Senior Business Analyst needed!

Description

Our client in the Cleveland area is looking for a Senior BA. This is a 3+ month project.

The Senior Business Analyst's role is to be the liaison between IT and the business units to assist the business units to execute the corporate strategy effectively through the use of technology. The Senior Business Analyst actively supports all aspects of assigned projects from start to finish, including planning, designing, developing and launching efficient business, financial and operations systems in support of core organizational functions and business processes. This includes gathering and analysing data for requirements development, process flow diagrams, use cases and project quality activities. The Senior Business Analyst may occasionally serve as the project lead on smaller, well-defined projects or provide support on various project activities.

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions Statement(s)

• Actively support a portfolio of projects from start to finish demonstrating strong communication & interpersonal skills and strong analytical & problem-solving skills.
• Produce clear, detailed project scoping and design documentation to be used by business unit managers including web marketing professions and technical specialists to build quality business processes and web applications.
• Elicit and develop clear, traceable requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis and workflow analysis. Serve as the conduit between the business and function manager and the software and application development team through which requirements flow.
• 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. Deliver technical assessment documentation such as web infrastructure & architecture diagrams, platforms specifications, application needs, flow diagrams, system integrations, etc.
• Collaborate with marketers, developers, architects, subject matter experts, and other employees to establish the vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs.
• Ensure that approved requirements are developed in sufficient scope and detail to result in the delivery of a solution that meets customer needs as they perceive them.
• Assist with developing quality assurance processes and documentation and testing where needed.
• Assist in the development of business cases, considering financial, resource, and technological constraints including cost estimates with consideration to business impacts and identified risks.

Competency Statement(s)

• Detail oriented
• Strong communication skills
• Strong problem solving skills
• Analytical
• Risk management experience
• Project management skills
• Change Management

Education: Bachelor's Degree (four year college or university)

Experience: Five to seven years related experience

Computer Skills:
Microsoft Office products (Expert in Word, Visio, and Excel), experience and strong understanding of with web based projects and applications, understanding of .NET technology and data management systems. A good understanding of a Software Development Lifecycle is required.

If qualified and interested, please submit a Resume and rate expectations.

Please reference job code, T-BA-MFN when responding.