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Western & Southern Financial Group · 2 months ago

Information Technology Business Analyst I

Cincinnati, OH

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

3+ years exp

Western & Southern Financial Group is seeking an Information Technology Business Analyst I to collaborate with stakeholders in identifying and articulating business requirements. The role involves eliciting, analyzing, and validating requirements while acting as a liaison between the business and IT project teams.

Financial ServicesHealth InsuranceInsurance

Responsibilities

Responsible for planning and monitoring activities for business analysis activities. Chooses a business analysis approach that is appropriate for the change. Performs a stakeholder analysis to determine potential types and areas of impact associated with the change. Builds a strong relationship with the project manager to ensure a common understanding of the goals, objectives and scope of a change initiative

Responsible for elicitation of business requirements and related activities. Uses a variety of elicitation techniques to identify the characteristics of the change. Confirms and communicates what the stakeholders' needs are. Identifies and cultivates relationships with key stakeholders; forms and asks probing questions and actively listens to responses

Responsible for activities related to business requirements management and communication. Translates business concerns, questions and desires into clear stakeholder requirements through use cases, process diagrams, functional requirements and others. Defines relationships between various types of requirements. Traces requirements to business objectives, test cases and solutions. Assesses the value, urgency and risk associated with each individual requirement. Evaluates new and changing requirements for impact to projects. Works with stakeholders to reach approval and agreement on requirements. Acts as a liaison between the stakeholder and project team(s) to ensure understanding of the requirements will result in an effective solution

Responsible for requirements analysis and design definition. Analyzes the needs in order to recommend a solution or a range of solutions. Analyzes and quantifies the potential value of the solution options. Models and/or tailors requirements so they are understandable and usable by each stakeholder group

Coordinates and facilitates meetings with stakeholders, vendors and regulatory agencies as required to support planning, validation/acceptance and final deployment processes

Performs other duties as assigned

Complies with all policies and standards

Qualification

Stakeholder analysisRequirements elicitationBusiness process modelingSoftware Development MethodologiesMicrosoft OfficeProblem solvingCommunication skillsTeam collaborationAttention to detailAdaptability

Required

Demonstrated experience setting goals and successfully implementing and achieving goals

Demonstrated experience creating and working in a team culture that is committed to collaborative cross-functional relationships and service excellence

If no degree, minimum of three years of professional business and/or IT experience is required

Proven ability to do a stakeholder analysis, select a project approach, and estimate BA effort with guidance from a BA II or BA III

Demonstrated ability to write basic requirements documents under supervision of a BA II or BA III. Requirements are well formed, cohesive, complete, consistent, feasible, modifiable, unambiguous and testable

Proven understanding of the distinction between requirements: business, stakeholder, solution (functional and non-functional) and transition

Demonstrated ability to execute elicitation techniques such as interviewing, brainstorming, document analysis, prototyping and requirements workshops

Proven ability to construct basic business process models

Demonstrated basic understanding of one or more Software Development Methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile or Iterative

Proven ability to problem solve by defining basic steps and/or providing examples where techniques were used

Demonstrated ability to grasp technology concepts such as database, table driven code, testing tools, security, and/or computer programming concepts

Proven verbal and written communication skills with proven ability to convey information to clients, internal and external stakeholders, in a clear and concise manner

Demonstrated ability to reduce uncertainty and to manage ambiguity. Deals constructively with problems that do not have clear solutions

Demonstrated adaptability to adjust to multiple demands/deadlines, shifting priorities, ambiguity and rapid change

Proven strong attention to detail with excellent organization skills

Preferred

Bachelor's Degree In Business, Finance or IT or commensurate experience

Demonstrated knowledge and experience of various insurance industry systems, insurance and annuity products and/or the product development process, is not required, but helpful

Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, Word, Visio and PowerPoint)

MS SharePoint and Access experience is helpful