Senior Business Analyst - Data Solutions

Senior Business AnalystThe Senior Business Analyst, focusing on the data portfolio, performs analysis activities that support the decision making regarding matching technology solutions (package selection, configuration, development) with business, user, and functional needs from stakeholders. This involves conducting market research, functional comparisons, and staying abreast of what is being done at other professional services firms. This person partners with the appropriate business stakeholders and the Senior Program Manager to prioritize and create a project roadmap for their assigned area, in this case Data Governance, Warehousing, Analytics, and Visualization. With the business and IT teams, they maintain a set of institutional knowledge of what is working well within the program and what needs improvement.ResponsibilitiesPartner with business stakeholders to understand and prioritize their needs, creating a roadmap of projects for their assigned area.Seek input of user experience and business analysts to determine potential improvements to their assigned products.Stay abreast of best practices being done at other companies, and technology developments that may impact the area. Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders and the Senior Portfolio Manager to influence the technology decisions for the area based on this knowledge.Analyze and consolidate all perspectives on the project – business needs, user experiences, security, training, risk, time, cost, technology architecture, procurement/vendor management, operational considerations, etc. – to help the company reach the best technology decisions.Drives projects and business teams toward achieving intended business results within a specified time and budget.Performs risk analysis, identifies and resolves critical path issues.Preparation and analysis of program/project related data.Review and reporting of program/project status.Preparation of materials for briefings and presentations to large size groups of key decision makers at the executive level.Requirements5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, with strong experience gathering and documenting business requirements for software projectsExperience working as a Business Analyst on projects that focus around data: Data Governance, Data Warehousing, Analytics, Business Intelligence or VisualizationNice To HavesExperience working with 3rd party software vendorsVendor evaluationMatching requirements to feature sets offered by vendor softwareStaying current on industry trends in the area of data to be able to recommend solutions to appropriate stakeholdersBachelor's Degree, ideally in an area related to Information Technology