For the given job description <<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>> the resume: <<Professional SummaryCommitted and motivated Administrative Assistant with exceptional customer service and decision making skills. Strong work ethic, professional demeanor and great initiative.Energetic and reliable Office Manager skilled with working with a diverse group of people.Executive Assistant who is skilled at multi-tasking and maintaining a strong attention to detail. Employs professionalism and superior communication skills to meet client and company needs.
Areas of ExpertiseWord, Excel, Access, Word PerfectOperations managementCommunicationInterpersonalTime managementFlexibleWorks well under pressureEmployee training and development
Work ExperienceData Entry Operator,03/2014-08/2014Iron Mountain Incorporated–Fort Myers,FL,Performed general data entry using SAP, Microsoft Excel and WordPerformed a wide variety of secretarial tasks in support of the businessAnswered phones and create notifications in the systemContacted with internal and external customers.Collaborated with other administrative team members, human resources and the finance department on special projects and events.Developed and managed third-tier resolution process to resolve issues originating from the customer retention team.Secretary,2010-2013Walt Disney Co.–Auburn Hills,MI,Arranged appointments, sales calendars, trainings for the sales of department.Maintained the operation's sales database.Customized sales reports and sales literature.Verified and logged in deadlines for responding to daily inquiries.Improved communication efficiency as primary liaison between departments, clients and vendors.Assistant Manager,2008-2010Sumitomo Electric Group–Mount Prospect,IL,Recruited, hired, scheduled, and motivated a staff of up to 8 people.Adapted in communicating effectively with customers, vendors, and staff.Reached the monthly goals.Managed the day-to-day tactical and long-term strategic activities within the business.Reduced and controlled expenses by improving resource allocation.
EducationAssociate:Arts,Expected in-Community College of Philadelphia-Philadelphia,PAGPA:Status-ArtsCertified with diploma:,Expected in1 2013-Notary Public-,GPA:Status-
SkillsInterpersonal, data entry, database, English, Languages, Access, Microsoft Excel, Excel, Word, sales, SAP, secretarial, Spanish, phones, Word Perfect>>. The result is, No Fit

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