Business Analayst

Ayan Infotech are looking for a **Business Analyst **for a long term contract job opportunity in** Melbourne**.

All applicants must have full work rights in Australia.

**Role: Business Analyst**
**Location: Melbourne**
**Contract Duration: +6 Months**

**Business Analyst-P and C Insurance**

**Qualifications**(indicate whether mandatory or desired)
- Tertiary qualifications in IT, Business or associated field (Desired)

**Experience**(minimum type and level of experience required to perform the role)
- Minimum 5+ years' experience in a business analyst role in Insurance domain(mandatory)
- Project lifecycle experience (mandatory)
- Proficiency in working with distributed teams (mandatory)
- Understanding of the Procurement platforms and systems (Desired)
- Track record of working in a fast-paced collaborative cross-functional environment (Desired)

**Skillset Required**:

- Ability to analyze customer requirements and provide innovative solutions or alternatives to meet those requirements.
- Strong internal consultation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
- Excellent presentation and communication skills
- Advanced facilitation and workshop skills
- Ability for both 'technical speak' and 'business speak' and able to translate one to another.
- Advanced problem solving & troubleshooting skills; business research and analytical skills.
- Understanding of Agile development practices.
- Ability to cope with pressure, prioritize workloads and meet agreed timeframes
- Knowledge and experience of JIRA (mandatory)

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Use a range of information gathering techniques to proactively discover requirements; synthesize information accurately, completely and coherently to produce designs that realize strategic and project objectives
- Support defining of MVPs; features/stories and benefits
- Facilitate elaborations sessions; attend and facilitate other workshops as necessary
- Undertake technical analysis; define and document business logic; mapping and governance and success criteria
- Document and deliver Project artefacts as required
- Assist in estimating for Delivery Phase
- Assist in development of flight plan and milestones.
- Attend and contribute to agile ceremonies - Iteration Planning/Stand-up meetings/Retrospectives/Showcases
- Proactively identify RAIDS (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies).
- Support development and testing team in understanding of requirements
- Support test planning and execution
- Contribute to Knowledge Transfer as required during and after delivery of project
- Identify and call out improvement opportunities for project delivery
- Perform other duties as necessary during delivery of project and as assigned by Project/Iteration manager
- Work collaboratively maintaining ongoing dialogue and relationships with Stakeholders as part of continued solution development and support.
- Promote continuous improvement through involvement in review processes and demonstration of individual leadership skills.
- Demonstrate effective customer service.