Immediate Need for Senior Lead BA for Major Professional Services Firm!Top 5 skillsets:1. Experienced hands on BA who know how to write user stories, use ADO (Azure dev ops), backlog grooming and mgmt2.Understanding on Agile3.Leadership traits, good communication4.Ability to lead workshops, facilitate and capture requirements5.Data analytics, audit knowledge (preferred)The selected candidate will:• Leads the evaluation of the most complex business models, processes and operations to develop an in-depth understanding of complex business needs and requirements and leads the identification of risks, assumptions and dependencies which will have an impact on their technical delivery• Leads and oversees the translation of business requirements into technical requirements and specifications, partnering with technical teams to design and deliver the system architecture for the most complex projects• Contributes to the development of business analysis standards, processes and ways of working to ensure there is an in-depth understanding of the most complex business needs and requirements and strategies across the wider team• Develops long term, strategic relationships with senior business stakeholders and SMEs to gather, understand and interpret complex business requirements, providing advanced technical expertise to identify their future state and implementation requirements• Verifies that the solution/technology is meeting the business requirements, leading the delivery of actionable insights for the business and technical teams whilst influencing others to identify and agree new projects and opportunities Skills and attributes for success• Highly advanced experience gathering and interpreting business requirements• Highly advanced experience developing technical requirements and specifications, including knowledge of software engineering methodologies, reporting tools, modelling and testing• Highly advanced understanding of Lean Six Sigma and Business Process Modelling and Notation To qualify for the role, you must have• More than 10 years of experience in consulting services with proven ability to creatively assist client with their business challenges• Have domain knowledge of one or more industries or sectors, with broad knowledge of current as well as emerging technologies• Have experience in Agile framework participating directly in Agile practices and producing common artifacts• Understand product development and delivery framework especially Agile framework, DevOps practices and micro services• Extensive relevant experience in either an internal or external business analysis role, or similar• Extensive technical knowledge and experience in delivering IT solutions, providing comprehensive technical advice and understanding user requirements• Extensive experience contributing to the formulation of business vision and strategy• Leadership capability and proven ability to manage difficult stakeholders Ideally, you’ll also have• Have a sense of urgency, decisiveness, ability to work well under pressure• Broad understanding of IT Services, including service offerings, technical standards and policies, technical and business strategies as well as organizational structure• Demonstrate ability to articulate ideas and present strategies at all organization levels• Have previous team leadership role
