What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Analyst (with Data Governance & Data stewardship Exp) position at Vantage Point Consulting Inc.?
3 Days Hybrid
Boston, MA
Exp - 8-10 Yrs overall IT Exp
Essential Functions / Responsibilities :
- Business Requirements Management and Solution Development
- Develop and maintain an understanding of the processes, goals, requirements and issues related to our clients' operational lines of business and supporting systems including how each is used and how the systems integrate to meet business needs.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to fully understand, define and document business requirements for software and / or process changes through a variety of means focusing on medium to high complexity projects, processes and functional areas of the applications.
- Conduct user interviews, surveys, workflow reviews and research on industry best practices and user workshops documenting current (As-Is) and Future (To-Be) scenarios including processes, models, use cases, plans, flow diagrams, requirements write ups and solutions.
- Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs
- Strong knowledge of and experience with data governance as a practice, including enterprise data management, data lifecycle management, data anonymization & masking, data quality, data lineage, data privacy, data security, meta data management, data analytics and reporting, and artificial intelligence (AI)
- Extensive experience on data governance and data initiatives and define Data Retention strategy and objectives while enabling business values
- Drive and challenge business users on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans. Proactively identify ways in which system and process changes can improve efficiency of key users, customer service, accuracy of results, and / or completeness of data.
- Serve as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure that requirements are properly translated into technical specifications, clarify requirements, review recommendations and answer questions. Collaborate and build consensus between technical team and stakeholders working to balance scope, speed to market and available resources.
- Ensure that all processes and documentation are consistent with best practices and standards for Solution Delivery Life Cycle.
- Organize and lead projects from inception to execution including creating and managing to task list, project schedule, budget etc.
- Work effectively with vendors to fully scope and estimate initiatives and ensure that initiatives meet cost, scope and timeline objectives and constraints.
