Business Analyst
The primary responsibility of this function is:
- To elicit, analyze, document and validate business requirements to meet business needs;
- To help clearly define purpose and scope of projects and to manage stakeholder expectations;
- To identify and/or develop optimal solutions for the business needs;
- To ensure project awareness within the Firm to achieve better synergies;
- To ensure the delivery of project’s output to customer, quality control and transition to operational mode.
Core Responsibilities:
- Gather business requirements, including local office requirements (g., policies, and statutory requirements ) and translate the high-level requirements into detailed specifications
- Define business cases and evaluate business, financial and technical feasibility of each option
- Perform market analysis for potential solutions and interact with potential vendors
- Identify and propose possible solutions that meet business requirements
- Analyze existing or new documentation
- Provide project teams with a clear understanding of business needs, requirements and specifications
- Work with the QA team in assisting them in building testcases to ensure they are accurate
- Prepare UAT scripts and assist with UAT process
- Conduct regular status meetings and deliver status reports to management and stakeholders
- Liaise with steering committees and stakeholders as well as participants in the project in order to ensure control of scope, risks, changes (if applicable) and communication
- Provide support and guidance to staff on the best usage of existing and/or new software
- Create general awareness of the IT technology-software and services market
- Gather pre-project documentation and ensure documentation is formatted according to Firm’s guidelines and best practices
- Ensure post project documentation for continuous improvement of processes
- Build and maintain documentation in areas of expertise (e.g., processes, guidelines, best practices) that can be used for reference and training purposes
- Ensure the business has a good understanding of the business analysis processes
- Ensure defined business analysis processes are followed within the Firm
- Regularly review and improve business analysis processes in cooperation with the business analysis team
- Collaborate in Jira and Confluence on the tasks as they pertain to business analysis.
- Travel occasionally for project related work
Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree and minimum 4-6 year’s experience in a software development, business analysis, project management, preferably in a professional services environment, and/or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Law firm experience is a plus• Good documentation skills
- Experience in Jira and Confluence
- Proven experience with development methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall) and software design and development
- Fluent in English and any other European language is a plus
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) in various settings (e.g., video conference; audio)
- Excellent presentation skills (written and verbal)
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to work in a dynamic, multicultural environment with diverse personalities at all levels of the Firm.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to multitask in a fast paced environment, and to work under pressure- manage multiple responsibilities amid competing priorities, tight deadlines, and changing business demands and opportunities
- Professional ethic and manner – must demonstrate the ability to maintain strict confidentiality of the Firm’s internal and personnel affairs
- Must be a self-starter
- Pro-active work attitude, results oriented, reliable, and flexible
- Ability to take a structured approach to problem solving and decision making by analyzing, thinking ahead and planning
- Ability to work on own initiative and in team based environment
- Ability to find creative solutions and to think out of the box
- Exhibits good judgement and accountability
- Flexibility regarding working hours and willingness to work some overtime (will be working with global offices)
- Willingness to occasionally travel
If you are looking for a position in an international environment where collegiality, collaboration, integrity, excellence, and transparency are the core values then please send your cover letter and CV to BruAdminRecruit@cgsh.com.