Business Analyst responsible for capturing & defining business requirements and ensuring delivery of those requirements within the IT Service Management function with a focus on the ServiceNow ITOM platform.
Key Accountabilities
Understand the current 'as is processes'
Requirement specification for enhancement requests for existing ITSM/ITOM tools and processes
Leading various ITSM customer working and focus groups to solicit requirements
Direct interaction with customers - as well as on and off-shore development teams
Identify areas of process and tooling improvement
Ensure gaps are clearly defined and assessed
Functional specification of 'target state' processes
Work closely with the development teams throughout all phases
Produce test strategies and engage actively in the testing phase
Coordinate user acceptance testing with key project stakeholders to ensure deliverables align to requirements
Work closely with BA's in other ITSM streams
Take an active role in customer and stakeholder engagement sessions
Take respective ownership throughout the project lifecycle
Ongoing involvement in continuous improvement of operating process and toolset enhancement
Conversant with Agile methods including SCRUM
Stakeholder Management and Leadership
Leadership
Develops basic presentations to influence others
Contributes to and encourages ideas; builds on suggestions of others
Inspires confidence by making and honouring commitments; demonstrates initiative and competence; communicates a vision and strategy of own role
Stakeholder Management: Ability to assertively manage stakeholders at all levels, including confidently challenging requests when necessary, while ensuring alignment with business objectives (experience with Barclays is desirable)
Management
Can identify and map stakeholders of the project
Demonstrates initiative and competence; supports and encourages positive working behaviours in others
Effectively delegates tasks; provides examples of own ability to shift well from task to task
Experienced in working in a team, creating and managing project plans
Knows the objectives, initiatives and issues of their team & department and can use this to prioritise work