Title: Senior Business Analyst-84124Y0418
Client: NYC Agency
Location: New York, NY (Onsite)
Duration: 18 Months
Work Hours: 35 hrs/week
Job Description:
Identify functional and non-functional requirements for information technology projects and programs using industry standard analysis techniques such as data flow modeling, workflow analysis, and functional decomposition analysis.
Prepare, review and update requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations for proposed solutions using standard templates.
Work closely with the Client business units and subject matter experts in definition, testing, training, implementation, and support of functional requirements.
Solicit requirements through interviews, workshops, surveys, and/or existing systems documentation or procedures.
Identify and document existing system deficiencies.
Participate in meetings with both technology and business teams to facilitate the understanding, clarification, and implementation of requirements.
Create/revise/own analysis artifacts and deliverables such as process maps, business requirements, business rules, user stories, user workflows, use cases, user interfaces, screens, and acceptance test cases.
Understand client organization's direction, structure, business issues and data challenges.
Define and/or contribute to roll-out strategies.
Devise and participate in client training of new applications.
Manage client expectations effectively and communicate effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions with project management.
Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships.
Assist in the facilitation of team and client meetings.
Understand how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully.
Promote active listening with team members.
Prepare written business correspondence that is coherent, effective, professional, and engaging.
Possess understanding in the areas of application programming, database, and system design.
Understand how legacy and web-based systems interface with each other.
Define and set standards/templates for acceptance test cases, acceptance testing and test matrices.
Define acceptance test conditions and develop accurate/complete test plans.
Ensure issues are identified, tracked, reported on, and resolved in a timely manner.
Conduct acceptance testing efforts according to plan.
Work independently with clients to define concepts and under direction of project manager.
Understand the necessity of project standards and apply them consistently.
Understand how various issues affect each other and the outcome of projects.
Develop internal and external meeting objectives and agendas.
Prioritize multiple tasks effectively and demonstrate the ability to cooperate with a variety of people and achieve results.
Communicate needed changes to development team.
Mandatory Skills:
BA/BS degree or equivalent, in a technology related field or other degree preferred.
5+ years experience specifying, analyzing and documenting requirements for mission critical business applications in a web/client-server environment.
5+ years experience developing test plans and performing functional and user acceptance testing.
Preferred Skills:
5+ years experience working with SQL, MySQL, Excel, SSIS and SSRS.
Proficient in SDLC methodologies such as Waterfall, RUP and Agile.
Proficient in Requirements and Project Management tools such as JIRA, Confluence, MS
Project, MS Office and MS SharePoint Server.
Proficient business skills in Change/Risk/Conflict Management, Impact/SWOT analysis, JAD.
Proficient skills in Salesforce, AWS, Drupal.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally and confidently with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
Strong analytical, decision-making and problem-solving skills to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
Strong facilitation skills and proven experience at driving consensus across multiple stakeholders.
Good presentation and leadership skills.
Process-driven analysis skills and a background in various requirements elicitation methods.
Team player who can establish excellent working relationships with peers and other teams.
Ability to estimate for delivery commitments.
Title: Senior Business Analyst-84124Y0418
Client: NYC Agency
Location: New York, NY (Onsite)
Duration: 18 Months
Work Hours: 35 hrs/week
Job Description:
Identify functional and non-functional requirements for information technology projects and programs using industry standard analysis techniques such as data flow modeling, workflow analysis, and functional decomposition analysis.
Prepare, review and update requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations for proposed solutions using standard templates.
Work closely with the Client business units and subject matter experts in definition, testing, training, implementation, and support of functional requirements.
Solicit requirements through interviews, workshops, surveys, and/or existing systems documentation or procedures.
Identify and document existing system deficiencies.
Participate in meetings with both technology and business teams to facilitate the understanding, clarification, and implementation of requirements.
Create/revise/own analysis artifacts and deliverables such as process maps, business requirements, business rules, user stories, user workflows, use cases, user interfaces, screens, and acceptance test cases.
Understand client organization's direction, structure, business issues and data challenges.
Define and/or contribute to roll-out strategies.
Devise and participate in client training of new applications.
Manage client expectations effectively and communicate effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions with project management.
Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships.
Assist in the facilitation of team and client meetings.
Understand how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully.
Promote active listening with team members.
Prepare written business correspondence that is coherent, effective, professional, and engaging.
Possess understanding in the areas of application programming, database, and system design.
Understand how legacy and web-based systems interface with each other.
Define and set standards/templates for acceptance test cases, acceptance testing and test matrices.
Define acceptance test conditions and develop accurate/complete test plans.
Ensure issues are identified, tracked, reported on, and resolved in a timely manner.
Conduct acceptance testing efforts according to plan.
Work independently with clients to define concepts and under direction of project manager.
Understand the necessity of project standards and apply them consistently.
Understand how various issues affect each other and the outcome of projects.
Develop internal and external meeting objectives and agendas.
Prioritize multiple tasks effectively and demonstrate the ability to cooperate with a variety of people and achieve results.
Communicate needed changes to development team.
Mandatory Skills:
BA/BS degree or equivalent, in a technology related field or other degree preferred.
5+ years experience specifying, analyzing and documenting requirements for mission critical business applications in a web/client-server environment.
5+ years experience developing test plans and performing functional and user acceptance testing.
Preferred Skills:
5+ years experience working with SQL, MySQL, Excel, SSIS and SSRS.
Proficient in SDLC methodologies such as Waterfall, RUP and Agile.
Proficient in Requirements and Project Management tools such as JIRA, Confluence, MS
Project, MS Office and MS SharePoint Server.
Proficient business skills in Change/Risk/Conflict Management, Impact/SWOT analysis, JAD.
Proficient skills in Salesforce, AWS, Drupal.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally and confidently with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
Strong analytical, decision-making and problem-solving skills to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
Strong facilitation skills and proven experience at driving consensus across multiple stakeholders.
Good presentation and leadership skills.
Process-driven analysis skills and a background in various requirements elicitation methods.
Team player who can establish excellent working relationships with peers and other teams.
Ability to estimate for delivery commitments.