Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. · 18 hours ago
Information Technology Business Analyst III
US-OH-CINCINNATI
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expFort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. is seeking an Information Technology Business Analyst III to collaborate with stakeholders and technology counterparts to deliver high-quality project deliverables. The role involves eliciting requirements, coordinating with project teams, and serving as a liaison between business and technology partners.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Delivery of high-quality project deliverables and meeting target delivery date
Utilizes a variety of elicitation techniques to deliver high quality project deliverables in support of project delivery
Responsible for planning and monitoring activities related to business analysis
Builds and maintains strong working relationships with program and project managers to ensure clear understanding of program and project goals, objectives, scope, and deliverables
Responsible for elicitation of requirements documentation which may include supporting multiple delivery methodologies while collaborating with multiple business analysts to deliver a comprehensive package of project deliverables when delivering a semi-complex to complex project
Confirms and communicates stakeholder needs
Collaborates with technology partners to identify solution options
Ensures solutions are well documented and understood by all project stakeholders
Ensures traceability of multiples types of requirements to business objectives, test cases and solutions
Effectively communicates and documents project needs via deliverables such as RAP (Requirements Analysis Package) documents, user stories, diagrams, process flows, and data mapping documents
Ensures clear, concise, and consumable deliverables are documented and approved by all project stakeholders
Ensures hand-off of documentation across multiple business analysts is understood and occurs as needed
Conveys an appropriate sense of urgency when risks and issues arise throughout the delivery of projects as related to project deliverables as well as potential need for prioritization and escalation
Coordinates and facilitates meetings with representatives from all levels of the organization, vendors and regulatory agencies as required to support planning, validation, and final deployment processes
Assists with the interpretation of requirements into feasible options, considering technical and business constraints, and communicates options to the stakeholders
Articulates the distinction between types requirements and delivery methodologies (waterfall, agile, and iterative)
Demonstrated experience creating and working in a team culture that is committed to collaborative cross- functional relationships and service excellence
Leadership responsibilities include: mentors and coaches others in business analysis documentation techniques, standards, and best practices; proactivley pursues self-development and improvement in delivery assurance skills on a control basis; works with moderate supervision and is empowered to make an established range of decisions, escalating to management when necessary and updating management on a regular basis; establishes and maintains positive working relationships with associates and vendors at all levels
Requests assistance and support when needed; establishes, fosters, and maintains working relationships with project stakeholders and other groups throughout the organization; acts as a change agent across the enterprise in support of best practices and where applicable, advocates PMO services
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in business, computer science or computer engineering
Commensurate experience
Minimum of 2 - 3 years of business analysis experience in support of project delivery in IT or a business environment
Demonstrated experience in eliciting and documenting requirements package deliverables. Requirements documentation meets best practices and is complete, consistent, feasible, modifiable, unambiguous, and testable
Demonstrated experience in leading identification of business analysis project specific deliverables that support project goals and objectives
Demonstrated use of strong listening, communication, and presentation techniques. Verbal and written communications are to conform to rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style
Demonstrated ability to process information from various sources for detailed analysis, recommendations and decision making
Proven analytical, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
Demonstrated adaptability when required to adjust to multiple demands/deadlines, shifting priorities, ambiguity and rapid change
Proven ability to assist in conducting research on software and hardware products to meet agreed upon requirements and to support purchasing efforts
Proven successful experience on identifying basic to moderately complex problems, quantifying problems and providing effective solutions
Proven ability to maintain and reconcile traceability of requirements with consideration for reuse of documentation for future projects of a similar nature
Proven ability to effectively participate in peer reviews of requirements documentation performed with and by others
Demonstrated personal initiative to learn new skills and improve professional expertise
Demonstrated attention to detail with strong organization skills, time management, and the ability to prioritize workload demands
Proven emotional intelligence, sound judgment, and enterprise and team thinking
Demonstrated knowledge and experience of various insurance industry systems, insurance and annuity products and/or the product development process
Proven ability to mentor and coach less experienced business analysts
Demonstrated ability to participate in recruiting and interviewing candidates for BA positions
Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, Word, Visio, and PowerPoint)
Preferred
MS SharePoint experience is desired, not required
PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)® Upon Hire
IIBA Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP®) Upon Hire
IIBA Certification of Competency in Business Analysis™ (CCBA®) Upon Hire
Insurance-related certification (e.g., FLMI, CLU or related industry designation) Upon Hire
Company
Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.
Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Maribeth Rahe
President & CEO
Amy L. Mickey
Executive Assistant to the President & CEO
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