Business Analyst
A leading venture capitalist (VC) in Silicon Valley commented that “Evergent is a diamond in the rough”. Evergent today manages over 680M+ user accounts in over 180+ countries on behalf of our customers. Globally Evergent is working with 5 of the top 10 carriers (AT&T, Etisalat, SingTel, Telkomsel, and AirTel) and 4 of the top 10 media companies (HBO, FOX, SONY, and BBC). We are not surprised by the VC’s comment. We have done this with an amazing global team of ~360 professionals. Evergent is recognized as the global leader in Customer Lifecycle Management for launching new revenue streams without disturbing the inflexible legacy systems. The need for digital transformation in this subscription economy and our ability to launch services in weeks is what sets Evergent apart.
We are looking for a Business Analyst to join us.
Responsibilities:
Collect, review, analyze, manage, system and user requirements from business users and translate them into user stories and associated acceptance criteria.
Break down the requirements into user stories and input the tasks into a product management software. Carry the overall product vision to execution.
Work with the stakeholders to understand the requirements and communicate the requirements effectively to the product team.
Understanding of Product Management software such as JIRA.
Experienced in creating diagrams such as activity diagrams, flow diagrams, etc.
Research solutions to increase work efficiency.
Ability to operate in a complex environment of multiple projects and stakeholders and to participate in several projects simultaneously.
Knowledge of the partner and product lifecycle process.
Requirements analysis such as analyzing requirements, constructing workflow charts and diagrams, studying system/product capabilities, writing specifications (process modeling, organization modeling, use cases, etc.)
Solution assessment and validation (support of user acceptance testing, defect and issue reporting, etc.)
Document detailed functional & data business requirements, process flows, use cases, training material and facilitate UAT process
Work with the Dev team to clarify functional requirements and validate user acceptance criteria
Primary liaison to QA team, create test scenarios, and perform UAT
Ensures that delivery of project requirements meets the requirements defined by the business customer
Establishes knowledge of client business challenges and priorities to translate into opportunities
Maintains regular client communication and satisfaction, ensuring opportunities and challenges are addressed in a timely manner.
Helps deliver presentations to clients and management teams.
Contributes to project discoveries, kickoff, prepare proposals and statements of work following company standards
Translate client's business needs into detailed business requirements documents, use cases and systems interaction diagrams, process flows, and other required processes.
Gather, document, and analyze the output of business and data requirements using any of the following methodologies: use cases, function/non-function requirements, epics/user stories
Improve systems or processes by studying current practices, identifying process improvements, and designing modifications
Follow and execute against the specific business analysis requirements as defined by the business organization
Helps to establish the critical path, milestones, delivery dates, and review client deliverables to ensure they meet client acceptance criteria
Provides leadership throughout the lifecycles of a project, guiding the understanding the project team has through design and development to ensure project requirements are met
Helps establish project test strategy, methodologies, test plans as well as assist with test execution
Provide weekly status reports; monthly updates highlighting the risks in the projects/tasks
Knowledge of Jira/Confluence and other ticket tracking systems
Knowledge of office tools such as word, excel, Presentations.... etc.
Knowledge of project management tools.
Qualifications:
5+ recent year’s experience in the Entertainment Industry, preferably within Television Distribution, Home Entertainment Distribution, and/or Finance working as a subject matter expert
5+ recent year’s experience in an agile environment with preferred experience working in a scrum tool like Jira or Pivotal Tracker
Strong Functional Specifications and User Requirements Skills are a must
Excellent communication and presentation skills with technical and non-technical users across different levels of the organization
Be a self-starter, someone that can operate independently with minimal guidance
Experience working in large-scale system implementations with exposure in all phases of a project (from requirements through deployment)
Evidence of business acumen to communicate effectively with business and IT in day-to-day operations and delivery of IT services
Knowledge of cross-functional understanding of the core line of business processes and value chain services (i.e. Title & Rights, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Distribution, Finance) is a big plus.
Agile and Google Application experience preferred.
All prospective employees must pass a background check.