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Reference Number:
PR2973
Job Description:
SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST CONSULTANT PR2973
6-12 Months Right to Hire
Hartford, CT
7-8 Positions
SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST CONSULTANT
SUMMARY:
This individual participates in all business analysis functions including Enterprise Analysis at a senior level. In this role, the Sr. Business Analyst Consultant will master one or more key areas including: requirements of the Delivery Methodology, Travelers enterprise business architecture, Travelers product lines, Travelers business processes or Travelers supporting systems for any of these areas.
PRIMARY DUTIES:
-Provide input to project plans as they pertain to requirements
-Facilitate & manage development of business requirements with Subject Matter Experts ensuring completeness and comprehensiveness of all artifacts from an end to end perspective (including legal and regulatory) for all applicable areas thru implementation
-Provide expertise to other BAs on the techniques and tools that the Delivery Methodology recommends for requirements modeling, review, documentation and management
-Provide expertise on components of the Delivery Methodology that focus on requirements
-Participate in continual improvement of the Delivery Methodology, tools and techniques as they apply to requirements
-Participate in maintaining the business enterprise architecture
-From time-to-time, serve as manager/lead on small-to-large scale requirements projects, business improvement efforts, or enterprise business architecture efforts
-Provide coaching and mentoring to BAs
EDUCATION/COURSE OF STUDY:
BS/BA degree or equivalent experience; Masters Degree preferred; Certification desirable
WORK EXPERIENCE:
-Minimum of 8-10 years of BA experience
-Expertise in the requirements life cycle and requirements analysis approaches and techniques
-Expertise in Project Management
KEY COMPETENCIES:
Business Domain Knowledge
-Subject matter expert in the knowledge of the insurance industry and workflow
Business Architecture
-Good Understanding of the streamlining of Business Process
-Strong Knowledge of Process Modeling
-Strong Knowledge of Future Process Models/Gap Analysis into Business Requirements Documentation
Planning/Project Management
-Excellent ability to plan, manage projects, and evaluate complexity, assumptions and constraints
-Ability to participate in multiple projects using expert organizational skills to meet deadlines effectively and efficiently
-Models ability to identify stakeholders and coordinate activities with others
-Demonstrates expert skills to select appropriate business analysis approaches
-Supports change initiatives and can adjust priorities with ease
Mentoring/Leadership
-Advocates for the Business Analyst role across the enterprise
-Demonstrates ability to mentor/coach others
-Embraces change and serves as a change agent for new techniques and approaches
-Ability to manage/lead complex requirements projects.
Problem Solving/Analytical/Decision Making
-Expert ability to recognize and analyze business need using strong knowledge of business analysis approaches and techniques
-Extremely detail-oriented
-Takes initiative to escalate issues when appropriate
-Takes responsibility for decisions and actions using effective techniques
Communication/Facilitation/Influencing Skills
-Highly effective in written and verbal communications with proven ability to communicate to technical and nontechnical audience
-Demonstrates expertise in conducting presentations and highly skilled at adjusting communication style to the audience
-Demonstrates excellent facilitation skills within small or large group settings
-Successfully collaborates within team and throughout organization to bring together desired results
-Strong ability to influence outcomes by clearly articulating needs and demonstrating benefits in an effort to gain buy-in
-Exhibits comfort level to interact effectively with individuals at all levels within organization including senior management
-Exhibits expertise in using effective negotiation skills
Technology/Techniques
-Requirements modeling/documentation/management tool expertise; ability to use tools although body of work may be performed by others
-Expertise in using MS Office, Delivery Methodology and Requirements Specification template.
-Expert use of Requirements Work Plans
-Functional decomposition
-Context modeling; System architecture modeling; Business process modeling
-Posting and communication of requirements to others
-Requirements management and traceability
-Enterprise business architecture
Experience Level:
Unspecified
Requirements:
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