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position: senior business analyst (production support)location: remote east coastjob type: direct hire job descriptionthe sr. business analyst elicits, analyzes, specifies, and validates the needs of business stakeholders. this includes understanding, documenting, and evaluating business processes through interviewing stakeholders. the sr. business analyst elicits, gathers compiles and documents user requirements and translates them into functional requirements for technology solutions with an eye to improving processes and systems, enhancing their sustainability, and delivering maximum return on investment. the sr. business analyst must have a thorough understanding of the business, functional, and technical aspects of the applications used within the portfolio they support. core responsibilitiesevaluate business processes anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and eliciting requirements for change.lead ongoing reviews of business processes and develop optimization strategies.conduct interviews to gather user requirements via workshops, questionnaires, surveys, site visits, workflow storyboards, use cases, scenarios, and other methods.prepare business cases which define potential benefits, options for achievingthese benefits through development of new or changed processes, and associated business risks.assist with the interpretation of user requirements into feasible options and communicate this back to the business stakeholders.prepare effort estimation.perform requirements analysis. document and communicate the results of the analysis.translate business requirements into functional requirements in a clear manner that is comprehensible to developersthe project team.analyze and verify requirements for completeness, consistency, comprehensibility, feasibility, and conformity to standards.develop and utilize standard templates to accurately and concisely write requirements specifications.create process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to business owner(s), developers andor the project team.develop and conduct peer reviews of the business requirements to ensure that requirement specifications are correctly interpreted.select, adopt and adapt appropriate business analysis methods, tools and techniques; selecting appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterativeagile) approaches.collaborate with stakeholders at all levels, conducting of investigations for strategy studies, business requirements specifications and feasibility studies.provide leadership, training, coaching, and guidance to junior staff.collaborate with its teams and business partners to evaluate and prioritize work.triage and analyze incidents and problems. provide clear analysis results including business impact.assist test analyst(s) with testing duties as necessary.on-call andor after-hours work required.essential competenciesprofessionalismpersonal accountability, collaboration and teamwork, communication, flexible and adapts to change, service to customers and clients skill qualificationsrequired:proven experience with business and technical requirements analysis, elicitation, modeling, verification, and methodology developmentexceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skillsability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutionsexcellent documentation skillsfundamental analytical and conceptual thinking skillsexperience creating detailed reports and giving presentationsexcellent planning, organizational, and time management skillsability to create systematic and consistent requirements specifications in both technical and user-friendly languageexceptional analytical and statistical skills with the ability to apply them to systems issues and products as requiredability to translate business requirements of packaged solutionsability to research and understand packaged solution upgrades both minor and major. translates the technical upgrade documentation into business terms the end-user can understand to make decision on. makes recommendation on these upgrades.experience in in agile, waterfall, and hybrid environmentsunderstanding of application development and software development life cycle conceptseffectively participates in teams and moves the team toward completion of goalssystemstechnical knowledge:basic technical understanding of the digital platform, cloud applications, web services, server-side components and apisdata analysis skills including ability to perform ad hoc sql queriescompetency in microsoft applications including word, excel, powerpoint visio and outlook education and experience qualifications required:bs or ba with emphasis in computer science, information systems or business administration7-10 or more years related work experience as a business analystpreferred:certification of competency in business analysis (ccba) andor certified business analysis professions (cbap) preferred

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<<professional summaryexperience d analyst seeking opportunity to serve and contribute to the growth and success of your company, utilizing my skills in leadership, teamwork, process documentation, accounting, financial modeling, business and market research, and data analysis. skills excellent attention to detaillogical framework for problem-solvingsolid understanding of accountingteam leadershipfast learnerself-motivated and highly dependableability to distill large data sets into simple formatsdata management work history marketing data/financial analyst, 01/2018tocurrentamerican international group– ,setting up company campaigns that lead to customer engagement and profitability.developing and executing dynamic campaign strategies and methods that yields the best return on investment.consistently learning and analyzing campaign data and seeking new ways to improve conversion rate and engagement.managing campaign budget and creating weekly analytical reports that lead to actionable insights.performing monthly balance sheet, income statement and changes in financial position/budget variance analysis.prepare financial reports, charts, tables and other exhibits as requested.cash reconciliations, payment date accounting, monthly reporting, daily modeling, and financial analysis.business data analyst, 06/2017to 12/2017eagle bancorp, inc.– ,analyzed shipping data and sales data to increase efficiency and performing inventory audit to increase profitability.interpreted business data, analyzed results using statistical methods and providing ongoing reports and presentations to management to provide insights into decision making.collaborated with different departments on diverse projects to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction through the prioritization business and information needs.developed and implementing centralized database and data collections systems to foster collaboration.performed monthly stock movement analysis and presenting findings that lead to reimbursements.intern, 05/2016to 08/2016eagle bancorp, inc.– ,interviewed process participants and collated feedback on process performance.analyzed and designed business processes and models using flowcharts, histograms, bar charts, pie charts, and pivot tables.monitored and measured the effectiveness of shipping processes.intern, 05/2015to 08/2015cetera financial group– ,created daily sales reports on sales from company's ecommerce website with microsoft excel.created over 5000 cash sales in netsuite erp from daily online sales.filed sales tax reports using electronic data interchange (edi).financial advisor, 01/2015to 12/2015moog inc.– ,prepared financial statements and pro forma financial statements using microsoft excel.reconciled financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.monitored and reviewed financial activities and sought ways to reduce costs.conducted weekly financial presentations to the board members.finance manager, 01/2015to 12/2016non-traditional students housing, principia college–city,state,prepared and evaluated annual budgets and periodic forecasts, including balance sheet and cash flow statements.performed ad-hoc analysis and prepare month-end reporting with analysis and related comments.designed/produced value-added analysis and reporting for senior management.provided support for all treasury management activities including setting cash, executing wire transfers, opening and closing bank accounts, and securing new services.performed day-to-day general ledger accounting and reconciliation, financial reporting and analysis for assigned functional areas researched and resolved business unit(s) inquiries for assigned functional areas. education b.a:business administration,expected inmay 2017toprincipia college-elsah,ilgpa:business administrationmicrosoft certificate of excellence:,expected indecember 2010toipmc college of technology-,gpa: skills business processes improvement, interpretation of financial statements, e-commerce, electronic data interchange, financial accounting, financial analysis, financial reporting, general ledger accounting, google analytics, marketing, management, microsoft excel proficiency, quickbooks, spss proficiency, tableau, variance analysis, and ad-hoc analysis.