Business Analyst

Job description

• Assessing information technology systems and making suggestions for how they can better meet business needs 
• Collaborating with team members to understand organisational and operational challenges 
• Determining the objective of IT service requests and prioritise requirements of stakeholders accordingly 
• Discovering, organising, and clarifying business needs and reviewing/producing specifications for change 
• Defining objectives and scope of business system 
• Preparing detailed requirement specifications using case statements and related documentation 
• Planning, organising and facilitating work sessions for gathering business requirements 
• Providing consistent requirements documentation, building wireframes using modeling language to present interaction of different system elements 
• Reviewing and editing requirements based on proposed solutions 
• Researching, evaluating and sourcing possible system solutions 
• Conducting status meetings with business for updates and prioritisation of work efforts 
• Collaborating with application and software development team on design, development and defect management 
• Working with software testing team to setup test criteria and test plans to ensure achievement of functional requirements 
• Managing documented requirements through the development cycle 
• Using requirements to enable the design or review of test cases, process change requests and manage a project scope, acceptance, installation and deployment 
• Providing coaching to less experienced business analysts

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or equivalent 
• IIBA certification 

• Minimum of 4-5 years progressive experience in an IT business analysis role 
• Experience using process / functional requirements definition methods 
• A strong background with different analytical techniques including Interface Analysis, Feasibility Analysis, and SWOT Analysis is required 
• Experience giving presentations and facilitating meetings 
• Experience working within agile team formation desirable 

• Proficient in data analysis 
• Good verbal and written communication skills 
• Good understanding of business functional areas 
• Ability to problem solve and apply relevant methodologies to prepare detailed specifications using case statements and related documentation 
• Knowledge of proper requirements specification and development 
• Working knowledge of Agile and Waterfall methodologies 
• Ability to elicit requirements and write technical documents 
• Proficient research skills, logical thinking, and presentation skills 
• Ability to make sound judgments in varied business subjects to select the most appropriate course of action 
• Ability to observe a problem from different angles within the business, including a target user and that of a technical expert 
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment facilitating ongoing discussions with developers to discover technically viable solutions 
• Deep knowledge of BA standardised practices (BABOK knowledge)