Senior Business Analyst

Experience

7-9 Years

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for collaborating with business partners and identifying business problems. Recommends solutions with new or existing processes, applications, systems, programs, or software. 

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

•    Investigate and document business requirements from business partners to facilitate discussions and conduct workflow analyses.
•    Construct workflow charts and diagrams, study system capabilities, and write specifications.
•    Recommend solutions or improvements to business processes which can be accomplished through new technology or alternative uses of existing technology.
•    Interpret business requirements to functional designs.
•    Collaborate with Developers and Engineers on Technical designs and development as needed.
•    Perform implementation and configuration activities including prototyping, analysis, system configuration, operational implementation and process documentation.
•    Acts as a liaison between the IT development group and business partners for the development and implementation of new systems and enhancement of existing systems.
•    Working with large datasets within applications, develop reports and dashboards as well as the creative problem solving, leadership, and communication skills necessary to           drive change.
•    Ensures solutions are tested/validated sufficiently before being implemented in production.
•    Works with the business partners to ensure process and system changes are communicated clearly and that users are informed and/or trained sufficiently.

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

•    Bachelor's degree in business or IT related field. 
•    At least 2 years of experience in data analysis and reporting technologies. 
•    Experience with project management. 
•    Experience working with cross-functional teams and facilitating teams to identify and implement solutions to complex problems.
•    Ability to assess and initiate actions independently. Experience and skills in influencing, leading and directing individuals in multiple functional areas.
•    Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills.
•    Strong customer service skills.
•    Strong business analytical and problem-solving skills.
•    Self-motivated, demonstrated bias for action. 

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

•    Knowledge of hardware, software, and programming. Experience documenting complex processes and generating supporting diagrams.
•    Time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates. 

Work Experience

•    Experience working with Tableau, WebFOCUS, SQL, SSIS, Alteryx, Power BI, Python, and R.

Required Technical/ Functional Competencies

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for collaborating with business partners and identifying business problems. Recommends solutions with new or existing processes, applications, systems, programs, or software. 

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

•    Investigate and document business requirements from business partners to facilitate discussions and conduct workflow analyses.
•    Construct workflow charts and diagrams, study system capabilities, and write specifications.
•    Recommend solutions or improvements to business processes which can be accomplished through new technology or alternative uses of existing technology.
•    Interpret business requirements to functional designs.
•    Collaborate with Developers and Engineers on Technical designs and development as needed.
•    Perform implementation and configuration activities including prototyping, analysis, system configuration, operational implementation and process documentation.
•    Acts as a liaison between the IT development group and business partners for the development and implementation of new systems and enhancement of existing systems.
•    Working with large datasets within applications, develop reports and dashboards as well as the creative problem solving, leadership, and communication skills necessary to           drive change.
•    Ensures solutions are tested/validated sufficiently before being implemented in production.
•    Works with the business partners to ensure process and system changes are communicated clearly and that users are informed and/or trained sufficiently.

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

•    Bachelor's degree in business or IT related field. 
•    At least 2 years of experience in data analysis and reporting technologies. 
•    Experience with project management. 
•    Experience working with cross-functional teams and facilitating teams to identify and implement solutions to complex problems.
•    Ability to assess and initiate actions independently. Experience and skills in influencing, leading and directing individuals in multiple functional areas.
•    Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills.
•    Strong customer service skills.
•    Strong business analytical and problem-solving skills.
•    Self-motivated, demonstrated bias for action. 

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

•    Knowledge of hardware, software, and programming. Experience documenting complex processes and generating supporting diagrams.
•    Time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates. 

Work Experience

•    Experience working with Tableau, WebFOCUS, SQL, SSIS, Alteryx, Power BI, Python, and R.

Required Behavioral Competencies

Accountability:

• Takes responsibility for and ensures accuracy of own work, as well as the work and deadlines of the team.

Collaboration:

• Shares information within team, participates in team activities, asks questions to understand other points of view.

Agility:

• Demonstrates readiness for change, asking questions and determining how changes could impact own work.

Customer Focus:

• Identifies trends and patterns emerging from customer preferences and works towards customizing/ refining existing services to exceed customer needs and expectations.

Communication:

• Targets communications for the appropriate audience, clearly articulating and presenting his/her position or decision.

Drives Results:

• Sets realistic stretch goals for self & others to achieve and exceed defined goals/targets.

Resolves Conflict:

• Displays sensitivity in interactions and strives to understand others’ views and concerns.

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