Saint Petersburg, FL, 33747, USA
1 day ago
Lead Business Analyst
**Job Description** **This position will follow our hybrid work model, we expect the selected candidate to be in office 3 days a week at one of the following office locations: St. Petersburg, FL;** **Responsibilities:** Plan and coordinate the identification and elicitation of requirements; conduct analysis of those requirements for completion and alignment; document and manage requirements throughout the life of the project; and coordinate the verification of the end deliverable. Generally done at the project level. Make authoritative recommendations that have a significant impact on the business over the short and long term. Recommendations could be technical or professional in nature. Approve database specifications, ensuring all agreed standards and protocols are followed and data integrity is preserved. Document the most complex "as is" and "to be" processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the "to be" capability to record accurately the change required. Elicit complex business requirements using a variety of methods, such as interviews, document analysis, workshops, and workflow analysis, to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals. Conduct complex feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective and document findings to complete cost-benefit analysis on implementing changes to business processes, products, or business unit structure. Explore and develop a detailed understanding of external developments or emerging issues and evaluate their potential impact on, or usefulness to, the organization. Interpret the business need and identify solution recommendations to business problems at a business unit level. Lead the improvement efforts to be made that are within span of control at this level. Develop straightforward business cases or lead feasibility and assessment work for proposed and current projects to support the development and continuous review of business cases. Develop existing and new applications by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Develop new applications to meet customer requirements. Create and maintain technical and/or user documentation to a high standard, and back up files to ensure instant recovery if problems occur. Promote a culture of innovation by creating solutions that boost creativity, innovation, and collaboration, such as idea generation platforms, jam sessions, and hackathons. Act as subject matter expert in an area of technology, policy, regulation, or operational management for the team. Maintain external accreditations and in-depth understanding of current and emerging external regulation and industry best practices through continuing professional development, attending conferences, and reading specialist media. Skills: Acts as the organizational authority and established expert on analyzing data trends for use in reports to help guide decision making. Acts as the organization's authority and established expert on understanding and using standard office equipment and standard software packages to support business processes. Works at an advanced level to conduct an enterprise readiness assessment to determine the organization's readiness for change. Typically works independently and provides guidance. Works at an advanced level to conduct gap analysis between current and future states to identify components of the overall change strategy. Typically works independently and provides guidance. Uses comprehensive knowledge and/or skills to act independently with guiding and training others on identifying, assessing, prioritizing and managing project-related risks. Applies comprehensive knowledge to act independently while providing guidance and training to others on using clear and effective verbal communications skills to express ideas, request actions and formulate plans or policies. Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while providing guidance and training to others on developing appropriate plans or performing necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements. Works at an advanced level to analyze potential solutions and create recommendations based on the expected benefits, costs, and overall value of the solution for key stakeholders. Typically works independently and provides guidance. Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while providing guidance and training to others on analyzing data from multiple sources to draw appropriate conclusions and make suitable recommendations. Works at an advanced level to interpret, contribute to, or lead business case creation with client departments to quantify current costs, justify project investment, and identify the return on investment. Typically works independently and provides guidance. Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to act independently while guiding and training others on analyzing the business requirements that IT solutions must meet. Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while providing guidance and training to others on planning, organizing, prioritizing and overseeing activities to efficiently meet business objectives. Works at an advanced level to manage the work that determines the quality policies, procedures, and responsibilities so the work satisfies the needs for which it was undertaken. Typically works independently and provides guidance. Works at an advanced level to lead facilitated sessions for requirements elicitation, focus groups, and user acceptance testing. Typically works independently and provides guidance. Works at an advanced level to shift into and out of a mental mindsets associated with assessing the facts and circumstances of the current situation and/or environment and making the appropriate/innovative adjustments to thinking and work habits to thrive in any scenario. Typically works independently and provides guidance. Works at an advanced level to understand business context, needs, rules, and architecture, as well as organizational structure, cultures, capabilities, and processes to document the current state of processes and the business. Typically works independently and provides guidance. Acts independently to apply comprehensive understanding of the business environment and objectives developing solutions while providing guidance and training to others. Acts as the organizational authority and established expert on acquiring, organizing, protecting and processing data to fulfill business objectives. Works at an advanced level to envision and document the future state of processes and products by identifying the solution scope, potential value of the future state, and the changes to the process, products, organization infrastructure, capabilities, and technology necessary to achieve the desired future state. Typically works independently and provides guidance. Works at an advanced level to conduct activities to collect, analyze, diagram (model), and report information and data flow, including state changes, to help make strategic decisions, achieve major goals, and solve complex problems. Typically works independently and provides guidance. Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to act independently while guiding and training others on achieving full compliance with applicable rules and regulations in management and/or operations. Acts independently using comprehensive knowledge and/or skills to conduct research and analyze data while guiding and training others on how to develop a comprehensive understanding of customer and market conditions that enables maximum return on investments. Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to act independently while guiding and training others on designing, implementing, maintaining and administering databases. Works at an advanced level to utilize the appropriate modeling tool(s) to diagram the requirements from data and state changes, process and process improvements, as well as use cases and user stories. Typically works independently and provides guidance. Works at an advanced level to prioritize components of a project, program, or portfolio work in context with risks, activities, stakeholders, etc. across the life of the project or program. Typically works independently and provides guidance. Uses comprehensive knowledge and/or skills to act independently while providing guidance and training to others on identifying, managing and controlling project-related changes. Works at an advanced level to estimate and manage the effort and finances to complete the work within budget. Typically works independently and provides guidance. Works at an advanced level to estimate each of the components of project, program, or portfolio work, including costs, activity durations, resource needs, risks, stakeholders, etc. across the life of the project or program. Typically works independently and provides guidance. Works at an advanced level to identify, verify, and manage changes to the scope of the project or program, utilizing the most appropriate approach. Typically works independently and provides guidance. Works at an advanced level to design, create and administer the test scripts associated with the delivery of the project, ensuring that the requirements are being met from a functional, design and user experience perspective.Typically works independently and provides guidance. Works at an advanced level to manage the documentation, archiving, traceability, changes, and approvals of requirements throughout the project life cycle. Typically works independently and provides guidance. Applies comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while providing guidance and training to others on reviewing and creating relevant, lucid and effective reports. Works at an advanced level to identify assumptions in order to manage risk, assess the success with measurable evaluation criteria, and evaluate alignment of requirements with solution scope to support value delivery. Typically works independently and provides guidance. Works at an advanced level to create the rules for requirements and design quality, perform verification activities, and maintain quality control. Typically works independently and provides guidance. **Education** Bachelor’s: Accounting, Bachelor’s: Business Administration, Bachelor’s: Computer and Information Science **Work Experience** General Experience - 3 to 6 years **Certifications** **Travel** Less than 25% **Workstyle** Hybrid At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view. We expect our associates at all levels to: • Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same • Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes • Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind • Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter • Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm At Raymond James – as part of our people-first culture, we honor, value, and respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates. When associates bring their best authentic selves, our organization, clients, and communities thrive. The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs. \#LI-SA1
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