Sr. Business Analyst - (US-TX-Houston - 77299)

Minimum Education: None
Job Type: Contract
Jobcode: 14,742
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Publicly-traded company is looking for someone, using independent judgment and minimal supervision, to perform and lead business analysis, requirements analysis, software testing and end-user training activities for the company's business applications.

Responsibilities-
· Assist SME's with determining success criteria for each requirement that will be transformed into a USE case.
· Conduct data gathering meetings.
· Document meeting minutes and drive closure of action items.
· Drive the change control process.
· Follow up on the status of change requests/priorities to keep documentation up to date.
· Act as point of contact for the SME's for all requirements related issues.
· Set- up periodic meetings to review clarifications with development for CR closure and approval.
· The Sr. Business Analyst has final say on whether a Consultant's programming results are meeting the client's requirements based upon the client's business needs.
· Initiate systems development projects.
· Review data models, functional specifications and designs to ensure client requirements are being met.
· Liaison between the IT department and the user community.
· Create business process flows.
· Use of PL/SQL in order to do data analysis and problem solving.
· Strong leadership ability in order to drive to closure.

Additional Needed Skills:
Change Management - Accepts, adapts to change as directed; understands change is a constant and necessary path for improvement and growth. Questions the status quo by asking "Why?" questions about own work processes and work environment.

Customer Focus - Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; talks and acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
Leadership - Exchanges information with appropriate people to complete work. Represents the company and department in a positive light.
Problem Solving - Solves difficult problems with effective solutions; asks good questions and probes all sources for answers; can see underlying or hidden problems and patterns; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answers.
Self-confidence - A belief in one's capability to accomplish a task and select an effective approach to a task or problem. This includes confidence in one's ability as expressed in increasingly challenging circumstances and confidence in one's decision or opinions.

Degreed preferred, coupled with 3-5 years of experience (minimum)