Thursday, October 31, 2013

[JimsJobs] Sr Manager, Business Analysis position- Atlanta metro

 

Sr Manager, Business Analysis position– Atlanta metro

 

Full-time Position - Must be U.S.Citizen or Green Card

 

JOB DESCRIPTION:


The Manager of Business Analysis is responsible for ensuring business analysis and business process alignment is effective and responsive to the needs of the Company in support of strategic plans and company goals. 

The Manager will establish and implement standard guidelines and procedures for Business Analysis, lead a team of Business Analysts and collaborate with Information Technology and Business Unit Leaders to develop cross functional processes for the analysis portion of the Strategic Projects and prioritized system enhancements.

The ideal candidate is an experienced leader with a strong comfort level with the purpose and value of Business Analysis as well as the ability to effectively communicate that value to the organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
 
Managerial:
•Develop and implement business analysis methodologies and best practices which result in complete and accurate analysis that supports business processes or systems solutions that meet the needs of all stakeholders.
•Manage all activities and functions the BA team including the elicitation, documentation and analysis of business requirements, both functional and non-functional for software development projects and enhancements, the development of as-is and to-be business process models, requirements validation activities, including traceability and UAT, consensus building and requirements management.
•Review and evaluate work focusing on continuous improvement in processes and methods, ensure that documentation is maintained so processes accurately reflect system functionality.
•Execute performance reviews, performance coaching and ongoing career development activities for direct reports


Functional:

•Ensure that collaboration between the BA team, Information Technology/IT, Project Management and Business Units is effective and productive
•Act as an individual contributor through the elicitation, documentation and analysis of business rules, user/stakeholder requirements, and functional/nonfunctional requirements as applicable for larger/strategic projects, change requests, and department initiatives
•Validate requirements for new and/or changes to business processes, policies, and information systems as applicable for projects, change requests, and department initiatives.
•Facilitate, prioritize and recommend system enhancements.
•Ensure that user acceptance testing priorities are known by collaborating with business stakeholders and IT and that support for user acceptance testing is fulfilled. 

Preferred:
•Master’s degree
•Experience in business case development 

 

Thank you so much for your interest!

I would love to forward your credentials to the next level, but in order to do so...

Please write back with your availability to interview and to start, the reason you are leaving your present situation OR the reason for leaving your last position, along with your minimum annual salary (or range)  and  the status of your eligibility to work in the United States?

 

** Where do you live NOW and is your location commutable to anywhere in the Atlanta Metro area?

 

Also, write back with the following:

SUBMIT the number of years of experience /brief explanation of that specific experience in each of the following:

 

·        Experience leading efforts that involve detailed Business Requirements management

·        Experience including Web technologies (2 examples) and/or back office/ERP (2 examples)

·        Requirements Gathering experience

·        Experience with Use Case Scenarios, Workflows, etc.

·        Ability to consult with SMEs of all levels

·        Expert-level experience with Microsoft Office, especially Visio

·        Develop use cases

·        Develop requirements

·        Develop process flows

·        Validate test cases (prepared by the QA team)

·        Certification (how long?)    

·        Previous experience with a Big 4 consulting firm (which ones? how long?)

·        Experience in Change Management (2 examples)

·        Experience in a LEAD Business Analyst capacity – Largest number of BA’s you supervised and where

·        Former experience as a Business Analyst

·        Relational Database concepts (which ones/how long?)

·        Describe any System Development Life Cycles / methodologies (Agile or others) to which you have been exposed

·        Requirements gathering (years experience and then answer these re: largest project)

       Size

       Complexity

       # of BA team members

       How long did project take

TECHNIQUES used:

o      Interviews

o      Focus groups

o      Brainstorming

o      Questionnaires

o      Prototyping

o      Observation

·        Workshops

o      Use Case Scenarios

o      JAD (Joint Application Design) Sessions

Specific experience with Methodologies:

Waterfall

Iterative

RUP (Rational Unified Process)

Extreme

Agile

 

 Please answer the questions above and send with your resume in MSWord “doc” format to: ruthiep@bellsouth.net

 

Ruthie Powell

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