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Job type full-time
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Senior business analyst (remote)
About the position: the manager, reports senior business analyst (ba) is a senior member of our project team whose primary objective is to guide technology solutions by determining the requirements of our business lines’ reporting needs and communicating them clearly to stakeholders, facilitators, and partnersIn this role, you will gather and document business, functional, and technical reporting requirements, help define scope, and align client/business objectives to the features/functions of the specified reports requirements.
You will work closely with business leads, it staff and sometimes clients to gain a deep understanding of the business requirements and key performance metrics needed for high quality reporting outcomes to support the business.
Your role will also assist in identifying process improvements and participating in solutions testing to contribute to the overall quality delivery of our reporting solutions.
Success in this role looks like:
Manage a team of 2-7 technical reporting ba teammates with varying degrees of experienceThis is a critical role that is tasked with the health, happiness, and effectiveness of the teamManager responsibilities include: define processes, standards, and templates for the technical ba team in collaboration with the team’s oversight manager whom you will report in to.
Ability to mentor and develop team members including recruiting, hiring, and training
Set and manage performance expectations with the team.
Assist with project staffing, ensuring the workload of the team is balanced.
Onboard and train new team members.
You will work with customers and stakeholders to define various reporting roadmaps, problems and requirements, and backlog, then manage the backlog/roadmap through the development process from discovery to launch of reporting deliverables to the business.
You will become an expert on the product, customer, and their market, as well as be able to identify and prioritize both tactical and strategic projects and reporting needs, and to drive customer value by creating clarity.
You will gain a deep understanding of business and customer objectives and align to the technical features/functions of the reporting business solutions.
You work well cross-functionally with other teams such as executives, delivery, and account management and make sure customer objectives are met, all opinions are considered, and requirements/solutions are communicated, understood, and agreed to.
You will collect and analyze feedback from customers, stakeholders, and other teams to shape requirements, features and reporting solutions.
You will document all functional/non-functional business reporting requirements that impact integrations, dependencies, configuration, and development efforts.
You will dig deep into customer needs to identify opportunities and evaluate the success of our efforts
You will be resourceful, flexible/adaptable, and intellectually curious.
You will problem solve, manage commitments, and support our team to meet deadlines.
Required
Qualifications:
You have ba/ bs or equivalent experience
You have experience in a business analyst or solution consultant role
You have 5+ years in a consulting role or client-facing experience
You have 3+ years people management experience
You have 3+ years business/client reporting support experience
You have 2+ years’ experience with automation and / or backlog management
You have excellent documentation skills (functional requirements specifications, business rules)
You have experience with business process modeling and analysis
You have experience documenting requirements for reports, data flows and interfaces
Flexibility to work within a waterfall or agile environment
Knowledge, skills and abilities:
People management experience
Ability to coach and professionally develop teammates, peers and business stakeholders where appropriate
Comfort in having tough or sensitive conversations around salary, workload, expectations, and areas of improvement.
Consulting experience
You are experienced at taking ideas and ambiguous data, defining the right outcome, and then mapping the right roadmap to get there.
You can communicate and articulate the roadmap and requirements to execs, team members and customers.
You are able to effectively handle many concurrent projects and to-do’s, and instinctively re-prioritize often without needing guidanceWe are in a high growth stage for reporting and business support needs, and you will need to be comfortable with the level of ambiguity and workload that entails, as well as have the ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
You have the ability to roll up your sleeves and pick up work outside of your role definition when you need to.
You have the ability to roll up your sleeves and pick up work outside of your role definition when you need to.
Cognizant will not sponsor h-1b or other u.sWork authorization, or lawful permanent residence (otherwise known as a “green card”) for this role.
Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position whom are legally authorized to work in the united states without requiring company sponsorship now or at any time in the future.
Employee status : full time employee
Shift : day job
Job posting : sep 24 2021
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