Senior Business Analyst

Job Description

Job description: Successful candidates must have experience of working with clients to implement business and technology solutions as well as process and operational improvements in a cost-effective way by determining the requirements of a project or program and communicating them clearly to all stakeholders, facilitators, and partners. Candidates will be enthusiastic and driven Senior Business Analysts who can work closely with key business stakeholders across several areas and IT Teams to drive out requirements and areas for change. Applicants should possess a demonstrable track record as a Business Analyst with experience of taking on the mantle of Business Owner with relevant stakeholders Your role: • Working within the client project team, primary responsibility will be to gather information from business stakeholders to define, prioritize and document sets of business and/or functional requirements to the required quality standard. • Working directly with business stakeholders using your expertise to elicit, analyze, document, validate and verify their requirements and to provide high-quality advice and deliverables. • You will need to be capable of working closely with the clients’ IT Teams, Technical Architects and Developers as needed in order to ensure correct ‘translation’ and understanding of the signed-off business requirements • You will have experience of working in a team-orientated, collaborative environment. • You will take ownership of documentation ensuring it is comprehensive, complete, signed off and stored appropriately. Skills & Experience • Must have excellent business analysis experience including requirements workshops, gap analysis, process mapping and modeling the ‘as is’ and ‘to be’ processes. • Must be solution-focused individuals with the ability to understand complex problems and articulate them into simple issues and solutions. • Must have excellent oral communication and presentation skills. • Must have excellent written skills and the ability to produce clear and meaningful documentation. • Data modeling experience would be beneficial. • Strong interpersonal skills to manage senior client stakeholders. • Excellent organizational skills, logical and efficient thinking and strong attention to detail. • Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment, effectively prioritize and execute tasks while under pressure and work independently with minimal direction and guidance. • Experience working in a team-orientated and collaborative environment. • Demonstrated ability to seek alternatives and innovative approaches and to push creative thinking beyond the boundaries of existing industry practices and client mindsets. • An understanding of the full software lifecycle and appreciation of different project delivery methodologies.