Description
Ciklum is looking for a Senior Business Analyst to join our team full-time in Romania.
We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.
About the role :
As a Senior Business Analyst, you are part of a cross-functional team that delivers browser capabilities from conception to operation. You will collaborate with architects, data analysts, digital analysts, product owners, software developers, technology leads and UX / UI designers to clearly define, document and communicate requirements that will enable implementation of new changes and enhancements to our digital platforms in an agile manner.
Working alongside a varied set of technology and business stakeholders, you define and document new business, user, and system requirements, considering impacts to upstream / downstream services. You manage the requirement lifecycle from planning through to elicitation, testing, delivery, and business acceptance. You can provide business analysis to multiple agile delivery teams and work closely with the product owner and technology leads to prioritize and manage complex backlogs.
Client is one of the “Big 4” accounting firms, a leading global provider of audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax, and related services. They are launching a digital transformation project to evaluate existing technology across the tax lifecycle and determine the best future state for that technology. This will include decomposing existing assets to determine functionality, assessment of those functionalities to determine the appropriate end state and building of new technologies to replace those functionalities.
Responsibilities
- Ensure stakeholders' engagement and effective collaboration
- Plan, estimate, and perform Business Analysis activities within all SDLC stages
- Define business needs and objectives
- Define the most applicable elicitation approach and use appropriate techniques and ensure effective usage of techniques
- Work with all requirement types throughout the whole life cycle : from the idea to the acceptance and maintenance. Ensure requirements quality on the project
- Model requirements by using the most applicable notation according to the project needs
- Define Information Architecture for project documentation within the project
- Define or contribute to the solution roadmap definition
- Define and manage the solution scope to avoid scope creep
- Manage the backlog : from the definition of “how” to its execution, perform backlog prioritization and refinement
- Define Change management procedure
- Collaborate closely with the development team
- Ensure requirements quality on the project
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies according to the chosen development methodology and ensure their effectiveness
- Define Business Analysis approaches and processes from scratch and implement ongoing improvements to the existing ones
Requirements
Proven ability to work with different groups of stakeholders along with experience in setting up stakeholder management approachComprehensive experience in setting up Business Analysis processes and approaches (in elicitation, decomposition, modelling, documentation, traceability, prioritization, and change management)Vast experience in setting up requirements life cycle managementHigh proficiency in requirements documentation, its structure definition, and templates creationSolid experience in UML and BPMN modelling (and ability to adjust modelling approach according to the project context)Advanced knowledge of how to manage a solution roadmap and experience in its definition (or contribution, at least)Expertise in product scope management and backlog managementSolid knowledge of Business analysis techniques and best practicesExperienced and flexible Agile practitioner focused on delivering valueCommunication is a key. You speak and write in English fluently or at least at an upper-intermediate levelAble to express ideas, thoughts, and questions simply, concisely, and in a structured wayAccountable for the own scope of work and follow the “said and done” principleEager to learn and grow, curios, keen to constant self-developmentProactive in efforts to deliver results according to expectations, as well as keen to suggest new ideas, looking for alternative solutionsCapable of assessing tasks of less experienced colleagues and providing constructive feedbackDesirable
Experience in Pre-sales, Discovery phases : having ownership of BA tasksTechnical knowledge and skills : Solid knowledge of major architectural types Practical experience in working with main database types and writing queriesWhat's in it for you
Care : your mental and physical health is our priority. We ensure comprehensive company-paid medical insurance and Mental Health programs. We also provide you with meal vouchers to fuel your mind and bodyTailored education path : boost your skills and knowledge with our regular internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Pluralsight licenses, language courses and company-paid certificationsGrowth environment : share your experience and level up your expertise with a community of skilled professionals, locally and globallyFlexibility : Own your schedule – you are the one to decide when to start your working day. Just dont miss your regular team stand-upOpportunities : we value our specialists and always find the best options for themOur Internal Mobility Program helps change a project if needed to help you grow, excel professionally and fulfill your potentialGlobal impact : work on large-scale projects that redefine industries with international and fast-growing clientsWelcoming environment : feel empowered with a friendly team, open-door policy, informal atmosphere within the company and regular team-building events