Business Analyst

Job Description

Job Area: Information Technology Group, Information Technology Group > Systems Analysis General Summary: Your main tasks will include performing detailed requirements analysis, documenting processes, and performing some user acceptance testing. To succeed in this role you should have a natural analytical way of thinking and be able to explain difficult concepts to non-technical users.The responsibilities of this role include:"Evaluating business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing and implementing solutions.Leading ongoing reviews of business processes and developing optimization strategies.Staying up-to-date on the latest process and IT advancements to automate and modernize systems.Conducting meetings and presentations to share ideas and findings.Performing requirements analysis.Documenting and communicating the results of your efforts.Effectively communicating your insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management.Gathering critical information from meetings with various stakeholders and producing useful reports.Working closely with clients, technicians, and managerial staff.Providing leadership, training, coaching, and guidance to junior staff.Allocating resources and maintaining cost efficiency.Ensuring solutions meet business needs and requirements.Performing user acceptance testing.Managing projects, developing project plans, and monitoring performance.Updating, implementing, and maintaining procedures.Prioritizing initiatives based on business needs and requirements.Serving as a liaison between stakeholders and users.Managing competing resources and priorities.Monitoring deliverables and ensuring timely completion of projects."Principal Duties & Responsibilities"1. Work closley with IT PM and Engineering Business stakeholders, IT SMEs and create Scope and Business Requirement Docuements.2. Wwork on mulitple projects with ease.3. Create requirement docuemnts for in progress and existing applications. Maintain the documentation by being in constan touch with Development team and Business stakeholders.4. Have good knowlegde of Web Applications and IT Development so he/she can discuss feature enhancement and feature development best practises and solution feasibilty before hand.5. Good knowlegde of understandign and depicting As Is and To Be state diagrams."IT Core Competencies Accountability - Hold one’s self and others accountable for measurable quality, timely and cost-effective results, and accepts responsibility for impacts to the business and changes to business processes. Adaptability - Adjusting own behaviors to work efficiently and effectively in light of new information, changing situations and/or different environments. Collaboration - Fosters working together by establishing, communicating, and reinforcing shared values, norms, and objectives. Communication - The ability to effectively exchange information with stakeholders in addition to the ability to accurately hear and understand the partially expressed thoughts, feelings, and concerns of others. Financial Acumen - Ability to understand in-depth financial information that can be used to make meaningful insights to drive business growth in a safe and transparent environment. Influence - The ability to accomplish goals through others. People Development - Models and creates an environment that promotes career development. Strategic Focus - Applies a comprehensive approach using business acumen and industry research to solve systematic complexities that promote growth. Minimum Qualifications: 4+ years of IT-relevant work experience with a Bachelor's degree. OR 6+ years of IT-relevant work experience without a Bachelor’s degree. A bachelor’s degree in Engineering or MBA.A minimum of 5 years of experience in business analysis or a related field.Overall expereince of 6 to 8 years.Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills.The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions.Advanced technical skills.Excellent documentation skills.Fundamental analytical and conceptual thinking skills.Experience creating detailed reports and giving presentations.Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook.A track record of following through on commitments.Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills.Experience leading and developing top-performing teams.A history of leading and supporting successful projects. Additional Competencies Analytical Skills - The ability to collect information and identify fundamental patterns/trends in data. This includes the ability to gather, integrate, and interpret information from several sources. Applications - Basic knowledge of application architecture specifically related to performance and troubleshooting. Automation - The ability to use scripting and programming knowledge to code and create basic automation processes. Database Structuring - Basic to intermediate understanding of database design, and structuring of data for various business needs. Decision Making - The ability to make quick, accurate decisions. This includes the ability to weigh alternatives and take into account the impact of the decisions on people, equipment, or other resources. Documentation - The ability to document solutions to basic IT issues by using standard policies and procedures. Root Cause Analysis - The ability to understand the cause of an issue and contribute to identifying the appropriate solution. Taking Initiative - The ability to attack work activities with drive and energy, understand the impact of work on key metrics, and make decisions that are in the company's best interest. This includes not being afraid to initiate action before all the facts are known, and driving value-added work tasks to completion. Technical Documentation - The ability to appropriately document software and/or hardware specifications to promote knowledge transfer to other peers. Technical Troubleshooting - Knowledge of systematic approaches to solving common technical problems (e.g., hardware, software, application, operational). This includes the ability to identify problems and report and escalate problems according to established procedures, and the ability to identify available information resources for troubleshooting.Preferred QualificationsHas worked on Manufaturing and Yiled Managament related projects in the pastHas worked on Visio Tool, Microsoft Azure Wiki as a tool for documentationIs well aware of Agile and how Agile Scope Documentation and work items are created.Should know how to create User Stories and has worked with Microsoft developers and Solution Architeicts and undersatnds feature feasibilityHas worked with European Teams and Asian stakeholders