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Business Analyst
Sony Pictures
Culver City, CA, United States
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Business Analyst, Studio Systems Group
We are looking for a Business Analyst in the Studio Systems Group to serve as a primary interface to the business users. With the guidance from a business relationship manager, the Business Analyst will assist the development teams and vendors in understanding the business processes, workflows, and information requirements of the users.
In this role, the Business Analyst will be expected to successfully carry out multiple responsibilities including requirements gathering, process analysis, technology solution development, system configuration and project management.
Responsibilities:
Project Execution
• Requirements, Documentation, and Design (functional, technical, interface, use cases)
◦ Collect, review, analyze, manage, system and user requirements from business
◦ Develop functional requirements & testing scenarios that can be used to develop internal design specifications for systems or services
◦ Determine interface requirements
◦ Document detailed functional & data business requirements, process flows, use cases, project plans & information needs
◦ Analyze/understand business challenges
◦ Map current business processes to the new system or service
• Testing
◦ Create test scenarios that match the functional specifications developed
◦ Perform QA testing, coordinate UAT testing
◦ Analyze test results and document defects to resolve with technical team
• Project Delivery (Go-Live)
◦ Develop cutover plan to implement in environment
◦ Ensures business requirements meet those defined by the business
◦ Hyper-care for business unit
• Training (Users, Team Members, etc.)
◦ Ensure training needs are met for new or existing applications
Qualifications
Skills/Knowledge
• Technical
◦ SDLC/ITIL
# Understanding and execution of SDLC and ITIL processes.
# Experience gathering requirements for business application development efforts, enhancements or projects
◦ Primary and Related Technology (Software/Hardware)
# Create process business flow diagrams (Visio)
# Knowledge of basic accounting and GL principles
# Understanding of File Transfer Interfaces and APIs
• Financial
◦ GL Knowledge
# Basic understanding of chart of accounts classifications and usage
# Basic understanding of standard billing flow
# Basic understanding of profit/loss
• Process
◦ Management
# Project management skills involving small to mid-size projects.
◦ Issue Resolution
# Issue tracking skills, documenting and communicating issues/defects to the appropriate level of detail for business users and technical teams.
◦ Documentation
# Strong documentation experience in creating detailed use case documents, functional documents, reporting and interface specifications.
Additional
• Four or more years of relevant working experience
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Ability to adapt to and work in an Agile Methodology environment; experience working in an agile environment is a preferred
• Is curious and takes on the challenge of unfamiliar tasks
• Collaborative, positive attitude and open to giving and receiving feedback
• Optimizes work processes
Core Competencies
• Trusted Partner
◦ Consistently demonstrates ethics and integrity
◦ Shows respect to all colleagues regardless of position
◦ Fulfills commitments
◦ Values diversity in thought and background
◦ Builds trust and productive relationships across SPE
• Effective Communicator
◦ Articulates views in a concise and clear manner
◦ Comfortable adjusting style according to audience
◦ Solid written and presentation skills
◦ Leverages data and insights to influence others
• Strategic Thinker
◦ Recognizes the factors critical to the organization’s long-term success
◦ Understands how his/her work impacts the bottom line
◦ Sees the big picture, able to connect the dots
◦ Applies analytics to business data to describe, predict, and improve business performance
• Problem-solver
◦ Asks the right questions to analyze situations, able to carefully define the problem, does not rush to conclusions
◦ Simplifies and makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information
◦ Uncovers root causes to difficult problems
• Change Agent
◦ Flexible and open to change
◦ Learns quickly when facing new situations
*Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.
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