Title:  Sr Lead Business Analyst

Area(s) of responsibility

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Serve as liaison between Business and IT; translating business needs into functional business requirements. Collaborate with business partner to define project scope and business requirements for small to medium business requests.
• Manage business requirements throughout the SDLC. Collaborate with Project Manager to manage scope and business partner expectations.
• Plan business analysis activities. Develop estimates for business analysis tasks. Accountable for managing to estimates.
• Analyze business objective/need and document business requirements while using industry standard analysis techniques such as data flow modeling, workflow analysis, functional decomposition analysis and business rule definition.
• Elicit requirements using techniques such as interviews, workshops, JAD sessions, and/or existing systems documentation or procedures.
• Understand and apply Corporate IT standards, designs and documentation standards into recommended project artifacts.

IT Industry Knowledge

• Build and maintain a solid understanding of the major technology trends impacting the business.
• Maintain a broad business and IT product knowledge, including the impact of industry trends, regulatory environment, and relevant best practices on the recommended solutions.
• Follow the standards, procedures and methodologies in the System Development Life Cycle in the design and/or recommendation of technical solutions.
• Build and maintain an in-depth understanding of business process and products across IT and the department.
• Use active listening to define business objectives/needs, and recommend the appropriate solutions based on a strong understanding of these business objectives/needs.