American Bureau of Shipping Hiring for Business Analyst I at Pune, Maharashtra Full Time

The Freedom Business Analyst role is to analyze, specify, and validate the business needs of project stakeholders, be they customers or end users. This includes interviewing stakeholders and gathering and compiling user requirements to convey to development teams throughout the software lifecycle. The Business Analyst will also apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to help support the development process, and to ensure that project deliverables are met according to specifications.  The Business Analyst will play a pivotal role in ensuring IMS understanding of business requirements.

What You Will Do: 

• Collaborates with project managers and project sponsors to determine project scope and vision.
• Conducts interviews to gather user requirements via workshops, questionnaires, surveys, site visits, workflow storyboards, use cases, scenarios, and other methods.
• Identifies and establishes scope and parameters of requirements analysis on a project-by-project basis to define project impact, outcome criteria, and metrics.
• Works with stakeholders and project team to prioritize collected requirements.
• Works with business users to perform cost-benefit and return on investment (ROI) analyses for proposed changes to aid management in making implementation decisions.
• Assists in conducting research on software and hardware products to meet agreed upon requirements and to support purchasing efforts.
• Analyzes and verifies requirements for completeness, consistency, comprehensibility, feasibility, and conformity to standards.
• Develops and utilizes standard templates to accurately and concisely write requirements specifications.
• Works with business to translate conceptual user requirements into functional requirements in a clear manner that is comprehensible to developers/project team.
• Creates process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to developers and/or the project team.
• Develops and conducts peer reviews of the business requirements to ensure that requirement specifications are correctly interpreted.
• Assists with the interpretation of user requirements into feasible options and communicating these back to the business stakeholders.
• Works with project managers to manage and track the status of requirements throughout the project lifecycle; enforce and redefine as necessary.
• Communicates changes, enhancements, and modifications of business requirements– verbally or through written documentation – to project managers, sponsors, and other stakeholders so that issues and solutions are understood.

What You Will Need:

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or recognized equivalent, from an accredited university, in business administration, computer science, finance, or information systems or equivalent industry experience is preferred.
• Overall 7+ years of experience in related field

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Candidate should preferably have sailing experience and demonstrated knowledge of core business process and operations.
• Proven experience with business and technical requirements analysis, verification, and development methodology.
• Experience overseeing development and implementation of software and hardware solutions, systems, or products in an enterprise environment.
• Ability to create systematic and consistent requirements specifications in both technical and user-friendly language.
• Understanding of application development and software development life cycle concepts.
• Should have exposure to any PMS (Planned Maintenance System) software application used onboard vessel.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work well with other.

Reporting Relationships:

Reports directly to a Manager, Business Applications.

Working Conditions:

The work environment will primarily be an air-conditioned office setting requiring the employee to sit for prolonged periods while concentrating on a computer screen.

We set out more than 160 years ago to promote the security of life and property at sea and preserve the natural environment. Today, we remain true to our mission and continue to support organizations facing a rapidly evolving seascape of challenging regulations and new technologies. Through it all, we are anchored by a vision and mission that help our clients find clarity in uncertain times.

ABS is a global leader in marine and offshore classification and other innovative safety, quality, and environmental services. We’re at the forefront of supporting the global energy transition at sea, the application of remote and autonomous marine systems, cutting-edge technical solutions, and many more exciting advancements. Our commitment to safety, reliability, and efficiency is ever-present, guiding our clients to safer and more efficient operations.

Equal Opportunity

ABS Bureau is committed to the equal employment opportunity of its employees and prohibits discrimination against any employee or qualified applicant based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status or veteran status, or other non-work-related characteristics that may be protected under the law of the Federal Government or specific state employment laws.

Notice

ABS and Affiliated Companies (ABS) will not pay a fee to any third-party agency without a valid ABS Master Service Agreement (MSA) authorized and signed by Human Resources. Any resume, CV, application, or other forms of candidate submission provided to any employee of ABS without a valid MSA on file will be considered property of ABS, and no fee will be paid.

Other

This job description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job of the incumbent. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the principal job elements essential for making a fair decision regarding the pay structure of the job. #ogjs

The Freedom Business Analyst role is to analyze, specify, and validate the business needs of project stakeholders, be they customers or end users. This includes interviewing stakeholders and gathering and compiling user requirements to convey to development teams throughout the software lifecycle. The Business Analyst will also apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to help support the development process, and to ensure that project deliverables are met according to specifications. The Business Analyst will play a pivotal role in ensuring IMS understanding of business requirements.