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Job Title: Sr. Business Analyst

Job Duration: 12 Months

Job Location: Columbus, OH

Skills Matrix:

Business Analyst - core function

Business Requirements

Product Owner – Agile Environment Fill in

Project Manager / Scrum Master – Agile Environment Fill in

Financial Environment

Required:

• Education:
  • Bachelor’s Degree
• Work experience, Leadership experience
• Requirements
  • 3 - 5 years IT experience
  • 2 - 3 years project management
• Preferences
  • 1 - 2 years Financial Services industry
  • Strong knowledge of common concepts and processes in project delivery
  • Familiarity with financial services lease and loan applications
  • Experience in a multi-location, international environment
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to sell complex topics with members of management at all levels

 Responsibilities:

• The Sr. Software Analyst is responsible for executing the Business Analyst role for their assigned technical product(s), application(s) or projects, within the context of an agile/DevOps delivery model. 
• In addition, they will extend their responsibilities to take on Project Management roles and Operations topics and may also fill the Agile Scrum Master role.
• Key accountabilities of the function
  • Business Analysis: Execute the Business Analyst Agile Role by:
  • Building a strong understanding of the assigned business processes, functions, roles and rules
  • Owning the functional solution– the big picture story – of the initiative being delivered
  • Collaborating with the Business to elicit requirements, define acceptance criteria, and maintain a prioritized product backlog
  • Creating user stories to the level of granularity required by the team
  • Clarifying inconsistencies and resolving issues to bridge the gap between user expectations and the delivered product
  • Testing deliverables against a user story’s acceptance criteria to validate that the delivered product meets the business goals
  • Project Management: Lead the activities of assigned projects by:
  • Utilizing ITPM processes to direct the execution of IT related projects
  • Coordinating business, IT and provider resources to ensure on-time delivery of high-quality, cost-efficient projects
  • Executing appropriate ITPM delivery tasks, activities and deliverables as necessary to ensure project success
  • Managing key project management processes and artifacts to ensure successful project delivery
  • Scrum Master: Execute or support the Scrum Master Agile Role by:
  • Leading the Agile team in the adoption and execution of Agile processes
  • Planning and facilitating key Agile events including daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo and retrospective meetings
  • Collaborating with the Product Owner to manage the Product backlog
  • Clearing obstacles and enabling the efforts of the scrum team
  • Operations and Support: Support the objectives of the DevOps team by:
  • Steering providers in the execution of support tasks
  • Resolving escalated support topics
  • Planning and executing upgrades and replacements to ensure that hardware and software components remain supported
  • Executing ITSM/ITIL processes to ensure ongoing stable operations and alignment with SLAs
  • Coordination and Administration: Support efficient work processes by:
  • Coordinating day to day activities with team members
  • Leading and mentoring other team members as appropriate
  • Coordinating release planning and off-cycle efforts
  • Resolving or escalating risks and issues
  • Executing resource planning and time tracking processes
  • Impact on innovations and changes
  • (What is the expected extent of change of a function in terms of processes, systems, etc.)
  • Balancing speed to market, product quality and cost in the design and implementation of technical solutions
  • Developing technical solutions that appropriately account for both evolving technology and future business requirements
  • Executing in an evolving agile environment
  • Purpose and subject of the interaction/communication with internal/external interfaces, negotiating mandate (e.g. What is communicated how to whom)
  • Close collaboration with IT colleagues and the Business in the design and implementation of technical solutions
  • Performance of activities and interactions with our internal and external customers through verbal or written communication should reflect adherence to the company’s core values