Residuals Business Analyst

Job Title: Residuals Business Analyst

Location: LA/Burbank California

Duration: 12 Months

***Note: Location: LA/Burbank California area Would expect them to be in office 23 days/week if they are local. Remote is an option for good candidate as WBD has offices all over the US. And No GC EAD/OPT EAD.

Job Description/ Responsibilities

Top Skills:

1.Manage and lead entertainment studios Residuals systems

2. Analyze current state business process flows and data architecture of Residual systems

3. Work closely with architect UX and developers to translate business requirements into technology design and solution

JD:

Residuals BA responsible for developing and managing a leading entertainment studios Participations and Residuals systems and various other studio technology products. Provide functional technical and residuals/participations expertise for building and supporting the Participations and Residual products at the studio. The candidate will support the new product development as well as the daytoday maintenance of various studio technology products. The candidate should be able to effectively work with the business users to determine business requirements and translate them into functional requirements.

Responsibilities:

Work as a strategic partner of the business and analyze current state business process flows and data architecture of multiple systems

Be the liaison between delivery team and client business and technology stakeholders

Keep alignment with business groups on strategic vision and business priorities

Understand technology capabilities required to support business needs

Product development business process and requirement

Translate business needs into requirements and work with development team through the entire project lifecycle (acting as a Product Owner / Business Analyst)

Work with the business to define participations and residual requirements and provide insight on various guild rules

Launch new products and features test product functions and performance and iterate quickly. Oversee product development and release lifecycle. Ensure on time delivery of new product and/or features

Lead business meetings/interviews to understand business process issues and requirements

Create user stories process modeling data flow diagrams reporting and dashboard requirements

Proactively propose creative ideas to apply system solutions on business problems. Drive innovation and efficiency by implementing automated solutions

Work closely with architect UX and developers to translate business requirements into technology design and solution

Participate in sprint planning and other project activities required by Agile software development methodology

Define business rules screen mockup and system functionality

Lead user acceptance testing of applications to ensure the quality of the delivered requirements and overall health of the system

Create user manuals and/or training documents. Conduct user trainings and drive smooth and efficient implementation of changes

Production Support and propose solutions to support tickets

Support business users on system configuration admin and other business activities

Identify system issues trouble shoot and analyze potential solutions including workarounds

Work with business users to document manage and prioritize bug fixing and enhancements

Work with architect and developers to test and release new system functions

Basic Qualifications:

7 years of experience as product owner business analyst and/or system analyst with endtoend system implementation experience

5 years of experience in working with requirements and design on participations and residuals projects

3 years of leading a participation and/or residuals project implementation

Deep understanding of residuals system functionality and/or participation system functionality

Deep understanding of participations and residuals calculations monthly financial close business rules as well as studio finance and accounting in general

Experience developing/supporting participations and/or residuals systems

Experience delivering new products from conception to launch as well as managing products post golive

Experience with SDLC (software development life cycle) and/or Agile methodology

Experience in creating maintaining and supporting all application development artifacts including user stories process flows screen mockups data diagrams business rule definitions design documents report requirements and dashboard requirements

Proficient with Agile tools such as JIRA and Confluence

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or equivalent preferred

Strong analytical and system functional skills and problemsolving skills with a track record of seeing tasks through to successful completion

Ability to break down complex problems into steps and drive product development

Comfort working in a technical environment and Able to clearly communicate technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences

Ability to work independently prioritize and juggle multiple deadlines and projects while keeping peers partners and supervisor abreast of activities

Certified agile product manager preferred

Consulting Experience preferred

Strong Knowledge of SQL preferred

Experience working in the entertainment industry is preferred.