Jr./Mid Level Business Analyst #1475 | Knowledgent Group Inc. | US-MA-Boston

Jr./Mid Level Business Analyst #1475 | Knowledgent Group Inc. |  US-MA-Boston

Jr./Mid Level Business Analyst

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2014-1475

# of Openings 

1

Location 

US-MA-Boston

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Knowledgent is a purpose-built Industry Information Consultancy that provides advanced Information Management and Analytical (IM&A) solutions with industry-specific specialization in Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare and Commercial markets. Knowledgent was founded with the mission to help an enterprise become more information centric. We chose this mission because while information has been recognized as a strategic corporate asset, its importance has now reached an inflection point: corporations that don’t learn to innovate through information and compete on analytics will be left behind by those that do. Extreme volumes of data are now being generated by systems, machines and the Internet, representing an unexplored ocean of data with unlimited potential. Mining this data can produce highly instructive predictions about products, markets, customers and human behaviors.

Knowledgent is a first-in-category firm, built from the ground up to combine IM&A advisory and delivery capabilities with vertical domain knowledge. While our core capability is comprised of competencies that address business and IT strategy, business analysis, program management, information management and Big Data analytics, the context in which we approach any problem is the vertical industry of our clients.

Job Description:

The Business Analyst is responsible for understanding business change needs, assessing the impact of those changes, capturing, analyzing and documenting requirements and then supporting the communication and delivery of those requirements with all relevant stakeholders. The Business Analyst will effectively manage requirements as well as lead organized sessions to elicit or communicate requirements. The individual in this role must be a self-starter who is able to determine their priorities with minimal direction and is comfortable making decisions to ensure the analysis process can move forward. The individual will also be a quick-learner who can obtain the knowledge or functional expertise to understand the business issues and challenges of the organization.

• Develop requirements management plans for various projects to include timelines/roadmap for deliverables, resource need or allocation, scope management and stakeholder communication strategy
• Lead and facilitate requirements elicitation sessions with individual or group of stakeholders as well as reviews to identify missing, unclear or conflicting requirements
• Manage the creation and refinement of requirements documentation including but not limited to user requirements, functional requirements, conceptual data models, process flows and user interface mock-ups
• Uses appropriate elicitation techniques (workshop, interview, survey, prototype / mock-up) for the project. Consults and coordinates with stakeholders to design and map business processes and procedures for current and future states.
• Define and document business needs, distinguish between needs and wants (or solutions), identify gaps and document solutions that fill the gaps.
• Manage stakeholder communication and expectation for multiple initiatives, including resolution and documentation of scope change or functional issues such as data validation, user interface behavior and exception processing. Takes ownership of requirements issues (identifies, tracks, escalates and drives resolution)
• Creates or assists others in the writing of user documentation, training materials, instructions, operational and customer support policies and procedures, and business processes controls needed to launch and sustain the operations of the solution
• Direct interface with development, quality assurance (QA), and project managers to ensure functionality is understood and documentation is clear
• Assist in the determination of product functionality needed in order to stay in compliance or to effectively address new and changing regulations and/or guidance related to the business
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with team members and other stakeholders, including business partners and all levels of IT leadership

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5 to 8 years experience in documenting requirements such as process flows, user requirements, functional requirement, User Interface mockups, user stories, and conceptual data diagrams
• Experience in leading and facilitating session to deliver requirements to project teams (i.e. engineering, QA, training, etc.)
• 5 to 8 years of direct experience gathering and managing and consolidating requirements from cross functional groups
• 5 to 8 years experience working with QA and developers, especially as a liaison to subject matter experts, to identify and resolve functional issues highly desirable
• Advanced to expert skills in process analysis using UML, IDEF or other methodology
• Advanced skills with Microsoft Office application and Microsoft Visio
• Excellent and proven written and oral communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and applicable work experience. 

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