Business Analyst

Associate III - Business Analysis

 

Who We Are:

Born digital, UST transforms lives through the power of technology. We walk alongside our clients and partners, embedding innovation and agility into everything they do. We help them create transformative experiences and human-centered solutions for a better world.

UST is a mission-driven group of 29,000+ practical problem solvers and creative thinkers in more than 30 countries. Our entrepreneurial teams are empowered to innovate, act nimbly, and create a lasting and sustainable impact for our clients, their customers, and the communities in which we live.

With us, you’ll create a boundless impact that transforms your career—and the lives of people across the world.

Visit us at UST.com.

 

You Are:

A Business Analyst responsible for looking over large amounts of data, put together reports and presentations for leadership teams. Additionally, the Business Analyst also works with various software programs to help formulate proper workflows and templates.

 

The opportunity:

·       Creating a detailed business analysis, outlining problems, opportunities and solutions for a business

·       Create and manage requirements as Agile stories and Acceptance criteria in Jira.

·       Facilitate requirements gathering meetings, facilitation of small and large groups to ensure full understanding of the requirements and acceptance criteria.

·       Promote adaptive planning, evolutionary development and delivery and encourages a rapid and flexible response to change.

·       Discuss the expectations and the pain points of the product with the business users.

·       Develop and communicate the vision of the product being developed.

·       Translate the expectations and preferences of the end users into User Stories.

·       Prioritize the requirements/User Stories based on their business value and risks.

·       Define the goals of Sprints and Releases.

·       Communicate with the business users and stakeholders on a regular basis to provide feedback on progress of the implementation of the vision.

·       Regularly connects with the business users and sponsors to keep a check on business priority.

·       Represent the end users to explain/clarify the requirements to the team and provide feedback on the stories developed

·       Revisit and update Management Plan during Sprint 0 as necessary.

·       Communicate Management Plan changes to all affected stakeholders.

·       Ensure that the Product Backlog contains enough items to be developed at all times.

·       Participate in Change Control Board meetings for Change Requests Approvals.

·       Support and promote the Agile impact on people, processes and tools, and based on iterative, time boxed and an incremental approach

·       Collaborate with the TPO, Project Manager, Development manager to coordinate project schedules, budgets, and staffing.

·       In an Agile environment, work with the Scrum Master and other product and project management to ensure stakeholder satisfaction and return on investment.

 

 

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.

 

What you need:

·       Must have knowledge of basic computer programs and concepts such as scaling, database analyses, and software interfaces

·       Experience on user stories, use cases, meeting minutes, Acceptance criteria, business requirements, functional requirements.

·       Experience with flowchart, UML design, others.

·       Experience in data management

·       Experience working in Agile under Scrum methodology, with industry tools for project planning like Jira, Confluence, LucidChart.

·       Must be proactive and technology passionate and have great communication skills to be able to discuss about designs with the technical teams and transmits ideas in a professional environment.

·       Must be self-managed and team oriented, must be able to coordinate his/her own time as well as plan ahead of tasks with other technical teams, and must be willing to seek for technical problems that the teams may be experience and proactive in looking for solutions.

·       Ability to work independently and as part of a team

·       Excellent communication skills in dealing with colleagues, the management team, and external partners

·       A keen eye for detail that helps efficiently detect and solve problems

·       Analytical thinking skills

·       Ability to build strong client and business relationships

·       Excellent written and spoken English skills (>85%).

 

 

Benefits

Employees receive eleven (11) paid holidays, two (2) weeks of paid vacation per year, and are eligible for health, dental, disability and life insurance.

What we believe:

We proudly embrace the values that have shaped UST since day one. We build our culture of Humility, Humanity, and Integrity. These values inspire us to nurture a people-first, human centric culture that fosters diversity, prioritizes sustainable solutions, and keeps our people and clients at the forefront of all decisions.

Humility:

We will listen, learn, be empathetic and help selflessly in our interactions with everyone.

Humanity:

Through business, we will better the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.

Integrity:

We honor our commitments and act with responsibility in all our relationships.

An Equal Opportunity Workplace, Free of Discrimination and Harassment

At UST, we strive to provide a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We are an equal opportunity employer and employment decisions are based on merit and business needs. Our Human Rights Policy further illustrates our stand on this. We are committed to following fair employment practices that provide equal opportunities to all employees. We do not discriminate or allow harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, genetic information, military status, or any other legally protected status. At UST, we value diversity and believe that a diverse workplace builds a competitive advantage.

Un lugar de trabajo con igualdad de oportunidades y libre de discriminación y acoso

En UST, nos esforzamos por proporcionar un ambiente de trabajo libre de discriminación y acoso. Somos un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades y basa las decisiones de empleo en los méritos y las necesidades del negocio. Estamos comprometidos a seguir prácticas de empleo justas que brinden igualdad de oportunidades a todos los empleados. No discriminamos ni permitimos el acoso por motivos de raza, color, religión, discapacidad, género, origen nacional, orientación sexual, identidad de género, expresión de género, edad, información genética, estado militar o cualquier otro estado legalmente protegido. En UST, valoramos la diversidad y creemos que un lugar de trabajo diverso construye una ventaja competitiva.

UST reserves the right to periodically redefine your roles and responsibilities based on the requirements of the organization and/or your performance.

 

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