Senior Business Analyst

• Under minimal direction, formulate and define system scope and objectives based on both user needs and a good understanding of information technology, business processes, and industry requirements.
• Act as a liaison between client and technical solutions/support groups, using advanced communication skills to elicit, document, analyze and validate client requirements.
• Apply extensive knowledge of the client's business and industry to develop requirements specifications.
• Document requirements, and translate into proper system requirements specifications using high-maturity methods, processes and tools.
• Develop visualization, user experience and configuration elements of solution design.
• Execute and coordinate requirements management and change management processes.
• Develop and maintain internal and external relationships to support management of scope and expectations.
• Participate in proposals, feasibility studies, implementations, and new business development.
• Operates as a team member and as a team leader. Advise on methods to improve business processes.
• Consider the business implications of the application of technology to the current and future business environment. May lead the training of clients and peers.
• May assign work to others.
• Provides time / resource estimates for assigned tasks.
• May provide time / resource estimates for assigned projects.

• Education and Experience Required:

  • Typically a Bachelor's degree in a technical or business discipline or equivalent experience and a minimum of 3 years related experience.

  Knowledge and Skills Required:

  • SQL Experience - Write Queries
  • Write Test Cases
  • 3 or more years experience.
  • Essential: Requirements determination using structured techniques for documentation, analysis, evaluation/validation; decomposition of high-level information into details; abstracting low-level information; distinguishing requests vs needs; distinguishing requirements vs solutions; classifying/prioritizing requirements; ambiguity analysis, ensuring consistent understanding across users, designers and testers; business process modeling of current state and desired/future state processes; defining and managing scope and client expectations, requirements change management and traceability; identifying and mitigating risks; applying creativity to solving complex problems; building relationships and working collaboratively; effective verbal/written communication; experience in an industry domain. Experienced with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access).
  • Specialized: Statistical analysis; developing structured user manuals and training; business rules modeling; develop and executing acceptance test plans.Familiar with ad hoc reporting systems.

Education and Experience Required:

• Typically a Bachelor's degree in a technical or business discipline or equivalent experience and a minimum of 6 years related experience or a Master's degree and a minimum of 4 years of experience.

  Knowledge and Skills Required:

• 6 or more years experience.
• Write SQL Queries
• Write Test Cases
• Essential: requirements elicitation via interviewing; requirements determination using structured techniques for documentation, analysis, evaluation/validation; decomposition of high-level information into details; abstracting low-level information; distinguishing requests vs needs; distinguishing requirements vs solutions; classifying/prioritizing requirements; OO techniques using UML models; ambiguity analysis, ensuring consistent understanding across users, designers and testers; business process modeling of current state and desired/future state processes; defining and managing scope and client expectations, requirements change management and traceability; identifying and mitigating risks; applying creativity to solving complex problems; building relationships and working collaboratively; effective verbal/written communication; experience in an industry domain.
• Specialized: Function Point counting; survey execution; statistical analysis; developing structured user manuals and training; visualization modeling; business rules modeling; develop and executing acceptance test plans.

Requisition ID 1652220