Business Analyst

APPLIED INFORMATION SCIENCES (AIS); Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

APPLIED INFORMATION SCIENCES (AIS) in Bengaluru, India, seeks a Lead Business Analyst to drive requirements collection, evaluation, and communication for enterprise applications.

You will mentor other analysts, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and may oversee projects of significant scope and complexity to deliver integrated business solutions.

Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of general business analysis experience; includes some project management exposure.
• Expert knowledge of functional design, data analysis, and data flow diagramming techniques.
• Experience gathering requirements, doing functional design, and working with business processes.

Responsibilities

• Participates in requirements definition, testing, training, implementation, and support of enterprise applications.
• Solicits business requirements via interviews, workshops, and existing documentation; uses standard analysis techniques.
• Documents analysis results using templates and helps define templates and tools to be used.
• Makes recommendations and influences outcomes on deliverables from other groups.
• Initiates and leads work with other development groups to ensure an integrated business solution.
• Assumes project management responsibility for large-scale initiatives with sizable scope.
• Demonstrates understanding of AIS's business processes and domain.
• Coordinates efforts of other Business Analysts within assigned projects.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements gathering

Data flow diagramming

Stakeholder communication

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Multitasking and prioritization

Documentation and presentation

Job description

Summary

The Lead Business Analyst is responsible for the collection, evaluation, understanding, and communication of business requirements involved in the development of new or the modification and ongoing support of existing enterprise business applications. This person will provide guidance and direction to other business analysts, other teams, and may manage projects of significant scope and complexity. This position is the third of four levels within the Business Analysis job family.
Key Responsibilities

• Participates in system requirements definition, testing, training, implementation, and support of enterprise-wide business applications.
• Solicits business requirements through interviews, workshops, and/or existing system documentation or procedures. Uses industry standard analysis techniques to uncover business requirements, such as data flow modeling, use-case analysis, and workflow analysis.
• Documents the results of analysis activities using the appropriate templates and tools and be a key contributor in the definition of what the appropriate templates and tools are.
• Makes recommendations and influence outcome regarding necessary changes on deliverables expected from other groups.
• Initiates and leads work with other development groups to ensure an integrated business solution.
• Assumes the responsibility of project manager for projects where the scope is at a significant level of complexity. These projects could be new initiatives or modifications to an existing application.
• Demonstrates a clear understanding of FM Globals business and business processes.
• Coordinates the efforts of other Business Analysts within assigned projects.

Required skills:

• 6+ years of general business analysis experience, with 2+ years' experience in project management.
• Expert knowledge of techniques and tools utilized in functional design, data analysis, and data flow diagramming
• Knowledge of current planned technological environment and the appropriate technologies, tools, and techniques used to solve business problems Experience gathering requirements, functional design, and working with business processes
• Proven ability to work in technical environments that use tools involved in data flow diagramming, data analysis, issue tracking, and documentation and presentation
• Proven experience with managing projects of significant scope and complexity with project teams consisting of 5 individuals
• Proven ability to multitask and establish priorities
• Excellent interpersonal, oral written communication and organizational skills
• Proven ability to provide direction to others and influence decisions made