We are urgently looking to recruit a Business Analyst that also has some Project Management experience for a key role to be based in Prague.

It is also essential that you can speak Czech.

Purpose of Role

• Business industry professionals, who elicit, analyse, communicate and validate business/user requirements for processes, policies and information systems
• Translate these business needs/end-user requirements into functional specifications that describe what the system, process or product/service must do to fulfill the end-user/business requirements
• In addition lead the F Project Delivery Team

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the Project Delivery Team
• Formulates and defines system scope and objectives through research and fact-finding combined with an understanding of applicable business systems and industry requirements
• Devises or modifies procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operation time, and form of desired results
• Includes analysis of business and user needs, documentation of requirements, and translation into proper system requirement specifications
• Influences business partners and service providers regarding priorities, hardware/software selection and/or vendor selection
• Analyzes marketplace, industry, company, technology trends and best practices, vendor products and services, etc.
• Identifies and documents business strategies, objectives and drivers
• Analyzes and documents business processes and metrics, and identifies improvement opportunities
• Calculates/estimates costs and benefits of alternative actions or solutions to establish their viability/ROI
• Re-engineers processes to deliver greater effectiveness and efficiency
• Identifies/documents how applications and systems interact to support business processes
• Assesses, applies and projects the impact of system changes on users and internal and external clients or stakeholders
• Uses knowledge of systems and industry requirements to develop or modify complex information systems
• Writes test plans and test cases to ensure changes which are made to the application meet client needs and that application integrity is maintained
• Conducts a variety of tests such as system, integration, readiness, and acceptance tests. Ensures that the changes made by programmers are correct
• Conducts tests using client data to be certain client needs will be met
• Verifies through testing that changes made by programmers to one part of the application do not impact other parts
• Reports and reviews testing results
• Trains internal employees or external clients on changes, new systems or new procedures
• Conducts one-on-one or classroom training depending upon the size or desire of the audience
• May mentor, guide, advise and or check the work of less experienced Business Systems Analysts
• Considers the business implications of the application of technology to the current business environment

Candidates will demonstrate or possess the following

• Experience in the financial services industry, particularly within the retail banking sector
• Experience in a customer facing role using consultative skills
• Knowledge and experience of Core Banking System - Profile is a plus.
• Knowledge of end-to-end systems development life cycles (i.e., waterfall, iterative and other modern approaches to software development)
• Proficiency in solutions design and requirements definition disciplines leveraging model driven design based tools and techniques including conceptual solution component models, business process models, use cases, etc.
• Excellent customer service skills that build high levels of customer satisfaction for internal and external clients
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to technical and non-technical audiences of various levels in the organization (eg executive, management, individual contributors)
• Willingly shares relevant technical and/or industry knowledge and expertise to other resources
• Excellent analytical, decision-making, problem-solving, team, and time management skills
• Ability to persuade and influence others on the best approach to take
• Ability to estimate work effort for project sub-plans or small projects and ensure the project is successfully completed
• Ability to travel to a different location in EMEA region
• Very good written and spoken English
• Is resourceful and proactive in gathering information and sharing ideas

Skills and knowledge from Project Management perspective

• Experience in project management role in a financial services software company
• Experience in a customer facing role using consultative skills
• Knowledge of how to plan projects
• Knowledge of how to identify and set midterm milestones and objectives
• Knowledge of what the planning analysis and planning tools are and how to use them