Sr. Business Systems Analyst (Hartford)

Senior Business Systems Analyst

Under limited supervision, the Senior Business Systems Analyst is responsible for working with stakeholders to elicit, analyze, specify and validate business and solution requirements to meet business needs. Must be able to bring together a diverse stakeholder group, drive consensus and create a shared understanding between the customer community and the solution delivery team while maintaining alignment with Business and IT Strategies. Using knowledge of business goals, help translate strategies and initiatives into action plans with required deliverables The Senior Business Systems Analyst is able to independently transition to unfamiliar business and systems domains. This job typically acts as a team lead for analysts on medium to large sized initiatives. The Senior Business Systems Analyst provides direction, coaching and mentoring to less experienced analysts

What Will You Do?

• Identify, refine, and accurately articulate the business objectives and value proposition of assigned initiatives. Bring alternative perspectives and influence consensus among stakeholders.
• Ensure the solution (people, process and technology) meets the program and / or project objectives and is aligned with business and IT strategic direction. Participate in the development of a compelling business case that measure and communicate proposed project benefits.
• Collaborate with project leads to determine how requirements will be approached and managed for a particular project.
• Work with project leads to develop requirements work plans, identify task dependencies, develop estimates and determine resource skill requirements; support risk management and change management activities.
• Provide support and mentoring to other analysts and team members to facilitate a better understanding of requirements techniques, processes and deliverables required to support successful project delivery.
• Responsible for the success of the Requirements Definition Process for assigned work with limited supervision;.
• Elicit, analyze, specify and communicate business, system and implementation requirements.
• Ensure the requirements are unambiguous and understandable by both business users and solution delivery teams.
• Work with stakeholders to prioritize requirements effectively based on business value, risks and constraints.
• Effectively identifies and manages requirements conflicts and issues to resolution.
• Ensure that requirements are understood and approved by all stakeholders.
• Manage requirement traceability and changes throughout the project lifecycle.
• Measures and tracks quality of business analysis work.
• Ensure the test strategy and test plans adequately cover the requirements. Assist in defect resolution.
• Simultaneously support multiple initiatives as assigned.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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Employment Practices

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences. In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions. If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you. Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting. To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit http : / / careers.travelers.com / life-at-travelers / benefits / .