Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Sr. Business Analyst in Purchase, NY

Tuesday, February 14, 2006
The role of the Business Analyst is to serve as a liaison between the business community and the IT organization in order to provide technical solutions to meet user needs. Including analyzing business operations to understand strengths and weaknesses to determine opportunities to automate processes and functions. Assisting in the business process redesign and documentation as needed for new technology. Translating high level business requirements into functional specifications for the IT organization and manages changes to such specifications. Ensuring completeness and correctness of business deliverables; ensuring that requirements are accurately translated end-to-end from front end to back end; coordinate UI testability resources; developing plans for designing reports, forms, and creating user procedures.

TECHNICAL:

*Strong working knowledge of functional subject area
*Knowledge of the design and development methodology (exposure)
*Knowledge of relational data base concepts
*Knowledge of requirements process and deliverables
*Knowledge of UI design
*Knowledge of Change control process
*Knowledge of User Procedures Design
*Knowledge of reports & forms design
*Ability to make decisions regarding UI design
*Ability to coordinate resources and arrange review sessions for UI design
*Strong organizational and oral/written communication skills
*Ability to give presentations easily, professionally and creatively
*Meeting/group facilitation fundamentals
*Ability to work well with technical and business staff to achieve project objective(s)
*Demonstrating leadership, initiative, integrity and mentoring
*Ability to define alternative solutions and negotiate the right solution with the client
*Ability to demonstrate customer service skills; providing flexibility in handling both internal and external customer related issues
*Ability to acquire and stay current with business and industry knowledge and technology trends
*Ability to demonstrate drive, persistence and personal ownership of assignments
*Ability to make decisions and demonstrate problem solving skills; analysis, prioritization and risk taking

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

* Bachelor degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science or related discipline preferred
* 3 to 5 years of relevant technical or business work experience.
* Financial, investment and pension knowledge preferred.

Experience: *Strong working knowledge of functional subject area
*Knowledge of the design and development methodology (exposure)
*Knowledge of relational data base concepts
*Knowledge of requirements process and deliverables
*Knowledge of UI design
*Knowledge of Change control process
*Knowledge of User Procedures Design
*Knowledge of reports & forms design
*Ability to make decisions regarding UI design
*Ability to coordinate resources and arrange review sessions for UI design
*Strong organizational and oral/written communication skills
*Ability to give presentations easily, professionally and creatively
*Meeting/group facilitation fundamentals
*Ability to work well with technical and business staff to achieve project objective(s)
*Demonstrating leadership, initiative, integrity and mentoring
*Ability to define alternative solutions and negotiate the right solution with the client
*Ability to demonstrate customer service skills; providing flexibility in handling both internal and external customer related issues
*Ability to acquire and stay current with business and industry knowledge and technology trends
*Ability to demonstrate drive, persistence and personal ownership of assignments
*Ability to make decisions and demonstrate problem solving skills; analysis, prioritization and risk taking To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here