Information Technology Business Analyst

The primary role of the IT System/Business Analyst is to translate business requirements into technical specifications, maintain relationships with the business, and drive standard business processes across the IT Enterprise. The IT BA should have an understanding of business priorities and the relative importance of their projects. This analyst is able to identify multiple approaches to problem solving and recommend the best case solution. A BA must conduct thorough business process analysis to understand existing workflows and systems, document current processes and systems, create requirements for new processes, develop use cases, and manage requirement changes. Furthermore, an IT BA must possess strong technical acumen with the ability to translate information and research into non-technical language as necessary to effectively communicate across teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Interact with Project Managers from multiple organizations to track project progress, identify risks, communicate risks and status, and assess potential impacts to the business.

Maintain project documentation such as project lists, project status reports and budget Proactively develop and maintain technical knowledge in specialized area(s), remaining up-to-date on current trends and best practices; leverages expertise to produce solutions that enable global consistency and standardization and facilitate exceptional performance

Translate requirements, produce feasibility reports and design solutions to improve productivity and efficiency

Maintain regular contact with clients.

Coordinate and report on project progress, obstacles and accomplishments

Manage requirement changes

Collaborate with Quality Control, Project Managers, and Technical Leads to ensure Business acceptance.

Develop use cases as a key communication tool between the business and technical teams. Document current and future state assessments.

Create and maintain functional models, process flows, and wire-frame diagrams