Sr Business Analyst

Responsibilities

The Senior Business Analyst is responsible for planning, designing, and launching efficient business and financial systems to support organizational functions. They will lead documentation efforts, facilitate Agile development processes, and perform cost-benefit analyses to guide management decisions.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience, along with at least five years of experience in software and hardware solution implementation. Proficiency in various development methodologies and strong technical and business knowledge are required.

Skills

• Business analysis
• Software development
• Agile
• Scrum
• Kanban
• Requirement elicitation
• Process flow modeling
• Gap analysis
• Technical writing
• MS Visio
• Cloud development
• Banking
• Digital transformation
• System testing
• Cost-benefit analysis
• User stories

About this role

ABOUT THIS ROLE

As a Senior Business Analyst, you are responsible for planning, designing,
developing and launching efficient business, financial and operations systems in
support of core organizational functions and business processes.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL

* Meet with decision makers, systems owners, and end users to define business,
financial and operations requirements, define systems goals, and identify and
resolve systems issues
* Lead current state and future state documentation and coordinate prototype
efforts for new systems for the purpose of enhancing business processes,
operations and information process flow
* Create feature maps, user stories, and assist in the development process
through the utilization of Agile and other software development methodologies
* Assist in the management of development efforts through Scrum and Kanban
process, which includes scrum meetings, sprint planning, backlog grooming,
and retrospective meetings.
* Prepare and deliver reports, recommendations or alternatives that address
existing and potential trouble areas in operating systems across the
organization
* Perform cost-benefit and return on investment analysis for proposed systems
to aid management in making implementation decisions
* Create business process models, specifications, diagrams and charts to
provide direction to system programmers
* Develop test conditions, test scripts and performs test validation to ensure
that the appropriate level of testing is performed prior to implementing
system changes
* Plan, coordinate and perform in-depth tests, including end-user reviews, for
modified and new systems, and other post-implementation support

QUALIFICATIONS, COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

* Bachelor's degree (BA or BS) from four-year college or university in the
field of business administration, computer science, accounting or management
information systems; and/or seven or more years work experience and/or
training in the field of business systems analysis or software development;
or equivalent combination of education and experience.
* Minimum of five years' experience in overseeing the design, development,
testing, training and implementation of software and hardware solutions,
systems or products.
* Possess in-depth technical and general business knowledge.
* Familiar with different development approaches including: traditional
waterfall, agile, proto-typing, and other methods.
* Experienced in software requirement elicitation, documentation, analysis and
testing.
* Experience in Business gap analysis and process flow modeling.
* Preferrred Experience:
* Supporting cloud development
* Banking experience
* Digital transformation experience
* Technical writing
* Experience with MS Visio for process mapping

COMPENSATION DISCLOSURE

The range for this role takes into account many factors that First Bank
considers when making hiring decisions, including but not limited to prior
experience, skill set, training, and other internal business and organizational
factors. First Bank generally does not hire at or near the top of the stated
range. The range is driven by the geographic location of the anticipated hiring
location; however, the specific range may vary depending on the geographic
location for remote positions. Compensation decisions depend on the specific
facts and circumstances of each hiring instance.

A reasonable estimate of the current pay range is $81,500 - $100,000. 

About First Bank

Banking · 1,001-5,000 employees · founded 1910