Sr. Specialist - Business Analyst

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Mainly responsible for development of requirements for the implementation or change of software in coordination with the IT department and the user side to meet business requirement. This position will plan, manage and lead the projects under responsibilities with low to medium complexity and scopes of projects. This includes gathering business requirements, managing projects, handling user acceptance test activities (UAT) and providing consultancy services with quality and in timely manner, and within the budgets.

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1) Project Management

·  Lead projects/ change requests under responsibilities with low complexity and scopes of projects
·  Plan and define project management activities and budgets
·  Estimate project timelines and resources/ owners of each activity
·  Track project status and progress; control and monitor to ensure that all project activities are achieved with quality, within the budget and timeframe
·  Define project risks including problems and issues concerned, update Projects / change request database in the agreed internal shared drive
·  Ensure the project readiness and prepare for production go-live/ implementation
·  Provide post-production supports to business users
·  Provide the status update reports to management and the other relevant parties with accuracy and in timely manner

2) Requirement Management

·  Understand and assess the current situations of business process, procedure, method and system functionality to advise the recommended solution and possible alternatives
·  Partner with business units to initiate enhancement requirements for all areas (e.g. IT enhancement, Process Improvement)
·  Facilitate /Prepare cost & benefit justification (Business case) 
·  Gather users’ requirements for system development which consists of process flow, functions, screen and system outputs
·  Provide users’ requirement reports, documents and correspondence
·  Prepare RFP and participate in vendor selection
·  Walkthrough requirements and seek for the sign off and monitor to ensure the achievement of requirements according to project timeframe
·  Walkthrough requirements with developers to ensure the understanding and provide the proper solution to users

3) User Acceptance Test (UAT)

·  Define and plan for UAT criteria and activities
·  Assist business users to develop test scenarios and cases for UAT activities
·  Act as a middle person to communicate between users and designers / developers
·  Record the test results, define the improvement areas and ensure the readiness for implementation
·  Track and ensure that all UAT activities are completed within project timeframe
·  Plan and prepare use manual and training materials
·  Conduct training sessions and knowledge transfers to the relevant parties

 

4) Consultancy Services

·  Provide information and consultancy services to users regarding to identification of enhancement requirements
·  Provide consultancy services and training to business users in order to drive continuous improvement

5) Complex of work and Dependency

·  Responsible to small-size or simple project
·  Involve internal parties
·  Lead project with support by supervisor

Must Have

·  Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Engineering, Information Technology, Statistics or related field
·  Minimum of 3 years of experience in Project Management, Business Analysis, Business Development and Improvement, or other related fields

Nice to Have

·  Knowledge of data modelling, storage, data analytics incl. data reporting, data interpretation
·  Knowledge of collaborative project management tools (e.g. Trello, JIRA, Asana)
·  Knowledge of digital communication channels to engage with colleagues remotely (e.g. Skype, WebEx)
·  Understanding of the software development lifecycle, the business processes and organizational structures
·  Knowledge of multiple functional areas like product management, computer science, UX/UI, end user support
·  Knowledge of change management process and Project management skills
·  Agile methods (e.g. Scrum, Kanban) and experience with creating epics, user stories and use cases

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