Business Analyst (Process Improvement)

Our Oil & Gas client is looking for a Business Analyst for their Trading Group for a 6 month contract in Houston, TX (Hybrid, Downtown). You will be responsible for capturing business problems, value drivers, and functional / non-functional requirements, including health, safety, security, usability, and data supportability considerations.

Responsibilities :

• Translate business requirements into functionality and assess the risks, feasibility, opportunities, and business impacts of various solution options.
• Undertake assessment and model processes, data flows, and technology to understand the current value and issues, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Create clear documentation to communicate requirements and related information; keeps updated to align with the solution over the project lifecycle.
• Work as a Business Analyst on smaller / less complex projects; Influential at team level through presentations, business cases and investment proposals.
• Identify dependencies with other processes in e2e.
• Develop an effective working relationship and work closely with e2e business partners.
• Share and implement process related best practices.
• Support COP in documenting and improving processes within LoaD (Life of a Deal) in a complete and comprehensive way, including the elements of risk and controls.
• Collaborate with business and Functions Partners to ensure consistency in risk, controls, and process standards in the e2e of the LoaD process.
• Prioritize and deliver actions that will add most value and will drive business success, balancing short and long-term implications.
• Demonstrates a One Team Mindset and can identify Natural Teams
• Gain business knowledge to understand how e2e business partners and processes can align strategic success goals.

Qualifications :

• Skilled in Process Mapping & Creating value add for the business through supporting and delivering processes improvements.
• Experience in managing conversations for mapping and documenting processes.
• Applying Continuous Improvement (CI) for business value delivery through efficiencies, optimization, and simplification.
• Experience in process establishment, documentation, process mapping, and encouraging the adoption of best practices.
• Experience in mapping and documenting processes in Visio and / or BiZZdesign.
• Experience in effectively working in a global, virtual setting.
• Experience with effective stakeholder management, communication & influencing skills.
• LEAN / Six Sigma / Agile CIP1 certified practitioner will be an advantage.

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