Senior Business System Analyst (Eliassen_244780) New York, New York
Job Number: 244780
Senior Business System Analyst
Overview:
The Sr. Business Systems Analyst is responsible for the elicitation and documentation of business and functional requirements for system upgrades or development. The Sr. Business Systems Analyst will primarily work on large scale projects, which may involve other Business Systems Analyst or Sr. Business Systems Analysts. He/she will frequently work with Project Managers and Technical Owners to facilitate the execution of large scale projects. He/She will also serve as a mentor/supervisor/team leader for other Business Systems Analyst and Associate Business Systems Analysts.
Responsibilities:
Coordinate, facilitate and manage teams of BSA's or Associate BSA's in eliciting and documenting requirements for large scale projects.
Elicit and document business and functional requirements for software and system development, maintenance and enhancement.
Interface with the development and testing teams to ensure a complete and comprehensive understanding of the needs of business stakeholders regarding projects involving software and system development, maintenance and enhancement.
Monitor the day to day progress of BSAs/Associate BSAs and provide mentoring.
Participate in the improvement of the HF analysis process, providing insight and recommendations for changes across the analysis team.
Act as leader to analyze and solve complex development and business relationship issues and demonstrate sound judgment to determine when to escalate issues.
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree is a must
Advanced Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Case Complete or other RM tool; and intermediate Microsoft Visio skills are required.
A minimum of five years of experience with a solid background in requirements elicitation, documentation and management, independent of analysis performed as a programmer/analyst or tester.
Experience with facilitating, process modeling, elicitation and documentation of all types of requirements (eg: business, functional, non-functional transitional, etc)
Must have 5 years work experience with business analysis in an IT environment.
Must be able to full-fill lead BA role on enterprise-wide projects and juggle multiple projects under tight time constraints.
High aptitude for interpreting technical documentation, as well as, authoring or updating documents as needed.
Exceptional interpersonal skills and written communication skills to frequently interact with all levels of the organization.
Experience working in a team environment, exercising independent thinking, problem solving and achieving goals and deadlines.
Excellent communication skills, especially in one-on-one and small-large group settings are essential
Preferred Qualifications:
Prefer managed healthcare experience.
Experience at Big 5 Consulting (Ernst Young, Accenture, PWC, Deloitte, or KPMG)
CBAP certification
Six Sigma training or work experience.