Principal Business Analyst

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Job Description

Business Analyst – job description and role profile

OBJECTIVES/PURPOSE

• Principal Business Analyst is a specialist with years of experience and works independently on tasks with high cross-product complexity. Inputs for their work are given directly by other stakeholders. Works independently on assigned tasks and may help less experienced members when necessary.
• One of main responsibilities is to gather, analyze and document specifications and may assign small complexity tasks to less experienced members if needed.
• Advise less experienced analyst/s in effectively analyzing complex end-to-end business processes and eliciting business requirements and needs, including identification of business needs.
• Consults and advice business regarding complex changes, projects, or programs
• It is expected that the output will be on a desired level according to company standards.
• Close cooperation with development, product/platform owners, QA and others is expected on daily basis including validation of user stories, QA, and other outcomes.

SCOPE

• Works with the business to identify the challenges and opportunities for data digital solutions to make an impact.
• Maintain documentation and outputs for assigned parts of data product.
• Ensure that analytical outputs are complete, consistent, understandable, achievable, unambiguous, verifiable and in line with established standards.
• Process and decompose internal customer requirements into specifications and smaller blocks like user stories.
• Works with teams in the identification of business and data requirements, functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures.
• Provides continuous updates to stakeholders and Project Lead during project delivery, communicate changes, problems, and ambiguities in a timely manner.
• Possesses in-depth knowledge of analysis methodologies and its capabilities, forms the bridge between the business and the team of testers and developers during successful delivery of projects.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Principal business and data analysis in defined area and is responsible for overall analysis process and strategy for dedicated area.
• Gather and analyze requirements from internal customers in form of discussions, workshops, and others.
• Process and decompose internal customer requirements into specifications and smaller blocks like user stories.
• Gather and incorporate suggestions from stakeholders into analytical outputs.
• Maintain and manage changes in documentation and outputs for assigned parts of data product.
• Create and update analytical outputs like solution specification.
• Collaborate in defining, implementing, and improving processes, policies, and tools related to analysis.
• Prepare reports for stakeholders and present the results of the analysis.
• Ensure that analytical outputs are complete, consistent, understandable, achievable, unambiguous, verifiable and in line with established standards.
• Deliver tasks on time and in the required quality.  
• Use and follow set standards and processes.
• Organize and lead workshops, demo sessions and other meetings with different stakeholders.

DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS

Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise

• Experience with data platforms (preferably Databricks or Snowflake)
• Experience in SQL, including writing basic queries and using SQL functions and operators. Familiarity with database design, indexing, and understanding of primary and foreign keys.
• Knowledge on BPMN, UML including modeling tools.
• Ability to read and create ER Diagrams.
• Experience with Atlassian stack (Jira, Confluence).
• Experience with Cloud Solutions (preferably AWS) is advantage.
• Ability to create tactical plans that support the execution of a broader strategy, ability to decompose high-level information into small parts, abstract small parts into large picture.
• Ability to find missing information and coordinate gathering of inputs on their own.
• Confident and skilled at identifying and navigating through roadblocks.
• Experience in Agile development.
• Certification in business analysis area (CBAP, BCS, other).

Leadership

• Build cooperative relationships directly or indirectly within a matrix structure.
• Engage stakeholders effectively, supporting their Agile journey, ensuring product owners and project stakeholders understand their roles in delivering a successful product.
• Influence and build consensus among peers.
• Clearly communicate the impact of various projects to the leadership team.

Decision-Making and Autonomy

• Balance the needs of the business and delivery teams when managing and prioritizing the project pipeline.
• Be assertive and confident in being an authoritative voice, influencing stakeholders.
• Foster a learning and growth mindset within teams.
• Promote innovative thinking and self-development.

Interaction

• Create and maintain an atmosphere of trust through facilitation of retrospectives and feedback exchange among team members.
• Coordinate interaction of internal and external resources within business analysis area if needed.

Complexity

• Clear obstacles and blockers in the team’s path (such as dependencies on other teams) and maintain a list of obstacles.
• Contribute to product development to the extent of their competence.
• Divide problems into smaller tasks and solve them effectively. Understands relations and trends in more complex tasks.

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