Business Analyst, Remote Jobs

Under the general direction of the Americas IS Application Service Manager, the focus of this position
is to work closely with the business areas to gain in-depth understanding of customer's business
strategy, processes, and needs. This role will be key to address business challenges.
The Business Analyst is responsible for reviewing assigned business processes from end-to-end to
identify and address technical and operational risks as well as opportunities for improvement. The role
will provide IS consulting level support/guidance and will partner with stakeholders to develop solution
concepts and business cases for new investments as also identify, evaluate and document new solution
opportunities to address unmet needs.
Advantages
PROJECT & CHANGE DELIVERY

• Builds the business case for making a change to current practices, applications, or procedures.
• Conducts current state assessment, opportunity assessment, cost/benefit analysis, feasibility

assessment.

• Lead the delivery of ‘minor’ and small projects within different business areas following IS

PMOs’ governance.

• Lead in the implementation of new or revised technology project that will enhance business

performance, involving all relevant stakeholders across the division.

• Ensures effective timely communication and progress reporting to our key stakeholders and

internal customers.
FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• Ensure awareness of Project and Change Partner budget usage through lifecycle of the

delivery such as to avoid potential budget overspend situations.
TEAM DEVELOPMENT

• Support the agile working practices and a modern delivery culture by ensuring captured

requirements are written to enable incremental, iterative development and deployment.

• Collaborate with other client's BAs to help embed shared and common working practices.

Responsibilities
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
BUSINESS ANALYST

• Identify, create and facilitate the process of changes design by conducting business and systems

process analysis focusing on but not least: quality improvement, data management, process
improvements, re-engineering, integrating new systems or existing ones; and partnering with
internal and external customers to ensure systems provided meet the long-term business strategies.

• Stay current with customer needs and strategies, facilitating requirements’ gathering meetings and

presentations to all types of different stakeholders.

• Lead or participate in multiple projects by completing and updating project documentation;

managing project scope; adjusting schedules when necessary; ensuring efficient and on-time
delivery of project tasks and milestones; following proper escalation paths; and managing customer
and supplier relationships.

• Provide and support the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and

partnerships with key stakeholders; identifying business needs; and adapting to competing
demands, organizational changes and new responsibilities.

• Provide project level analysis – producing required project analysis documentation (business

requirements, scope matrix, use cases, sequence diagrams, future state proposals, UAT plan).

• Collaborate closely with developers to implement the requirements, provide necessary guidance to

testers during QA and deployment process, including user training.

• Serve as a liaison between IT Operations and IS to assist or gather business requirements needed for

system modifications, enhancement, and implementations.

• Create and maintain issue logs, meeting minutes, meeting schedules, project summaries and

updates according to projects or activities’ needs.
Qualifications
ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

• Technical Experience
• 6+ years degree related to information technology.
• 4+ years of documented experience as a business analyst on software development

projects.

• 5+ years’ experience in documenting requirements throughout the project’s lifecycle.
• Strong communication and engagement skills with an introductory level of

understanding of networking.

• 3+ years in documenting requirements for ERP implementations.
• Experience working with legacy applications’ projects.
• 6+ years as professional in information & Technology is first basis. Rest of professional
• Have designed and implemented at least 2 data migration projects.

experience can be within or cumulative. No restrictions

• 4+ years in project management, preferred PMI and Scrum.
• Experience in creating Process flow diagrams.
• Solid project management skills as part of implementing business process changes.
• Have worked in global companies, with preference of manufacturing, plant
• Processes
• Experience in both, Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

management, laboratory/pharmaceutical and industrial organizations.

• PMO / PMI — certification preferred.
• Business process modeling training—certification preferred.
• Certifications
• Desirable technical knowledge
• Knowledge of available data analytic tools. Database proficiency.
• BABOK knowledge is preferred.
• Agile methodology — certification preferred.

Summary
ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Displays effective research, problem-solving, analytical, critical thinking, influencing,

relationship management, and presentation skills.

• Ability to listen and engage with all levels of stakeholders (internal and external to the project)
• Demonstrated fluency in business processes and process differentiation.
• Ability to lead the conversations to conclusion.
• Excellent oral/written communication, which brings clarity and precision at all levels within the

organization.

• Lead by example
• Organizing and planning skills with a strong eye for detail
• Constructively challenge the “status quo” in regard to ways of working, iteratively
• Customer and results-oriented mind-set
• Pragmatism and ability to introduce improvements, one at the time

implementing small improvements at a time

• Bilingual: English and Spanish; ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing;
• Innovation and simplicity (providing quick wins to the business)

Portuguese is a plus

• Our client promotes a drug/alcohol free work environment using mandatory pre-
• Available to travel up to 15% of the time to international locations for 1 to 2 weeks.

employment drug testing and on-going random drug testing

• Has an ability to assert ideas and gain support and commitment from others.
• Has a strong work ethic, high standards and is results and customer driven.
• Is happy to work, manage and prioritize multiple and competing demands.
• Conveys insightful problem-solving skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment.
• Is able to take ownership and take other people on the journey.
• Shows initiative, is proactive and values continual improvement.

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