Position: Sr. Business Systems Analyst
Location: Rt 93/Boston, MA Area

Details:
Sr. Business Systems Analyst - Property & Casualty Insurance - Rt 93/Boston, MA Area - Up to $90K+
Up to $90K+ DOE + Small Bonus
Local Candidates Only - No sponsorship
Stable Work History

Company:
Mid sized, very successful financial services firm - voted one of the Best Places to Work in Boston.

Position Responsibilities - Summary:
The Senior Systems Business Analyst is responsible for successful participation and leadership in projects of various sizes, impact and complexity in support of the company’s business plan. Principal duties include eliciting and documenting functionality requirements for software applications as well as providing peer reviews of requirements written by other team members.

This individual will be called upon to lead requirement and brainstorming sessions to determine appropriate needs and solutions. This position will be required to move fluidly between the business users, application development, quality assurance and other professional services to identify, evaluate and document requirements that meet business needs.

The Sr. Systems Business Analyst will work as a conduit between the customer community and application development team through which requirements flow, interpreting and anticipating business needs with clarity and completeness. The successful candidate will have the ability to use sound judgment to make key decisions in the approach, design, scope and solution of business requests in order to meet both strategic and tactical goals.

The Sr. Systems Business Analyst is also responsible to prepare the business community for the newly introduced functionality by preparing comprehensive implementation plans, communicating implementation and change to key stakeholders and providing training to impacted users.

Detailed Responsibilities:
- Act as the liaison between the technology groups and the Business Customers

- Provide guidance and leadership to BA(s) and Project Teams

- Train, coach and mentor junior or new members of the team

- Fulfill the role of BA Lead while working on initiatives including leading and facilit1ating meetings and working sessions.

- Determine the approach for gathering requirements and determine the required deliverables for assigned projects

- Perform research and analysis to deliver high quality detailed business requirements that can be understood by the business users and the development teams.

Required Skills and Competencies:
- Bachelors Degree plus 6 years experience - Advanced degree preferred.

- Experience includes working as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, Project Manager or Quality Assurance Analyst.

- Must have domain expertise in the Property & Casualty Insurance space.

- Project Lead experience required.

- With little supervision the Senior Systems Business Analyst must be able to prioritize work, and meet deadlines while delivering high quality, and positive outcomes resulting in high levels of customer satisfaction.

- The successful candidate will have strong written, verbal and presentation communication skills, have a thorough understanding of business processes, the ability to collaborate with various stakeholders, strong analytical skills, as well as the ability to think abstractly, identify patterns and use sound judgment to generate creative ideas and solutions.

- A Senior Business Analyst will be required to be well versed in both the business and technology domains in order to make sound decisions in the use of automated solutions.

- This role requires innovative thinking, the ability to resolve conflict and demonstrated success leading and motivating others.

Contact Information:
Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354
Email - replywrightassociates AT verizon DOT net
WEB Site - www.wrightassociates.org