Business Analyst - Global Fund Administration Transformation and InnovationInitial contract length: 12 MonthsHybrid working: 3 days a week on site (Dublin / Limerick)Role DescriptionThe business analyst is responsible for gathering business requirements and content for other members of the development team throughout the product lifecycle. They will be required to bridge the gap between business objectives and technological solutions. They should possess skill set that enables them to understand business needs, identify problems, and propose effective solutions. The programme of work will span across the end to end global operating model and will involve process design and implementation, adoption of new technologies.Role ResponsibilitiesGathers, analyses, and builds business requirements for the development team / squad.Understanding of the process flows within the domain, including exception management process.Is responsible for documenting requirements consistent with company Agile standards.Is responsible for verifying and validating the requirements with the appropriate business and technology stakeholders.Is responsible for defining the requirements management plan (requirements traceability and requirements change control) for the project consistent with company standards.Complete operational assessments and produce core artefacts supporting;Detailed As-Is process descriptionsDetailed To-Be process descriptionsTranslates conceptual requirements into functional requirements in a clear manner that is comprehensible to business owners and technology teams.Develop business cases and initiative proposalsCreates process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to business owners and technology teams.Is responsible for assessing requirement changes, determining the impact to those requirements and providing this information to the Lean Product Owners.Fields any questions from the project or delivery team and clarifies the requirements. May need to go back to the Lean Product Owner and/or Subject Matter Experts for information.Participates in test planning and testing activities in general.Participates in all team/squad level rituals such as daily stand up, scope sessions, iteration planning sessions and retrospectives.Assists with the defect management process.Familiar with the overall product, as well as the future state goals.SkillsSelf-starterStrong business requirements elicitationGood IT architecture understandingSharp analytical and problem-solving skillsExtremely detailed orientedExcellent organizational and time management skillsStrong communication and collaboration skillsAdaptability and continuous learningPrevious working experience as a business analyst for 5+ yearsExposure to lean agile processes and principlesCustomer-centric mindsetComplex information processing and interpretationInternal stakeholder managementExperience in process and data modellingReasonable understanding of fund accountingFamiliarity with tools like Jira, ADO, Confluence, Visio, and SQL.Experience with data modelling, process mapping, and exception management.
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