Business Analyst V

Job Title: Business Analyst V
Duties: Key liaison between executive sponsors and project teams with the purpose to drive requirement elicitation to an agreed solution all within the project scope and budget. The ideal candidate will have a strong business and technical aptitude and know how to proactively facilitate both requirement and design discussions to completion and serve as the subject expert for project team members. The Senior Business Analyst is ultimately responsible for ensuring that the business is satisfied with new software releases at the feature/functionality level.

Organizing, preparing, and leading requirements definition sessions with the business stakeholders and/or subject matter experts
Documenting and translating complex business problems into business requirements and functional technical solutions
Providing the right level of documentation for the audience and objective (i.e. User Stories, BPMN, Wireframes, UML, PowerPoint, etc.)
Breaking down business requirements into concise JIRA tickets (Epics, User Stories, Tasks) and defining Acceptance Criteria
Working closely with UI/UX Designers to break down complex functionality into structured, intuitive UI
Communication of requirements to key development resources to aide in application design for front and back end solutions


Providing business and system knowledge to team members for better understanding of business needs


Ensuring that the software meets project objectives and customer expectations
Managing multiple work streams, assessing priorities, and delivering complete, accurate work products
Proactively resolving time conflict issues working with direct management and project manager(s)

Skills:
Strong understanding of Agile & application development
Requirements elicitation & ability to translate into viable, innovative solutions
Excellent technical writer & strong technical integration skills
Ability to create logical diagrams of complex interfaces
Excellent facilitation skills
Anticipates needs and takes initiative to address challenges
Strong critical thinking and problem solving.
Detail-oriented and capable of delivering a high level of accuracy
Degree level qualification in Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related discipline

10+ years of experience in IT Business Analysis
Experience with eCommerce marketplace solutions is required
Experience in working in Agile teams
Experience in gathering specifications for web-based applications


Demonstrated experience in:
Leading structured and efficient requirements definition sessions
Expert writing skills of requirements and technical documentation
Business process diagraming
Using tools to create different levels of documentation
Executing deliverables efficiently and on-time
Self-management to meet project goals and deliverables
Presentation skills

Facilitation skills and people management skills
Organization skills
Working well in team environment – but can work alone when required

Preferred Skills
Confident
Articulate and good communicator
Business consulting skills
Eager to learn
Entertainment or media industry experience is a plus

Keywords:
Education: - Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or closely related field or comparable education and experience typically obtained by solid work experience - Proven experience in IT projects - Experience in Business Analysis functions or equivalent - Hands-on experience in EAI/ETL , 10+ years
Skills and Experience:
Required Skills:
BUSINESS ANALYSIS
BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS
APPLICATION DESIGN
Additional Skills:
DOCUMENTATION
DOCUMENTING
INTEGRATION
JIRA
POWERPOINT
REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION
TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION
TECHNICAL WRITER
TRANSLATE
TRANSLATING
UI
UML
USER STORIES
UX
WEB-BASED
WRITING SKILLS
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
ARTICULATE
BUSINESS CONSULTING
DETAIL-ORIENTED
EAI
ECOMMERCE
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
ETL
HP-UX
INTEGRATOR
LIAISON
MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
ORGANIZATION SKILLS
PRESENTATION SKILLS
WIREFRAMES
PROBLEM SOLVING
PROJECT MANAGER
UNIX
USER INTERFACE