IT Business Analyst (Permanent)

Job Description:

• Works collaboratively with clients and stakeholders - both external and internal to the company - to research and elicit, analyze, validate and document business requirements, and to ensure that those requirements clearly reflect true business needs, correctly representing all stakeholders.
• Translates business needs into system/ application requirements and project components to help determine solutions to business problems.
• Assists team members in producing functional requirements for tool development.
• Proactively identifies and manages changes to requirements and identify risks for the company's clients. Effectively manages client's expectations.
• Applies industry and information technology expertise to support proposals, feasibility studies, implementations and new business development.

Responsibilities:

• Formulate and define system scope and objectives using knowledge of information technology and industry knowledge/ requirements.
• Act as a liaison between client and technical solutions/ support groups, using strong communication skills to elicit, document, analyze and validate business processes, systems, and solution requirements.
• Proactively research, identify, and specify solutions to problems.
• Support and conduct visualization, user experience and configuration elements of solution design.
• Document requirements specifications using high-maturity methods, processes and tools.
• Support requirements management and change management processes.
• Support aspects of the business cycle, including proposals, feasibility studies, and implementations.
• Consider the business implications of the application of technology to the current business environment.

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in a Technical or Business discipline or equivalent experience.
• Minimally 2-3 years of experience as a Business Analyst.
• Good verbal and written communication skill and is comfortable fronting client.
• Ability to work effectively in a team.