Business Analyst

Job description

The Business Analyst:
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Evaluates business models, processes and operations to develop a good understanding of business needs and requirements

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Analyzes and evaluates business requirements and translates these into technical requirements and specifications, providing insights on system and technical components to incorporate into the technical design

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Interacts with business stakeholders to gather, understand, document and analyze business requirements 

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Analyzes reports and assessments to provide insights on whether a solution / technology being implemented is meeting business requirements

Responsibilities:
·  Reviews materials and supports in meetings with business stakeholders to understand and gather business / functional requirements, undertaking client assessments and building relationships with business stakeholders
·  Builds relationships and collaborates with the wider team to understand business requirements and translates these into complex technical requirements
·  Produces technical specifications to guide system architectural design and development, peer reviewing the work of more junior members of the team
·  Monitors and reports on potential risks/opportunities of emerging technologies, and forms recommendations for system and technical components based on understanding of business requirements
·  Contributes to the design and review of test cases to ensure tests adequately meet the requirements and coordinates with infrastructure and operations teams to resolve system issues, contributing to moderately complex aspects of a project
·  Provides insights on whether solutions and technologies being implemented are meeting business requirements
·  Contributes to business case development and completes RFP responses, exploring and experimenting with new and existing data to tackle defined business problems

Technical Skills and Knowledge Requirements:

·  Proven experience gathering and interpreting business requirements
·  Proven experience developing technical requirements and specifications, including knowledge of software engineering methodologies, reporting tools, modelling and testing

Experience
·  Experience in Asset Management domain is preferred
·  Experience in Insurance industry is preferred
·  Sound relevant experience in either an internal or external business analysis role and/or software / technical analysis role or similar
·  Developed technical knowledge and experience in delivering IT solutions, providing technical advice and understanding user requirements
·  Some stakeholder management experience

Education:
·  Computer Science, Engineering, IT, Data Science, Business Administration, Business Management, Statistics

Language Requirements:
·  English

Soft Skills/Behavioral Requirements:
·  Outstanding self-management, information presentation and interpersonal communication
·  Develops strong relationships with peers and stakeholders
·  Flexible: adjusts to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity and rapid change
·  Customer orientated

Other Requirements:
·  Some International travel may be required.

EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.