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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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<<summaryaccomplished and results-orientedfinance professionalwho consistently meets deadlines and increases department revenue. highly skilled at increasing productivity through detailed cost analysis. highlightsmicrosoft office : intermediate in all the microsoft office components( excel, word, powerpoint, outlook and access); very familiar with ( macros, v-look ups, calculating formulas and manipulating reports as well as smart view) running query reports and creating reports.sap peoplesoft: navigate within resource one to retrieve financial reports and run queries;financial modeling superior time management;complex problem solving education prairie view a&m universityprairie view,txexpected inmay 2011––masters of science:accounting-gpa:accountingprairie view a&m universityprairie view,txexpected indec 2009––bba:accounting-gpa:accounting experience arizona state university- , 07/2014-currentanalyze federal, state and private documents, including restricted and non-restricted grant contracts.create financial models and analysis for all accounts within our department.present monthly financial report to principal investigators to provide brief summary of their funding.increase productivity by fifteen percent within the department by analyzing all open po's.analyze and evaluate operation of financial systems, prepare recommendations and documents to update fiscal services and other related policies and procedures with respect to operating systems.streamlined reconciliation process to a more accurate, efficient and automated process.completes special projects as assigned by the department administrator.vmly&r- , 12/2012- 08/2014full cycle accountant for several operating companies within sysco foods company; completed and issued weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial statements to the operating companies for review and submit to the corporate office.uplaod and run reports in business objects for cfo ofoperating company to review.verified journal ledger entries of cash and check payments, purchases, expenses and trial balances by examining and authenticating inventory items.prepared monthly p&l for several operating companies within the sysco corporation and research variances, reviewed transactions in the gl for accuracy, and researched transactions that deviate from the purpose of the account.reconciled aging ar transactions and performed financial analysis, identified and explained deviations from planned or historical data.assisted in evaluating control systems in the accounting process to ensure operating companies comply with gaap as well as provided the necessary information to both internal and external auditors on an as needed basis.reviewed account reconciliation from other accountants in a timely manner.prairie view a&m university-accountant /auditorcity,state, 01/2010- 02/2012served as both an accountant and auditor within the department of financial services.the role consisted of utilizing software applications to compile, retrieve, and summarize accounting information for analysis and reporting purposes.examined accounting source documents for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with departmental and state rules, regulations, and agreements.provided financial trainings for over 240 faculty and staff employees to enforce the rules and regulations of the procurement card set by set the state of texas procurement regulation.maintained controlling records required to ensure accuracy of all data entered into the accounting system.identified and reported situations not in compliance with pvamu internal controls, policies, and procedures, recommending improvements to the accounting process to optimize internal control.performed duties in compliance with gaap, company and department policies and procedures, internal controls and sarbanes-oxley requirements.reviewed expense report for irregularities and recommended corrective measures to improve internal controls.prepared adjusting and closing entries, statements, and analyze financial operations. skills account reconciliation, , budget, business objects, closing, contracts, financial analysis, financial controls, financial operations, financial reports, , grants, inventory, invoicing, ledger, macros, access, excel, microsoft office, outlook, powerpoint, word, monitors, operating systems, peoplesoft, policies, processes, procurement, reporting, research, sap, sarbanes-oxley, training materials, view.