What are the responsibilities and job description for the Functional Business Analyst position at Saxon Global?
Company Description
Saxon Global is one of the fastest growing Inc 500 Companies in
the US, providing enhanced IT consulting, and engineering solution
services from past 16 years. Saxon global specializes in Business
Intelligence, Mobility, Big Data & Cloud and provides IT tools and
services to help organizations across industry verticals such as
Financial Services, Retail, Telecom, Healthcare, Banking and Media
Entertainment for their continued growth.
Job Description
Job Title: Business Analyst II
Job Duration: 3 Months Contract role
Interview Method: Phone then In Person
Address:t Fort Mill SC USA 29715
Working hours: 8AM to 5PM
Hiring Manager’s Note: “Our expectations are focused around building product and business knowledge. In addition, we expect the BA 2 to build upon their collaboration skills and leadership skills. Our goals with a BA 2 are to promote leadership skills within the BA team, then build upon those to help them to become leaders outside the team. Individuals in the BA 2 role participate in team initiatives and in some cases, are the leads for an initiative in order to help hone their leadership skills.”?
Responsibilities:
• Responsible for business analysis activities in accordance with Client’s systems development methodology and supporting projects within a specific portfolio area (sales and marketing, supply chain, finance, etc.).
• This individual may work independently or with other Portfolio associates to deliver small scale projects or deliverables for larger projects.
• Responsible for collecting, documenting, and confirming business requirements and functional specifications.
• Works in close collaboration with business partners and developers to ensure consistent understanding of business processes and requirements.
• Defines, develops, and delivers test plans and associated test case scenarios.
• Establishes effective relationships with other departments; builds and maintains effective business partner relationships.
• Assists with tasks and deliverables related to System Development Life Cycle phases for package and custom solutions
• Attends and participates in user and project meetings and teams to expand knowledge, as a participant and not in a lead capacity; facilitates project status meetings; tracks project status.
• Investigates and documents project issues and detailed requirements
• Frequently interacts with IT staff including business area management, portfolio managers, vendors, consultants and other contractors.
• Must be willing to travel up to 35% of the time.
• Excellent discovery and active listening skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good relationship building skills
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Good group presentation skills
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good Mathematical skills
• Good organizational skills
• Good leadership skills
• Good staff development skills
• Knowledge of computers to operative effectively with computer hardware such as general mainframe, midrange, network and desktop technologies; computer software includes application development lifecycle, MS Office Suite and Outlook
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.