Senior Business Analyst (1-year contract)

Our client is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to lead requirement activities for medium enhancements and projects. This role conducts business analysis independently, managing planning, elicitation, analysis, documentation, and change support for Business Areas and Technology.

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Senior Business Analyst (1-year contract)

Location: Port of Spain

Sector: Financial Services

Qualifications and Experience:

 Must-Have:

• Relevant college, university, and/or post-graduate degree in Business Analysis
• 2-4 years working as a Business Analyst with progressively increasing responsibilities in the areas of requirements management in small to medium projects
• Previous experience working with Financial Institutions
• Experience in dealing with regulatory-related changes
• Proven experience with various project delivery methodologies such as Waterfall, Iterative and/or Agile
• Experience in requirements planning and prioritization including stakeholder analysis and effort estimation
• Requirements elicitation techniques such as Document analysis, Interviews, Facilitated workshops, Observation, Prototyping, Focus groups, Surveys

 Nice-to-Have:

• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA), or Project Management Institute –Professional in Business Analysis (PMI – PBA) Certification (Preferred)
• Masters Certificate in Business Analysis (Preferred)

 Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform requirements stakeholder analysis to identify impacted or influencing individuals or groups and their requirements responsibilities
• Develop plans and accurate estimates for completion of requirements, continuously improving the level of detail and accuracy of estimates
• Manage risks, assumptions and constraints for requirements, and communicate to appropriate parties
• Lead requirements prioritization and leverage techniques to drive out business priorities
• Review and validate the requirements approach with a Senior Business Analyst
• Facilitate collaborative sessions with small to medium number of business stakeholders to drive requirements discovery, analysis, and review
• Lead 1:1 elicitation sessions and apply various techniques to get a more in-depth understanding of problem-domain and prepare requirements drafts
• Analyze and document scope of the business solution using the organization and industry-standard requirements techniques
• Analyze and document detailed business and system solution requirements, using enterprise requirements methodology

**Candidates MUST possess ALL academic certifications listed on their resume for verification purposes.

**Only suitable applicants meeting the job requirements will be considered.