Senior Business Systems Analyst

Oregon  ‐ Onsite
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US citizen or permanent resident only.

Position Description:

The Sr. Business Systems Analyst will work with the business partners across multiple business functions to align technology solutions with business strategies. This position includes but is not limited to the development of project scope, business and functional requirements. The primary goal of the Sr. BSA is to formulate and define systems scope and objectives based on both user needs and broad knowledge and understanding of applicable systems and industry requirements. The Sr. BSA devises or modifies procedures to solve complex problems. The Sr. BSA will also analyze business systems processes and translate requirements to functional requirements of moderate to high complexity. The Sr. BSA will be responsible for the collection, analysis, design and documentation of business and functional requirements.

Candidates must have a minimum 10-15 years functional analysis experience with Agile development methodologies (Scrum, XP, etc) in a collaborative environment. The experience must be demonstrated on the Resume.

Responsibilities:

  • Serve as the liaison between engineering and the business, insuring that the business goals and objectives are clearly communicated and understood by engineering; while being able to understand concerns and issues from engineering and communicate that back to the business for efficient and effective resolution.
  • Fully understand the business processes of users in the areas of responsibility
  • Gather, document and communicate functional requirements of business unit and technical solutions
  • Conduct data analysis research on existing solutions (applications, integration, reports) to support design of replacement systems
  • Write design specifications, user stories and acceptance criteria to be used by developers in developing applications and enhancements
  • Work with other IT resources to design, develop, test, and implement solutions that meet functional specifications
  • Lead and facilitate meetings with technical team and the business
  • Participate in development of project plan/timeline

Required Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

  • 10-15 years of professional experience in functional analysis required.
  • 3+ years experience with Agile development methodologies (Scrum, XP, etc), authoring user stories and acceptance criteria required.
  • Proven leadership abilities
  • Experience working in a collaborative environment required.
  • Ability to innovate and possess creative thinking
  • Excellent analytical skills and ability to translate business functionality and opportunities into clear, precise and easy-to-read functional specifications
  • Experience with data analysis, data migration and integration, reporting, and/or financial applications
  • Ability to quickly understand and process new information and concepts
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills along with the ability to independently and successfully lead and/or facilitate discussions with key business and technical stakeholders.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or other relevant subject area; 2 years additional experience in lieu of a degree.

Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

  • Experience focused on Collaboration Tools, Product Development, PDM, or PLM systems

Email your Resume with ' Senior Business Systems Analyst " in the subject line

Start date
n.a
Duration
12 month Contract
From
Generic Network
Published at
16.09.2011
Project ID:
239389
Contract type
Freelance
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