Sr. Business Analyst – Direct Hire (Pinellas Park)

·         Gather business requirements from new and existing clients

·         Meet with clients weekly to determine priorities and the status of open requests

·         Analyze gathered information and reconcile conflicts

·         Interpret client needs and translate them into application and operational requirements

·         Determine root cause, and apply appropriate action

General Responsibilities

·         Ana lyse the impact of proposed changes, by requesting reports from development team or pulling SQL queries

·         Analyze client requests and communicate the impact of the planned changes

·         Create requirements documentation so client and development teams clearly understand the scope of work

·         Build process maps using Visio

·         Obtain client sign off on requirements

·         Communicate with the project manager in order to develop project plan

·         Conduct daily SCRUM meetings with development and QA teams to assess new work and progress of open projects

·         Track all open requests and manage the back log through client priority meetings, analysis, and meeting with development teams to review and determine priorities set by the client.

·         Liaise with business teams, technology teams, and support teams as the client advocate and SME of their business

·         Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs

Job Requirements:

·         Maintain a portfolio of projects with competing priorities and multi-task

·         Drive productivity of internal teams and external clients while being mindful of your audience

·         A natural disposition for proactive communication

·         Analysis and problem-solving skills with a natural curiosity and willingness to learn

·         Excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills.

·         Presentation ready professionalism with internal and external clients.

·         Business Analyst experience with developing web solutions, and ideally insurance related businesses

·         Some project management skills, with experience in iterative software delivery

·         Produce business requirements document, perform gap analysis, use cases, and GUI designs

·         Crystal Reports or Business Objects experience

·         Microsoft Excel, Word and Visio

Bonus Skills

·         Exposure to UML or other associated object oriented design methodologies

·         Experience in the Property and Casualty (P&C) Insurance sector

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