with SaaS applications, preferably as part of a student information system 
• Bachelor’s degree in business, data or computer science preferred
• Experience writing user stories, including use of Gherkin
• Experience with wireframes and/or mockups of UI
• In-depth knowledge of federal (CRDC) and CA and Texas state reporting requirements and regulations preferred (TSDS, PEIMS, SAAH, CALPADS). 
• Proficiency in leveraging AI-powered tools and platforms for data analysis, prototyping, customer and market analysis, etc. 
• Ed-Fi knowledge preferred
• Empathy for customers and team members
• Creating and maintaining a collaborative work environment
• Attention to details
• Clear, concise, and effective written and verbal communications
• Project, time, and stress management
• Ability to prioritize, solve problems, and multitask
• Ability to adapt to sudden changes in project requirements and priorities

Your Education and Experience

• School and SIS experience, with Aeries experience preferred
• An understanding of the customer journey and workflow processes
• Experience developing documentation
• Experience with SQL Query and/or Postman
• Familiarity with Agile or other project management methodologies

Position Details

Status

• Full-time
• Salaried, exempt

Work Location

• Our headquarters is in Orange, CA
• Remote work within the US (CA or TX preferred)

Travel Requirements

• Expect occasional travel including (but not limited to) CA and TX

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting or standing at a desk and working on a computer

Compensation

• $72,000 - $100,000 annual salary, based on experience and skills
• Bonuses awarded for exceptional performance

Benefits include:

• Health insurance coverage for employees and covered dependents
• Health Savings Account option with employer contributions
• 401(k) plan with up to 4% employer match
• Responsible PTO program where you manage your time off and job responsibilities
• Paid time off for sick days, volunteering, bereavement, and jury duty
• 11 paid holidays
• Educational Reimbursement program and opportunities for ongoing professional development

Aeries’ Integrity

Aeries Software 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.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Aeries Software, LLC., is unable to sponsor, or take over sponsorship of, employment visas at this time.