Business Analyst

Proteus Europe are urgently recruiting for an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join a prestigious client in Paris , France for a 6 month contract.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

The business analyst supports the users in analysing the user requirements, drafting functional specifications, follow up implementation, organising testing.
Ensures that the IT solution meets the user requirements and complies with existing IT principles and policies.
Establishes functional specifications and Datamodelling, co-ordinates user acceptance testing and supports the drafting of the business area's related documentation.
Assist the project manager in planning activities.
Organises workshops and co-ordination of project stakeholders, taking into account the data and information required for this activity and the project schedule based on user-requirements.
Formulates Service Management procedures and Service Level requirements based on end-user input
Develops business cases and approaches/methodologies to the analysis work.
Performs requirement engineering activities based on formal techniques and methods (analysing, capturing and managing requirements)
Perfoms modelling of business processes.
Tests according to business specifications.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

University degree (BSc) in computer science, computer engineering or business administration or proven ability to perform the tasks commensurate with such a formal academic qualification
Experience in drafting functional specifications
Experience in the Financial Markets sector, Banking sector, or Insurance sector
Excellent knowledge in defining and documenting user requirements, both functional and non-functional;
Knowledge in requirement engineering activities based on formal techniques and methods (comprising the analysis, capture and management of requirements);
Experience in applying test methodologies
Excellent analytical skills and a problem-solving orientation;
Knowledge of IT Service Management processes and best practice (such as ITIL), in particular in the areas of service level management;
Very good command of English with proven drafting ability;
Excellent knowledge in using Microsoft applications, including: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Visio.
Strong interpersonal skills, customer orientation, self-motivation, and the ability to work in a small team are very important

DESIRABLE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Experience in regulatory IT projects;
Experience in analysing impact on existing system and documenting upgrades
Experience in data mapping/modelling;
Experience in reference data/master data management;
Experience in information collection and processing systems;
Good knowledge of financial instruments, including derivatives;
Good knowledge of the trading life cycle;
Experience in the upgrade or refactoring of complex IT systems;
Experience in XML.

Apply today for immediate consideration to join a prestigious client in the beautiful cosmopolitan city of Paris .