Business Analyst

Title:

Business Analyst

Location:

Atlanta, GA

• Plans, gathers and clearly documents the business needs (requirements) of clients and stakeholders using techniques like use cases, wireframes, JAD sessions, current/future state process flows, etc.
• Organizes and validates the requirements and ensures that all are traceable and measurable.
• Elicits, analyzes and validates business, functional, and non-functional requirements.
• Identifies gaps in business requirements against current vendor functionality.
• Serves as a liaison between the clients and developers to ensure that all technical requirements are identified.
• Assists in the collection of data element requirements and data mapping.
• Facilitates joint application review/design sessions (JAR/JAD) with clients, technical, and vendor resources.
• Identifies and documents issues and risks in a timely manner and presents to PM for mitigation planning.
• Works with team to identify root cause, resolution.
• Assists lead tester in test and implementation plans.
• Serves as a subject matter expert during development and testing.
• Assists the PM in capturing and reporting project measures to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a matrix environment.
• Ability to work with vendor resources.
• Expertise in the use of MS Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Familiarity in working within a structured project delivery methodology.
• Experience implementing package applications that integrate with back-end systems.
• Strong demonstrated communication skills both verbal and written.
• Excellent leadership, teamwork and client service skills.
• Demonstrated integrity within a professional environment.
• Establishes the overall plan for the program based on business prioritization and ensures plan remains updated.
• Communicates program status to senior management regularly.
• Ensures timelines and budgets are adhered to.
• Updates requirements into ALM (Application Lifecycle Management, HP product).
• Appropriate level of escalation.
• Ability to deliver multiple projects or priorities.
• Ability to support a Horizon effort for a newly and broadly defined project.

• Review requirement changes and inform PM of impacts and possible change control needs.
• Work with PM to develop project activities and work plans related to BA/requirements activities.
• Assist in estimation of project activities.

• Familiarity with Risk Management, Business Intelligence, Corporate Governance, Data Asset Management and/or Business Process Management solutions.
• Familiarity/Experience in the Financial Services Industry.
• Requisite Pro, HP Quality Center.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.