Senior SharePoint Business Consultant

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced SharePoint Business Analyst to join our dynamic team. As a SharePoint Business Analyst, you will be a key player in bridging the gap between business needs and SharePoint solutions. The ideal candidate should possess in-depth knowledge and expertise in both business analysis and SharePoint, with a minimum of 7 years of hands-on experience in SharePoint-related projects.

Responsibilities

1. Serve as the subject matter expert for SharePoint within the organization.
2. Collaborate with business stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and document business requirements related to SharePoint solutions through interviews, surveys, workshops, and documentation analysis.
3. Conduct thorough business process analysis and propose improvements leveraging SharePoint capabilities.
4. Demonstrate advanced knowledge of SharePoint architecture, features, and functionalities.
5. Provide insights and recommendations for optimizing SharePoint solutions to align with business goals.
6. Work closely with technical teams and architects to translate business requirements into detailed technical specifications and SharePoint solutions.
7. Leverage SharePoint to address business challenges and enhance operational efficiency.
8. Collaborate with stakeholders to streamline workflows and enhance collaboration using SharePoint.
9. Analyze and interpret data to derive actionable insights for business decision-making within the SharePoint context.
10. Foster collaboration with cross-functional teams and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
11. Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into software requirement specifications.
12. Collaborate with testing teams to define UAT scenarios and support end users in testing activities to ensure solutions meet business requirements.
13. Create and maintain comprehensive documentation, including business requirements documents, process flowcharts, and user manuals.
14. Stay abreast of the latest SharePoint technologies, trends, and best practices, and recommend strategies for continuous improvement.

Qualifications

1. Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field.
2. Experience: Minimum of 7 years of experience as a Business Analyst, with a focus on SharePoint-related projects (minimum 4 years with SharePoint project).
3. Certification: Possess relevant certifications, such as Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) or equivalent; SharePoint-related certifications demonstrating proficiency in SharePoint technologies.
4. Communication: Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and written, to effectively interact with business stakeholders and technical teams.
5. Team Collaboration: Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and lead cross-functional teams towards successful project outcomes.
6. Problem-solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and address business challenges through SharePoint solutions.
7. Work experience in a global environment.
8. A commitment to staying updated with the latest SharePoint technologies, business analysis methodologies, and industry best practices.

Technical Skills

1. Knowledge of SharePoint capabilities, configuration, administration and its out-of-the-box features.
2. Ability to align SharePoint solutions with overall business goals and objectives.
3. Knowledge of SharePoint Online and SharePoint Server on-premises versions, including SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, SharePoint Server 2019 and earlier versions (2010, 2013, 2016).
4. Understanding of SharePoint components, such as site collections, libraries, lists, and content types.
5. Ability to create and modify master pages, page layouts, and custom workflows.
6. Experience in designing and implementing workflows using tools such as SharePoint Designer and Power Automate (Flow).
7. Ability to automate business processes and streamline workflows within SharePoint.
8. Experience in business process modeling and data modeling, analysis within the context of SharePoint solutions.
9. Understanding of UX principles to ensure SharePoint solutions are user-friendly and intuitive.
10. Experience in SharePoint migration projects, including planning and executing migrations between SharePoint versions.
11. Proficiency in business analysis tools and methodologies. Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Figma or related prototyping tools is a plus.
12. Proficiency in basic office applications used for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, charts, diagrams, and emails such as Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio.
13. Experience in change management processes related to SharePoint implementations.
14. Familiarity with project management methodologies and the ability to work within project timelines and constraints.
15. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze complex business processes and data sets.
16. Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to achieve project objectives.
17. Knowledge of SharePoint security models and best practices.
18. Experience in conducting user training sessions for SharePoint solutions, ensuring end-users can effectively utilize the platform.
19. Experience in Agile Scrum.
20. Ability to negotiate trade-offs between conflicting priorities, balancing scope, time, and resources.
21. Skill in creating, prioritizing, and maintaining a well-defined product backlog with user stories, features, and enhancements.
22. Ability to write clear, concise, and actionable user stories that effectively communicate requirements to the development team.
23. Capability to prioritize items in the product backlog based on business value, customer feedback, and strategic goals.
24. Experience in release planning, understanding how to plan and sequence features for delivery in iterative releases.