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Job Description
Our client is a world leader in their field. Based in Dublin West, they are currently recruiting for a skilled Business Analyst to join their dynamic and thriving team.
This is a permanent role and salary is circa €90k pa plus a fabulous package including 25 days holidays pa, annual salary review and bonus as well as healthcare allowance, working from home allowance, hybrid working option, and flexi hours.
DUTIES OF THE ROLE
Requirements Gathering and Analysis:
- Collaborate and conduct workshops with stakeholders to elicit, analyse and document business requirements for new projects and initiatives.
- Translation of gathered business requirements into IT/Technical requirements.
- Analyse and prioritize requirements, considering business value, feasibility, interdependencies, and impact on stakeholders.
- Use various techniques such as business process modelling, use case analysis, and user story mapping to capture and document requirements effectively.
Stakeholder Engagement and Communication:
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with business stakeholders, IT teams, and project sponsors.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders to ensure alignment of project goals.
- Provide regular updates and reports on project progress, requirements status, and issues to stakeholders.
- Provide guidance on best practices, techniques, and tools for requirements elicitation, analysis, and management.
- Contribute to the development of business analysis standards, methodologies, and frameworks within the organization.
Solution Design and Testing:
- Work closely with solution architects and project teams to translate business requirements into functional specifications and technical designs.
- Review and validate proposed solutions to ensure that they meet business needs and align with architectural guidelines and standards.
- Collaborate with Testing teams to create test plans, test cases and participate in testing and validation activities as needed.
- Ensure all requirements have been covered by UAT and that all Business Requirements can be validated against the connect IT requirements.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and optimization through analysis of existing business processes and systems.
Requirements Management and Traceability:
- Establish and maintain a requirements management framework, including tools, templates, and processes for documenting, tracking, and managing requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
- Ensure traceability of requirements from inception to implementation and maintain version control and change management for requirements artifacts.
Qualifications/Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, Business or a related field.
- Min. 5 years as a Business Analyst, with a track record of successfully delivering business requirements for complex projects and initiatives.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyse complex business processes, systems, and data.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact with project stakeholders.
- Proficiency in requirements elicitation, analysis, and documentation techniques, such as interviews, workshops, use cases, and user stories.
- Experience with business process modeling tools (e.g. JIRA).
- Knowledge of software development methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall).
- Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and meet deadlines.
- Relevant certifications such as Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP).