Senior Business Analyst (m/f)

Job Description

• Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, and task and workflow analysis.
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyse information needs and functional requirements and deliver the following artefacts as needed: (Functional requirements (Business Requirements Document), iii. Use Cases, GUI, Screen and Interface designs)
• Utilize experience in using enterprise-wide requirements definition and management systems and methodologies required.
• Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans
• Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
• Serves as the conduit between the customer community (internal and external customers) and the software development team through which requirements flow.
• Develop requirements specifications according to standard templates, using natural language.
• Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyse trade-offs between usability and performance needs.
• Be the liaison between the business units, technology teams and support teams.

Job Requirements

Qualifications Required:

• Preferably Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or an equivalent of the degree in appropriate education.

Experience Required:

• At least 5-7 years of experience in building Requirement Specification in a well reputed software house in which must have successfully implemented at least 3 medium to large scale applications

Skills Required:

Technical skills:

• Good knowledge of SDLCs, different architectures and design strategies/ methodologies.
• Expert in object oriented and structured analysis
• Working knowledge of UML, requirements preparation, and use cases

 Management / Interpersonal Skills:

• Team management skills
• Leadership skills
• Good analytic and decision-making skills.
• Good communication skills
• Good presentation skills
• Must have the focus, confidence and ability to drive the team.
• Must be able to set expectations and manage conflict
• Ability to balance technical and business issues as well as communicate appropriately with both technical and business experts