Business Analyst - Sharp Decisions : Job Details

BUSINESS ANALYST - HYBRID ON-SITE 3-4 DAYS PER WEEK

NYC

CONTRACT - NO 3RD PARTIES PLEASE

Our client needs seriously experienced people with analytical skills and minds who have operated successfully in disciplined environments where people proactively document process flows, meeting action items, requirements, test cases and test results, BRDs, etc.

They are looking for people who have worked in Waterfall and other methodologies, not just agile environments.

Ideally a BA who has at least 2-3 years experience as a BA on technology projects for a major consulting firm - People who excel at the BA basics, gathering / soliciting, analyzing, documenting and organizing requirements. Understanding and documenting process flows. Writing good use cases.

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Seeking a Business Analyst to work as an integral member of a lean and highly impactful 15-person team whose Head, a Managing Director, reports to the COO of a division of a large international financial institution. This front-office team is responsible for driving technology transformation in support of business growth strategy, and the BA with the right skills and drive will have an opportunity to play a critical role.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

* Drive delivery of key initiatives through disciplined and effective business analysis, data analysis, testing, and change management; projects that may include CRM, strategic data repository, data controls model and business intelligence tools

* Requirements analysis responsibilities include requirements gathering and documentation, process analysis and documentation (process flow diagrams), development of user stories and business requirements documents (BRDs), mock-ups of screens

* Perform analysis of business requirements and data elements in support regular and ad hoc management reporting

* Work with front office to define and document business requirements

* Data analysis responsibilities include business / financial analysis, reconciliations and monitoring as well as establishment of data processes and controls that promote data integrity

* Support various change management tasks including development of user documents, drafting of change communication memos, and user training

* Provide day-to-day support of business technologies to business users, by investigating and addressing questions that are routed to the support mailbox

* Perform ad hoc analysis based on managements request, including

* Analyze and identify opportunities for business process improvement and technology efficiencies

* Quality assurance responsibilities may include test planning, refinement of user stories to include clear exit criteria, test case documentation & execution, coordination of user acceptance testing (UAT), analysis of test results and summary of test results for team and management consumption

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS / EXPERIENCE

* All or part of (depending on the level) the following is required:BA or BS degree

* 3-5 years' experience in a hands-on BA capacity working on technology implementation and/or business transformation initiatives

* Extensive experience producing high-quality business requirements documents (BRDs) and working in tandem with development partners

* Experience with both agile and waterfall and adaptive methodologies a plus

* Highly analytical & strategic thinker who distills complex ideas & research down to what matters

* Strong business, analytical, quantitative, problem-solving and decision-making skills

* Highly responsive, mature and accountable in all aspects; a trusted partner to staff of all levels in both business and technology organizations

* Very strong skills with advance MS-Excel, SQL / VBA, PowerPoint and tools to create mock-ups of screens / user designs

* Consistent accuracy and attention to details in work product

* Ability to plan, organize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously, with limited supervision

* Superior oral/written communication skills

* Strong drive and motivation to excel; keen to learn more and assume more responsibility

* Thrives in a diverse, multi-cultural environment