Business Analyst

SUMMARY

- Define the business requirements and creates technology independent process and data models for technology solutions that meet the business needs of a single business area.
- Bridge the gap between the business customer and the technology solution providers (ie, vendors, infrastructure team, development team, etc.
- Planning, facilitation and follow up for key stakeholder meetings around feature/functionality.
- Leading and driving out requirements, use case scenarios, impact assessments and cost/benefit analysis working with key stakeholders.
- Working closely with US IT software teams to validate features through design reviews, testing.
- Providing day-to-day coaching and mentoring of other Business Analysts.
- Representing the right priority for issues and changes at during defect management and change management processes

SKILLS:

QUALIFICATIONS

- The ideal candidate will have extensive experience gathering and documenting requirements, facilitating meetings, and delivering results.
- This person must be a highly organized, self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment and have proven measurable experience with all aspects of the SDLC
- 4+ years as a business, technical or systems analyst
- 3-5 years experience in defining requirements and business analytics.
- Bachelor's degree - Business or IT with related experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate technical information to non-technical audiences
- Demonstrated ability to organize, facilitate, and recap meetings
- Experience working in a client-facing role with the ability to build strong relationships
- Process mapping, workflow analysis, data modelling, and design tools experience
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to focus on details as well as the big picture
- Experience identifying project tasks and providing estimates for those tasks
- Basic project management skills
- Demonstrated ability to adhere and promote standard business analyst tools, procedures and best practices
- Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor others
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, specifically Word, Excel and Visio MS Visio
- Business Analyst
- Requirements Development