Business Analyst Specialist 6 Month Contract
Qualifications:
- Experience: 10 years of experience in Business Analysis with a focus on financial services.
- Technical Expertise: Proficiency in agile methodologies Lean principles data analysis and visualization tools (e.g. Visio).
- Analytical Skills: Strong capability in conducting gap analysis data modeling and developing business scenarios.
- Communication & Leadership: Excellent interpersonal skills with a proven ability to manage stakeholder relationships and lead crossfunctional teams.
- Certifications: Agile Scrum or Lean Six Sigma certifications are advantageous.
- Ability to manage ambiguous and complex tasks to streamline processes reduce waste and enhance operational efficiencies.
Responsibilities:
- Problem Identification & Solution Design: Understand client problems through detailed analysis of business needs and stakeholder requirements. Define and scope strategic and tactical solutions.
- Current and Future State Analysis: Conduct indepth assessments of current operational processes systems and organizational structures to define the future and transitional states.
- Data Analysis & Reporting: Analyze complex datasets to identify trends bottlenecks and optimization opportunities. Deliver actionable insights to support decisionmaking.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Lead workshops interviews and collaboration sessions to foster stakeholder engagement and build consensus around the project goals.
- Requirements Elicitation & Documentation: Organize and document requirements using epics user stories and acceptance criteria. Structure business models and designs using visual diagrams including process flows and data maps.
- Gap Analysis & Scenario Development: Conduct scenario planning identifying gaps between current and desired states to propose remediation actions.
- Agile Delivery & Sprint Management: Lead and participate in iterative planning ensuring alignment with the team backlog. Manage the requirements lifecycle throughout each sprint.
- Solution Evaluation: Evaluate the performance and value delivered by the solution iterating as needed to meet business objectives.
- Testing & Quality Assurance: Define test cases and conduct user acceptance testing (UAT) to ensure solution integrity.
- Continuous Improvement: Suggest and implement process improvements leveraging minimum viable product (MVP) and continuous deployment methodologies.
- Risk Management & Compliance: Identify risks and ensure compliance working across various regulatory frameworks and policies.