Business Systems Analyst

Job Summary

The Business Systems Analyst facilitates the coordination of technical projects by acting as recognized leader and authority in a liaison role between Systems and the user community. Conducts needs analyses, writes business specifications and gets involved in system design and selection resulting in increased productivity and reduced processing costs.



Main Accountabilities

Acts as a team leader for projects with moderate budgets or of a short to intermediate duration.
Using technical expertise acts as a liaison between the Business Unit and the Systems group to facilitate the identification of process improvements, system design, testing and implementation of large and/or complex technical projects, often requiring coordination of multiple functional areas.
Instructs, directs and checks the work of business systems analysis personnel.
Identifies, evaluates, and implements operational changes to improve information and processing systems.
Reviews and provides recommendations on major projects and system enhancements to the decision makers.
Analyzes and defines user requirements and translate them into system requirements to ensure understanding of the request by all project members.
Develops test and implementation plans and coordinates testing of system enhancements and projects with the user area.
Develops technical training programs and conducts user training.
Develops system procedures, guidelines and technical documentation of new systems.
Reviews enhancements and projects after implementation to ensure compliance to specifications, and cost-effectiveness.
Maintains expert level of business functional knowledge and current automated technologies.
Communicates new technologies to Business Unit when applicable.
Evaluates new products or systems for applicability to Business Units.
May have responsibility as system expert for a particular specialized product support system.
REQUIREMENTS
Requires BS/BA degree or equivalent experience
Three to five years of progressive experience as a Business Analyst
Good requirement gathering techniques and exposure to standard methodologies (UML/Use cases)
System savvy i.e. knowledge of web bases applications, ability to analyze data through SQL queries or other such tools, awareness of mainframe technologies and interface techniques, etc.
Experience with documentation tools i.e. Visio, screen painters, etc.
Requires strong communication skills, both verbal and written, organizational skills, interpersonal skills and project planning skills.
Demonstrated aptitude towards problem identification, resolution and comprehension and interpretation of technical procedures.