The Senior Business Analyst will lead business analysis activities for enterprise modernization initiatives, focusing on transitioning from legacy systems to cloud-based platforms. This role involves developing detailed business requirements, user stories, and process maps to support application modernization, workflow digitization, and data integration projects. The Senior Business Analyst will act as a liaison between business units, architects, developers, and governance bodies, ensuring alignment between business needs and technical designs.
Responsibilities :
- Lead business analysis activities for enterprise modernization initiatives.
- Develop detailed business requirements, user stories, and process maps.
- Act as a key liaison between business units, architects, developers, and governance bodies.
- Conduct current-state assessments and gap analyses.
- Support the governance and approvals process through the Architecture Review Board (ARB).
- Prepare and maintain documentation required for project approvals.
- Lead or support stakeholder engagement sessions, workshops, and user interviews.
- Develop and maintain process documentation such as BPMN diagrams, SOPs, and use case models.
- Support organizational readiness and change adoption activities.
- Ensure traceability between business requirements, system functionality, and testing activities.
Required Skills & Certifications :
- 8+ years of progressive experience in business analysis, including work on complex, multi-stakeholder digital transformation initiatives.
- Proven experience supporting enterprise modernization programs across one or more domains : procurement, financials, content / document management, or IT service delivery.
- Strong understanding of governance, particularly around architectural compliance, digital standards, and risk management processes.
- Experience preparing governance documentation and leading initiatives through checkpoint gates such as ARB.
- Ability to synthesize business needs into clear requirements, user stories, and decision support artifacts.
- Experience with workflow / process improvement, lean analysis, and business process modeling (e.g., BPMN).
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies, sprint-based planning, and hybrid delivery approaches.
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, coordinate cross-functional teams, and deliver quality work within tight timelines.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Information Systems, Public Policy, or a related field.