Our direct client in Montvale, NJ seeks a sharp, energetic business analyst to work on a critical project involving HR database systems.

In this role, you will work on a project involving global HR data, helping define business rules and do some data analysis, extract data to test the business rules, and develop functional and technical specifications.

We seek an articulate, energetic Business Analyst with strong hands-on SQL skills, for this critical role.

Interested candidates should be articulate and have excellent interpersonal and written skills, and should be able to show examples of their BA work, i.e. use cases, functional or technical requirements, etc. as evidence of their past work.

This is a 3-month project initially, with immediate interview and start.  It is highly likely that the successful candidate will be extended for a longer duration, potentially through the rest of 2010.

Official job description:

Business Analyst Job Description

 

Responsibilities:

 

·        The incumbent will be required to support the team in creating business requirements and the translation of business requirements to functional and technical specifications

·        Will be required to facilitate meetings with business experts, and establish/document overall data governance policies and procedures.

·        Will be required to conduct data quality audits, develop data validation procedures, research and analyze data and assist in creating business rules and processes for improving data quality

·        Will be required to multitask and take on additional roles above and beyond the Business Analyst role as required by Program deliverables

·        Will be required to lead and support business process and document workshop sessions

·        Will be required to critically evaluate information gathered from multiple member firms, reconcile conflicts, decompose and capture information

·        Will be required to partner with process owners to identify and communicate technical solutions

·        Ability to document, organize and present results in presentations and various other artifacts

 

Required Skills:

 

·        8-10 years of professional work experience as business analyst in large scale systems implementation

·        Excellent English verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with various levels of management.

·        Strong facilitation skills to lead discussions and manage meetings

·        Exceptional cross-organization collaboration and interpersonal communication skills.

·        Advanced analytical skills and problem solving/trouble shooting skills

·        Five years of relational database experience. Complex SQL Querying/analyzing skills

·        Advanced Excel Capabilities

·        Strong technical and financial background with capabilities ranging from simple data analysis, statistical analysis to complex data mining.

·        Experience with data governance concepts, policies, procedures and data quality assessment

·        Capability to design, develop, implement and maintain business solutions

·        Excellent understanding of HR business practices and how they relate to and are incorporated into HR systems