Sr. Business Analyst

Job Description:

• Determines operational objectives by studying business functions; gathering information; evaluating output requirements and formats.
• Provide inputs to improve systems by studying current practices; designing modifications and identifying project bottlenecks.
• Assist in monitoring project progress by tracking activity; resolving problems; publishing progress reports; recommending actions.
• Acts as an interface between Business team and Development team.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Document existing and new processes through workflow diagrams (processes, entities, etc)
• Strong customer focus and ability to articulate the client expectations for all stakeholders by sharing the Product Vision and roadmap with the delivery team
• Understand and be able to explain basic design components and methodology to business partners
• Recommend modifications to UI design based on business process.
• Develop or direct the development of wireframes/prototypes based on business requirements
• Understand and be able to explain overall high-level architecture options to business partners
• Identify potential scope changes and assist in managing change control process
• Responsible for requirements elicitation, identification of risks
• Coordinate and Facilitate kick-off meeting  and Envisioning session
• Lead discussion with Business partners to select specific stories for iteration
• Manage backlog and story creation
• Lead the sizing of stories
• Manage iteration demo and facilitate retrospective at the end of each iteration demo
• Ensure work priorities and results are aligned with overall vision and direction for a project
• Discover and scope business opportunities and proposed solutions from both a technical and business capacity.
• Assist Project Managers with work-effort estimates, schedule planning, architectural and cost analysis, technology selection, design, and prototyping.
• Aid in the development of training materials and other required documentation.
• Participate and coordinate test activities with stakeholders and end-users.
• Assist in developing supports and implementing best practices for application development.
• Leads the internal and external stakeholders through detailed system and business process analysis; ensures enhancements and solutions positively contribute to, expand upon and do not conflict with overarching web business strategy.
• Grooms backlog of features to ensure ready for iteration planning sessions including documenting acceptance criteria, business rules and other models needed by teams; defines As-Is and To-Be process flows to identify gaps and new requirements
• Reviews test plans and perform testing as necessary for team to meet iteration goals.
• Assists in writing training documentation. Provides basic end-user support in post-deployment phases, and supports the assessment and evaluation feedback process to ensure that the requirements necessary to correct issues are addressed.
• Identify and escalate complex questions, and ensure follows up for resolution.
• Responsible for guiding and mentoring team members.
• Responsible for induction and training for the trainee/new joining.

Responsibilities:

• Be a positive role model and proactively contribute to morale of the team
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as ability to present and explain technical information in a way that establishes rapport, persuades others, and gains understanding
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Business case, product backlog, product capabilities document, uat scripts, uat test data requirements, and post production validation
• Knowledge and experience with various modeling technique such as business process modelling
• Strong analytical skills; ability to solve complex problems
• Able to adapt to change
• Able to communicate to internal and external stakeholder groups information about current product and areas of subject matter expertise
• Experience with SDLC / SW development processes (RUP, Agile, Waterfall)
• Experience using consulting skills and developing client relationships.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs, with the ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence
• Strategic thinker.
• Proven ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks.
• Demonstrates ability to effectively interface with various levels within the organization.
• Demonstrates strong leadership ability.

Experience:

• 3-5 Years