IT Project Planning and Business Analyst

Looking for a Senior Business Process Consultant with strong experience in the following.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the Project Preliminary Planning phase, including the receipt/review of initial project requests and refinement of project proposals.
• Develop comprehensive business cases and concept proposals to support decision-making.
• Conduct project feasibility and cost-benefit analyses to assist executive management in project approvals.
• Transition projects from concept to chartered status, ensuring proper scope definition and management planning.
• Capture and document requirements through stakeholder analysis, identifying key stakeholders and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
• Facilitate elicitation sessions with diverse groups of stakeholders to gather and refine requirements.
• Communicate the requirements development process clearly to the project team.
• Apply appropriate modeling techniques (e.g., use cases, workflow diagrams) to represent project requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and present various requirement documents including business, functional, and non-functional requirements.
• Utilize JIRA for effective lifecycle management of requirements.
• Conduct quality review walkthroughs of business requirements documentation to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Implement and enforce change management procedures for requirements documentation.
• Serve as a liaison between business departments and IT groups to identify and recommend technology solutions.
• Analyze business activities to assess potential IT improvements for productivity enhancement.
• Document existing business models and workflows in collaboration with SMEs.
• Present cost specifications for proposed improvements using analytical tools.
• Create high-level outline designs or use cases to aid in requirements development.
• Identify project benefits, deliverables, and performance metrics to evaluate project success.
• Facilitate communication and project meetings in the absence of the project manager.
• Provide post-project implementation support as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in IT backround
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in project management and requirements management tools, especially JIRA.
• Familiarity with modeling techniques and documentation practices.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

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