Description
Sr. Analyst, Business Analysis Support
Location: Dublin
1 year contract, with probability to extend for a further year
Top 4 Must Have Skills or
1.Payments industry experience
2.Communication and documentation skills
3. Good people skills
4. Agile Experience (writing features and stories on the projects, then discuss in detail with system analysts)
Knowledge/Experience:
Prior Business Analyst and Project Management experience required.
Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
Applies extended expertise of principles theories and concepts plus broad knowledge of business/function and development life cycle, usually acquired through three to five years of experience.
Broad technical knowledge.
Skills/Abilities:
Ability to manage multiple complex projects.
Self starter with good leadership abilities.
Requires minimal supervision/assistance.
Good business writing skills and effective presentations skills.
Must possess excellent verbal and written communication
Education:
Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience required.
Advanced Degree Preferred.
About the Role
Partner with business owners to understand new business opportunities and define the business and functional requirements. Deliver high quality business and functional requirements to the development teams for the purpose of completing the design, coding, testing, and implementation phases of the project life cycle.
Major Accountabilities:
Coordinate and participate in review; revisions; changes; enhancements; testing; documentation; and member notification of product enhancements and/or business opportunities.
Provide business knowledge and technical support for requirement development.
Work closely with developers and requesters identifying data and functional requirements in the design of new/enhanced systems.
Ensure development objectives are accomplished; user testing is performed; and member notification is prepared in a timely fashion.
Develop and participate in the review of business and functional requirements and determine primary functions that the project is to provide.
Ensure timely and accurate communication with project staff throughout the life cycle of the project and ensure knowledge transfer of vendor technology to staff.
Document and coordinate changes and enhancements of products and services and prepare and/or present documentation of business/technical presentations.
Provide technical support for the member(s) to ensure adherence to requirements.
Evaluate business requests to determine feasibility; work with Software Engineers to define alternatives and recommend optimal solutions.
Prepare overall project plan; incorporating costs and tasks from the various components; ensuring a successful and timely project implementation.
Ensure methodology compliance; document problem areas and coordinate resolutions; reporting to management as necessary and investigate/research our company or industry business/technical process.
Coordinate and assist in implementation of new or revised rules and policies.
Coordinate and document project/release level user acceptance testing.