Job Description

Introduction
IBM Application Consultant Business (Business Analyst) works directly with our clients on key initiatives. You will have the opportunity to build an in-depth understanding of their business issues and implement organizational strategies that drive the adoption of change. We are looking for experts who can build credibility and trust with our clients and provide knowledge that addresses individual and unique business needs.

Your Role and Responsibilities

As an Application Consultant Business (Business Analyst) at IBM, you will have the opportunity for hands-on, on-the-job learning by supporting our Senior Business Analyst in the following day-to-day activities:

• Engage and manage both internal and external client stakeholders
• Have overall accountability to ensure high quality and timely solution delivery
• Conduct workshops and analyze business processes to gather requirements (functional and non-functional) using Agile methodology
  
• Perform gap analysis and recommend optimal solutions with COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) packages or software development products, or a combination of both
  
• Act as the bridge between the design and technical team to facilitate conflict resolutions and implement the business requirements as digital products and features
  
• Analyze and develop reporting, interfacing/integration, and data migration requirements
  
• Develop and maintain documentation such as Requirements Traceability Matrix, User Stories, Service Blueprint, Functional Design / Specifications, Report Specifications, Interface Specifications
  
• Recommend and ensure compliance with customer's audit and IT security policy requirements such as Separation of Duties, Data Security, User Access Control, and governance.
  
• Provide the testing and quality team with acceptance criteria for the products and services to be delivered and facilitate the end-to-end testing and acceptance of the project
  
• Work with the Solution Architect and Release Manager to ensure the business solution is in line with the recommended roadmap.
  
• Facilitate transition to the Application Maintenance team as part of Service Improvements / Sustainment

Job Requirements:
You are someone we are looking for if you have the following background and aspirations:

• A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent professional experience
• Interested to learn and experience the role of a Business Analyst in projects
  
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in managing stakeholders and leading/facilitating workshops
  
• Have an eye for detail, meticulous and strong analytical and documentation skills
  
• Have a growth mindset and ability to multi-task and work well under pressure
  
• Interested to learn and experiencing agile delivery methods as Business Analyst
  
• Interested to learn and experience implementing COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) or software development products, or a combination of both
  
• Interested to learn and experiencing with data analysis, cleansing, and standardization to manage end-to-end data migration
  
• Interested to acquire facilitation, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills, and being successful at building teams and relationships with people in local and remote locations.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Please refer to the JD

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Please refer to the JD

About Business Unit IBM Services is a team of business, strategy and technology consultants that design, build, and run foundational systems and services that is the backbone of the world's economy. IBM Services partners with the world's leading companies in over 170 countries to build smarter businesses by reimagining and reinventing through technology, with its outcome-focused methodologies, industry-leading portfolio and world class research and operations expertise leading to results-driven innovation and enduring excellence.

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