Senior Business Analyst - IT

Objective:

An "Senior Business Analyst" is a senior professional with deep subject matter expertise in the assigned platform, typically without a people leadership role but supporting management functions and content leadership. All criteria of the preceding level are fulfilled. In addition:

Productivity and Quality:

- Lead initiatives to optimize business applications delivery of business functionality across all platforms. Understand the state-of-the-art solutions available in the market and apply sound judgement to identify opportunities to leverage new technologies

- Ensure "security by design" and "privacy by design" concepts are embedded while gathering and eliciting requirements for business applications and the functionality

- Drives the development and establishment of best in class business analysis framework and standard guidelines with Business Application Group

Collaboration:

- Develop good working relationships with key stakeholders , software vendors, as well as software engineering

- Anticipate business needs and positively influence business counterparts, team members to drive and increase business impact

- Lead the development and review of business analysis standards, their documentation and implementation

- Provide senior expertise to Business Application Group Platform Owners and to peers across all business application platforms

- Establish strong relationship with business, peers and collaborate closely with platform teams

Leadership:

- Well-established platform, business, and knowhow, considered the go-to expert by both platform and business leadership

- Actively and strongly involved in recruiting talent

- Continuously contribute to building high-performing teams and inspiring team members towards successful projects and solutions implementations

- Thought leader in using the latest technologies to handle future complexities, defining, and enforcing requirements gathering best practices

- Our Client's role model within the team showing strong people and business leadership acumen

Compliance:

- Lead by example through timely completion of all compliance obligations and trainings, including relevant professional certification if applicable

- Ensure compliance with broad corporate and Business Application Group's operating procedures and policies

- Thoroughly understand and mentor team members on the compliance, security and operational responsibilities in respect to software solution design and development

Hiring guidance:

The typical education and professional experience required for an Expert Business Analyst is a master's degree plus several years of relevant industry experience with leading the practice of business analysis in other organizations with both business and technical knowhow.