IT Business Analyst

IT Business AnalystThe BA is ultimately responsible for partnering with the Product Owner to create, refine and maintain a healthy backlog of user stories which are easily understood by the consuming team(s). Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:Forming strong bonds and a healthy working relationship with the feature team they are assigned to.Collecting user requirements and feedback from Product Owners and Tech Leads in formal and informal settings.Performing in depth analysis for fact finding on existing behaviour of the system (including business logic and end-to-end data flow) and educating stakeholders to help ensure the build of comprehensive, robust requirements.Refining stories to a level of detail that will enable code to be written and tested without defects or requirements gaps; write acceptance criteria and generate test scripts.Partnering with content team for content management for final content readiness.Managing JIRA process and accompanying Confluence documentation – including maintaining a living evergreen repository so we always have an understanding of our current state.Managing product backlog along with Product Owners – including having 2 sprints backlog refined and partnering with Scrum Master on sequencing.Working closely with UX teams on design of new features and components.Running effective JAD sessions and/or feature team refinement sessions.Juggling multiple stories at any given time, with aggressive deliveryAdditional Skills:Retail/Consumer banking and investment products.Web service and database technologiesProgramming Languages (JavaScript, Kotlin, Swift preferred).Appreciation of responsive web design & accessibility.