Business Analyst

Business analysts in IT projects act as bridges between stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring solutions align with business goals.

Responsibilities:

•                  Elicit and document business requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and analysis of existing specifications.

•                  Manage stakeholders actively to align expectations, specify requirements within the solution platform's capabilities, communicate progress, and prevent deviations from the tender-defined scope, thereby minimizing scope creep.

•                  Translate business needs into functional and non-functional specifications, user stories, or models like UML/BPMN for developers.

•                  Support solution design, testing (including UAT), and implementation by validating requirements against predefined scope.

•                  Manage changes to requirements throughout the project lifecycle, rigorously evaluating impacts on tender specifications before approval.

•                  Provide post-implementation support, training, and enhancements to ensure ongoing system value without scope expansion.

Requirements:

•                  Must possess strong communication skills, proficient in written and spoken English.

•                  Must hold a bachelor's degree in business administration, computer science, IT or related field.

•                  Must have more than 3 years of experience as a Business Analyst in IT/software projects, including requirement gathering and stakeholder management.

•                  Must have experience managing stakeholders to minimize scope creep and ensure requirements align with predefined tender specifications and solution platform capabilities.

•                  Preferred: IIBA certifications (ECBA, CCBA, CBAP, or PMI-PBA).

•                  Preferred: Advanced degree such as MBA or MS in business analytics.

•                  Preferred: Entry-level Project Management certification.

•                  Preferred: Working experience in Government of Singapore projects.

•                  Preferred: Experience with data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau) and scripting (Python/R).

•                  Preferred: Proficiency in technical skills like SQL, Excel, BPMN/UML modelling, and SDLC methodologies (Agile/Waterfall).

•                  Preferred: Familiarity with NewGen and Java technologies or similar platforms.