Description
Job Title: Sr. Business Analyst
Type: Contract- 6 months
Location: Atlanta, GA 30339
The Senior Business Analyst plays a key role in the development and maintenance of new and dynamic products and support systems; as related to business, advertising, and programming functionality and processes. This individual is the primary contact with internal business customers and acts as the liaison between the customer and the development organization on assigned projects. The primary responsibilities of the Sr. Business Analyst are to work with customers to analyze, define, and document detailed business requests and requirements, ensure proper alignment of technical implementation with business goals, and to provide post-implementation analysis related support. This individual will need to be team focused, highly motivated, and results oriented.
Client Details:
Our client is a leading pioneer in televised, radio, and Internet based media. The company has consistently rated in the Top Five for News, Entertainment and Information. Seventy-six million people from around the globe tune in to our client to stay informed. As part of one of the fastest growing cable networks today, this organization is sure to meet your desire for an exciting career.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the analysis, definition, and documentation of varied business initiatives to support the development of new, and the enhancement of existing business and technical systems and processes.
- Work with Project Management and other senior technical staff to determine the work products required for the relative initiative(s).
- Plan, schedule, and facilitate sessions to define, analyze, and document new/updated business requests, requirements, and processes.
- Secure customer buy-in and signoff on business analysis work products.
- Develop an understanding of current-state operational processes to help in the definition and implementation of improved processes as part of the overall solution architecture.
- Analyze, define, and document new business processes with particular attention to the impact on predecessor/successor processes and functions.
- Recommend and implement methods that continuously support process and organizational improvement. Solicit suggestions for better and more efficient ways of creating and maintaining client products and services.
- Provide recommendations for organizational change relative to department, group, and/or individual responsibilities based on changes in processes/systems.
- Provide leadership where necessary in the execution of daily activities.
- Mentor junior team members in the development of the necessary skill sets.
Requirements:
- BS or BA in Computer Science or similar field or equivalent related experience; 5+ years of Business/MIS experience
- Experience working as a Business Analyst or related role, 5+ years
- Experience working with both customer groups & IT resources
- Experience with the broadcast/cable TV business is desired
- Experience developing/prototyping products, software applications, and/or data modelling is a plus
- Experience with developing hardware products, hardware manufacturing also a plus
- Experience with automated reporting tools and methodologies is a plus
- Must have excellent verbal and written communications skills, and the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical people and vice versa
- Must have the ability to work closely with customers in defining and documenting business requests and requirements
- Must have the ability to work closely with customers in determining current and future business processes
- Must have the ability to model/re-engineer business processes
- Must have the ability to manage several active projects simultaneously
- Must have the ability to work with minimal supervision, as required
- Must have exceptional interpersonal teamwork skills
Please contact John Wagner.
Synergis is a woman-owned company that serves a myriad of clients across nearly all industries, from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. The outcomes of these relationships are demonstrated in a growing list of more than 300 clients and industry recognitions by Inc. magazine and the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
From its foundation in 1997, Synergis has been successfully recruiting and placing IT professionals in all areas of information technology. Recently named the Best Place to Work in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Synergis has been successfully recruiting and placing IT professionals for over 10 years. For more information about Synergis, please visit the company website.
Synergis is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.