What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Business Analyst III position at Tetrahed?
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Description:
- The Business Analyst III reports to the Director of Administration and is responsible for defining business solution recommendations and translating business objectives into detailed requirements to support the solution.
- This person is adept at assimilating, integrating, and interfacing technical knowledge with business/systems requirements.
- The Senior Business Analyst produces functional requirements, use cases, data mappings, data dictionaries, software specifications and systems scope documentation.
- This person may also be responsible for writing test plans, test cases and UAT quality assurance work.
- When necessary these individuals should also be able to lead teams of analysts to facilitate, document, analyze data, integrate and train business users throughout the project development life cycle.
- Able to conduct various types of work in varied client environments, with multiple teams; including business and technical teams, and produce results.
- Develops frameworks to address client problems; identifies issues, dependencies; develops problem-solving approaches to minimize pitfalls.
- Leverages business and data skills and knowledge; performs thorough, accurate analysis; guides team in developing recommendations.
- Structures client documents and manages writing process; writes key sections of client documents.
- Partners with technical leads to facilitate systems development; understands the development process (requirements gathering, design, code, test, deploy).
- Can work with the development team to define a best practice model from beginning to end for the development effort.
- Comfortable with ambiguity; flexible and able to be effective while managing multiple tasks and priorities.
- Responsible for user facilitation, business process analysis, data analysis, requirements documentation and testing.
- Facilitates users or program staff to reach alignment; designs, conducts, and documents meetings effectively.
- Analyzes and documents current business process; translates business requirements into functional specs, defines and recommends new processes: using process flows, activity diagrams, swim lanes, use cases as needed and acting as a liaison between business users and technical developer.
- Capable of documenting data dictionaries, data requirements for input forms, developing test data and tracing functional data items back to originating data sources.
- Analyzes data and trends, define reporting KPIs and metrics, works with technical teams to develop reports in tools such as Tableau and Cognos.
- Develops test plans and assists or leads system and user acceptance testing with tools such as JIRA or HP ALM.
- Capable of effectively presenting and communicating ideas to clients and leading teams to meet project goals.
- Presents ideas and outcomes successfully with clients; develops effective presentation materials; can present to senior business leaders and users.
- Clearly communicates with all team members; provides ongoing feedback to team members and client.
- Generates viable new ideas for business solutions; shows creative thinking, reviews entire process for improvements.
- Builds consensus and trust among team members; committed to meeting client goals; mentor s others including clients or junior staff.
- Attends work on a regular and predictable schedule in accordance with agency leave policy and performs other duties as assigned.
- Other duties as assigned include but are not limited to actively participating and/or serving in a supporting role to meet the agency s obligations for disaster response and/or recovery or Continuity of Operations (COOP) activation.
- Such participation may require an alternate shift pattern assignment and/or location. Performs related work as assigned.
- CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Requirements: | ||
Years | Required/Preferred | Experience |
8 | Required | Knowledge of and ability to interpret Texas Vital Statistics laws, policies, procedures and regulations. |
8 | Required | Knowledge of MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and Visio) |
8 | Required | Skill in project planning and organization |
8 | Required | Skill in business analysis methodologies |
8 | Required | Skill in analyzing and evaluating complex information technology applications, policies, and issues |
8 | Required | Skill in developing creative and workable solutions to complex problems and issues |
8 | Required | Skill in communicating effectively both verbally and in writing with individuals and groups |
8 | Required | Skill in using initiative and independent judgment and managing time effectively to establish priorities, organize tasks, and assign and direct the work of others |
8 | Required | Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships, including the ability to work with people under pressure, negotiating with multiple parties and resolving conflicts |
8 | Required | Skill in reading, interpreting and understanding material to prepare concise reports or appropriate responses for the review and/or signature of section managers and/or directors |
8 | Required | Skill in gathering, organizing and analyzing facts, recommending solutions and resolving work-related problems |
8 | Required | Skill in maintaining statistical and accounting records and producing data summaries |
8 | Required | Ability to manage small to medium sized projects when needed |
8 | Required | Ability to create project work plans |
8 | Required | Ability to produce accurate work estimates and monitor progress |
