Business Analyst 181804

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

Basic knowledge (3+ years) of business analyst techniques such as benchmarking, business rules analysis, risk analysis, user stories, user acceptance testing and product documentation.

• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Mural or similar Agile backlog management tool preferred
• Good understanding on MS Office Suite: Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Bachelor’s degree preferred

CSM/CSPO Certification desirable

You are a good listener and have strong verbal communication skills

Ability to effectively facilitate successful client meetings or workshops, and comfort speaking publicly to a broad audience

Proven leadership and time management skills to ensure that work is completed on time

Strong writing skills as proven in clear, concise, well organized user documentation to maintain standards and procedures

Problem solving skills with the keen ability to assimilate new information, draw conclusions and communicate ideas

• You will keep up to date on agile standard methodologies and trends
• Positive demeanor and flexible, with ability to adapt to the changing needs of the squad

The Value you Deliver

Initiate & lead discovery for Feature/Epic Definition & Key Decision Partners with Squad Leader and Scrum Master to prioritize Epics

Ensure Epic/Story artifacts (i.e. use cases and supporting documentation) are updated and available for story execution

Write stories and facilitate story grooming/refinement sessions to ensure they meet the Definition of Ready

Collaborating with key Business, IT, Legal, Compliance & Risk partners to define product features and monitor trends

Establish client meetings to include demos of sprint deliverables and impact analysis results (User Experience Design, Legal, Outside business groups)

Engage in organizational readiness activities through the lifecycle of the project to proactively mitigate risks related to product delivery

Communicate issues and client feedback to the Squad Leader in a clear, concise and timely manner

Participate and /or facilitate the daily Scrums, Sprint Planning Meetings, Release Planning, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives

Provide constructive feedback for future process improvements

Identify business requirements, document improvement opportunities, share with Scrum Team and at BA Forums

Collaborate strategically with the QA team on QA test plan reviews and provides assistance and mentorship to QA with story requirements / acceptance criteria clarifications

Perform End to End Business Acceptance Testing in Acceptance Region and ensure the traceability of test cases.

Assist either or readiness and deployment activities for each release