Business Analyst – Reference Data recruitment

*Lead meetings with business architecture, project manager and IT to gather high-level business requirements
*Work with global stakeholders in understanding and translating requirements to the underlying data
*Perform business analysis to help define solution options and recommendations, including pros/cons and rationale for recommendations *Create, maintain and review business/functional requirements with stakeholders prior to achieving signoff
*Ensure business/functional requirements can be traced back to high-level requirements
*Identify and assist in resolution of risks and issues that will adversely affect planned project milestones
*Create project initiation documents, use cases, including diagrams for end-to-end current/future business process flows
*Develop QA plans and test cases; coordinate UAT
*Analyze data from Customer Master Service (CMS) and Operations Processing Platforms (OPP)
*Identify and document process changes and system enhancements
*Ensure process improvements through redesign are at the forefront of all initiatives
*Evaluate measurable project benefits, i.e. increased revenue, efficiency and control; track and present metrics analysis
*Establish strong relationships with various functions and businesses throughout IB
*Facilitate working groups tasked with solving specific data challenges within the organization

*Extensive business analyst experience
*Excellent analytical, communication, presentation, organizational and problem solving skills
*Thoroughly detail-oriented and able to validate work
*Self starter, self-guiding, and can demonstrate independent thinking
*Good communication skills; comfortable dealing directly with senior internal clients
*Displays perseverance and the ability to work well under pressure
*Flexibility to change roles and/or cover other projects
*Supports others and proactively shares appropriate information
*Negotiates skillfully to convince and obtain mutual agreement
*Six Sigma experience (a plus)
*Data Analysis 4-6 years
*Business Analysis 7-10 years