Sr. Business Analyst

Pune, Maharashtra, India | Full-time

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Job Description:

  • Determines operational objectives by studying business functions; gathering information; evaluating output requirements and formats.
  • Provide inputs to improve systems by studying current practices; designing modifications and identifying project bottlenecks.
  • Assist in monitoring project progress by tracking activity; resolving problems; publishing progress reports; recommending actions.
  • Acts as an interface between Business team and Development team.
  • Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.
  • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
  • Document existing and new processes through workflow diagrams (processes, entities, etc)
  • Strong customer focus and ability to articulate the client expectations for all stakeholders by sharing the Product Vision and roadmap with the delivery team
  • Understand and be able to explain basic design components and methodology to business partners
  • Recommend modifications to UI design based on business process.
  • Develop or direct the development of wireframes/prototypes based on business requirements
  • Understand and be able to explain overall high-level architecture options to business partners
  • Identify potential scope changes and assist in managing change control process
  • Responsible for requirements elicitation, identification of risks
  • Coordinate and Facilitate kick-off meeting  and Envisioning session
  • Lead discussion with Business partners to select specific stories for iteration
  • Manage backlog and story creation
  • Lead the sizing of stories
  • Manage iteration demo and facilitate retrospective at the end of each iteration demo
  • Ensure work priorities and results are aligned with overall vision and direction for a project
  • Discover and scope business opportunities and proposed solutions from both a technical and business capacity.
  • Assist Project Managers with work-effort estimates, schedule planning, architectural and cost analysis, technology selection, design, and prototyping.
  • Aid in the development of training materials and other required documentation.
  • Participate and coordinate test activities with stakeholders and end-users.
  • Assist in developing supports and implementing best practices for application development.
  • Leads the internal and external stakeholders through detailed system and business process analysis; ensures enhancements and solutions positively contribute to, expand upon and do not conflict with overarching web business strategy.
  • Grooms backlog of features to ensure ready for iteration planning sessions including documenting acceptance criteria, business rules and other models needed by teams; defines As-Is and To-Be process flows to identify gaps and new requirements
  • Reviews test plans and perform testing as necessary for team to meet iteration goals.
  • Assists in writing training documentation. Provides basic end-user support in post-deployment phases, and supports the assessment and evaluation feedback process to ensure that the requirements necessary to correct issues are addressed.
  • Identify and escalate complex questions, and ensure follows up for resolution.
  • Responsible for guiding and mentoring team members.
  • Responsible for induction and training for the trainee/new joining.

 

Responsibilities:

 

  • Be a positive role model and proactively contribute to morale of the team
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as ability to present and explain technical information in a way that establishes rapport, persuades others, and gains understanding
  • Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills
  • Business case, product backlog, product capabilities document, uat scripts, uat test data requirements, and post production validation
  • Knowledge and experience with various modeling technique such as business process modelling
  • Strong analytical skills; ability to solve complex problems
  • Able to adapt to change
  • Able to communicate to internal and external stakeholder groups information about current product and areas of subject matter expertise
  • Experience with SDLC / SW development processes (RUP, Agile, Waterfall)
  • Experience using consulting skills and developing client relationships.
  • Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs, with the ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence
  • Strategic thinker.
  • Proven ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks.
  • Demonstrates ability to effectively interface with various levels within the organization.
  • Demonstrates strong leadership ability.

 

Experience:

  • 3-5 Years