Business Analyst Consultant #jobbjustnu

Business Analyst – Role description
General tasks:
· Capability to plan and report progress of own tasks following direction of the customer
General competencies and skills:
· Rapid self-starting capability and experience in working in team, understanding the needs, objectives and constraints of those in other disciplines and functions.
· Good communication skills
· Command of English language, both oral and written, and the ability to communicate with individuals on all levels. Minimum level B2 in the European language levels scale CEFR.
· Capability of integration in an international/multicultural environment.


Nature of tasks:
· Work closely with the customer’s stakeholders to elicit, document, prioritise, analyse and validate business needs and solution requirements
· Prepare and maintain the software requirement specification
· Organize and facilitate workshops (on-site or online)
· Conduct feasibility studies and cost-benefit analysis
· Work with team(s) of system analysts, solution architects, developers, application testers and technical writers to ensure a common understanding of the needs, sufficient quality and appropriate coverage of test cases, and a sound technical design supporting the defined requirements
· Produce and maintain business analysis outputs, including use cases, requirements, mock-ups, user stories, and data models
· Verify and validate requirements, manage requirements traceability
· Create and maintain models in Sparx Enterprise Architect
· Write user and system documentation
· Prepare and conduct user training
· Provide input and collaborate with the testing team members in drafting and reviewing the test plans and test cases
· Assist business users managing applications to organize structure and content according to information architecture best practices
· Support the project manager and, if needed, assume the role of project manager

General competencies and skills (minimum):
· Experience as a Business Analyst for IT solutions
· Experience in Unified Modelling Language (UML)
· Knowledge of business analysis techniques

General competencies and skills (advantageous):
· Knowledge of current IT domain in general, up to date with the latest in technology
· Experience applying analytical skills relevant for business analysis (e.g. understanding and efficiently summarizing large quantities of information, problem solving, addressing incomplete or contradicting requirements)
· Experience applying communication skills relevant for business analysis (e.g. presentation skills, targeted communication, active listening)
· Knowledge of industry Business Analysis best practice (e.g. Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BA-BOK)).
· Understanding of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
· Experience working with visual modelling and design tools (e.g. Sparx Enterprise Architect)
· Experience in Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and/or ArchiMate;
· Experience working with work item management tools (e.g. Team Foundation Server or Jira)
· Experience with project management

Education and professional experience:
· University degree with minimum 4 years of experience in IT OR non university degree with minimum 6 years of experience in IT
· Minimum 3 years of business analysis work experience
· Suitable certificates, like CBAP (Certified Business Analyst Professional), are an advantage