Business Analyst

The Identity and Access Management security group of an international retailer is looking for a senior level business analyst with big 4 or large scale consulting experience to work in our Amsterdam office. This is a 4-6 month contract working on a critical project (still in the initial phases), You will serve as a key figure in the alignment between business processes and IT. Specifically, you will be responsible for actively resolving technology needs of the business with a focus on gathering requirements for a large HR and provisioning project. You will also develop plans and/or recommendations to integrate new and existing standards, methodologies and/or processes for the assigned systems. You may also be tasked with leading teams in the development of detailed requirements, specifications, use cases, and user stories. If you have the required experience and would like to learn more, please apply today.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
- 8+ years of IT Business Analyst experience
- Current or Recent Experience working for a big 4 or large scale consulting firm.

Technical Experience
- Experience with requirements gathering for implementations/upgrades of large scale ERP systems,
- Experience with full life cycle system implementations
- Experience with business process reengineering, including gathering and documenting requirements, documenting processes/workflows, and developing specifications for system programmers
- Experience with CA IdentityMinder and Peoplesoft is desirable.

Skills and Competencies: (Expert-level experience/expertise)
- Ability to quickly assess and understand organizational structure, business strategies and processes
- Knowledge of assigned applications and understanding of the organizations business systems and processes
- Ability to understand technical problems and solutions in relation to current as well as future business environments.
- Highly developed analytical and conceptual skills in developing efficient and effective solutions to diverse and complex business problems
- Experience in organizing, planning and executing assigned tasks from conception through implementation.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of providing and explaining technical information to clients, vendors, senior management and staff.
- Strong facilitation and presentation skills
- Knowledgeable on business process modelling, process mapping.
- Capable of writing clear and well structured business requirements and specification documents
- Ability to resolve minor conflicts/issues using different tactics for prior to escalation
- Work with team members to understand the needs of the project
- Strong verbal and written communication skills