Senior Business Analyst

direction, our client offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further. We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join this team in the role of Senior Business Analyst.
 
 
Responsibilities:
 
· Elicit requirements using interviews, process analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis.
· Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
· Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyse information needs and functional business requirements and deliver artefacts as needed in line with project templates and methodologies.
· Work independently and with users to define requirements under direction of project manager and/or Senior Business Analysts.
· Leverage strong analytical and product management skills required to build a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into applicable operational requirements
· Develop requirements specifications according to standard templates and standards
· Collaborate with implementation teams, technology teams and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyse trade-offs between usability and performance needs
· Act as a liaison between the business units, implementation teams and support teams
 
Qualifications & Experience:
· A high quality degree level education – desirable
· Possession of a relevant business analysis qualification - desirable
· A professional project management qualification (eg Prince2) – advantageous but not required
· Financial Services background advantageous
 
Knowledge & Capabilities:
 
·  Analytical Thinker.
·  Impact Assessment/Gap Analysis
·  Business Requirements gathering
·  Process Mapping
·  Process Design
·  Root Cause Analysis
·  Training Documentation/Preparation
·  Highly proficient using Microsoft Visio and Power Point
·  AS IS / TO BE
·  Advanced excel skills an advantage
·  Excellent Organisational Skills
·  Must be a strong communicator both verbal and written.
·  Strong stakeholder management skills
· Positive, dynamic and resilient individual, open to change and able to adapt to changing circumstances