Business Analyst

Experience BCA/BTech/MCA + MBA with 3 + years (relevant) A Business Analyst involves in analyzing business processes and systems to identify areas for improvement and help organizations achieve their goals more effectively. They focus on understanding business needs, translating them into technical requirements, and facilitating communication between business and IT teams preferably in Travel domain.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

1. Requirements Gathering and Analysis: Gather requirements from stakeholders, analyze their needs, and document them clearly.
2. Process Improvement: Identify areas for process optimization, suggest improvements, and help implement changes.
3. Stakeholder Management: Facilitate communication and collaboration between stakeholders, ensuring everyone is aligned.
4. Solution Design and Implementation: Work on designing and implementing solutions that meet business needs.
5. Documentation and Communication: Create and maintain documentation, including functional specifications, requirements documents, process flows, component diagrams, use case, input/output docs, API documents, navigation site maps, etc.
6. Testing and Validation: Testing and validating solutions to ensure they meet requirements with QA team.
7. Change Management: Change management efforts, ensuring smooth transitions and minimal disruption.
8. Security and System Audit Assistance in Internal and External Audits.
9. Knowledge of task estimation techniques, effort variance, risk register, version maintenance, CAR, and DAR is a must.
10. Experience in tools like JIRA, draw.io, and other project management tool is a must
11. Experience in SDLC methodologies.

Skills and Qualifications:

1. Education background: Min. of Bachelor's/Master degree in a related field like IT, or a quantitative discipline is typically required.
2. Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are crucial in travel domain.
3. Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential for communicating with stakeholders at all levels.
4. Interpersonal Skills: Ability to build relationships and work effectively with others is vital.
5. Technical Skills: Understanding of databases, networks, and other relevant technologies is required.
6. Business Acumen: A strong understanding of business processes and operations is essential in the travel industry.
7. Project Management Skills: Experience in project management or related roles can be beneficial.
8. Certifications: Certifications like CSPO or Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) will have an added advantage.