Sr. Business Analyst

IT System/Business Analyst

The primary role of the IT System/Business Analyst is to translate business requirements into technical specifications, maintain relationships with the business, and drive standard business processes across the IT Enterprise. The IT BA should have an understanding of business priorities and the relative importance of their projects. This analyst is able to identify multiple approaches to problem solving and recommend the best case solution. A BA must conduct thorough business process analysis to understand existing workflows and systems, document current processes and systems, create requirements for new processes, develop use cases, and manage requirement changes. Furthermore, an IT BA must possess strong technical acumen with the ability to translate information and research into non-technical language as necessary to effectively communicate across teams.

Specific duties, activities and responsibilities include:

• Interact with Project Managers from multiple organizations to track project progress, identify risks, communicate risks and status, and assess potential impacts to the business.
• Maintain project documentation such as project lists, project status reports and budget
• Proactively develop and maintain technical knowledge in specialized area(s), remaining up-to-date on current trends and best practices; leverages expertise to produce solutions that enable global consistency and standardization and facilitate exceptional performance
• Translate requirements, produce feasibility reports and design solutions to improve productivity and efficiency
• Maintain regular contact with clients. Coordinate and report on project progress, obstacles and accomplishments
• Manage requirement changes. Collaborate with Quality Control, Project Managers, and Technical Leads to ensure Business acceptance
• Develop use cases as a key communication tool between the business and technical teams
• Document current and future state assessments. Create and maintain functional models, process flows, and wire-frame diagrams

Skills:

• Demonstrates strong analytical and project management skills, including thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs, model business functions, and translate them into application and operational requirements
• Demonstrates proven IT knowledge of business analysis process and functions
• Strong collaboration, multi-tasking and organization skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills, Leads communication across different IT and business teams, taking a lead role in coordinating efforts, utilizing proven knowledge of IT and roles and responsibilities within the organization
• Speak English fluently and clearly
• Demonstrates proven ability to prioritize team tasks and drive other project team business analysts toward successful project completion. Lead more junior Business Analysts and coach via the Business Analyst Community of Practice (BACoP)
• Demonstrates thorough knowledge of the industry and trends
• Works independently, often determining own work priorities. Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience
• Minimum of 5 years related experience required
• Proficient skills in Microsoft standard desktop applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Exchange, Visio, Project
• Has in-depth experience, knowledge and skills in own job family
• 40 hours of training (supplier provided)
• Demonstrated expertise in iRise may be required for certain project work. Demonstrated expertise in Rational toolset may be required for certain project work

Education: Bachelors Degree in a Computer Science, Business or related discipline preferred