Senior Functional Analyst

Duration: 6-12 Months Location: RemoteResponsibilities:Research, recommend and develop functional solution design; define business processes, improvements, and business objectives with focus on system capabilities and integration points.Map the solution to business requirements according to standards and program principles.Must analyze current needs, anticipate future needs and provide solutions integrating various business operationsPartner with business and IT to ensure continuing delivery of new functionality at consistent if not increasing velocityCollect, document and analyze new large and/or complex work requests to determine sizing and approach for potential solutionsAssist Leadership in prioritizing work requests, bug fixes and other initiatives as necessaryConsistently provide and vet options as necessary for solutions that address requirements as well as non-functional requirements while adhering to best practices around standardization, scalability and usability.Maximize the amount of standard processes vs custom coding in solution assessment and alternatives.Consider capacity limitation and operations times; collaborates with IT resourcesDesign solutions with robust end to end capabilities specificallyConsider user impact, capabilities, limitation and adoption; collaborates with business process owners and Subject Matter Experts (SME)Build, configure or partner with development to deliver and unit test quality and efficient functionalityProvide solutions with capability to restart/recover seamlessly with monitoring controls and escalation points-built in.Provide knowledge transfer and direction to Testing resources as well as oversight for test scenarios, scripts and cases.Provide knowledge transfer to End Users, Support Team and Testing as necessary during for any functional remediation, change, enhancement or break fixDeliver and deploy only fully validated and vetted solutionsServe as subject matter expert for Areas of Responsibility for their respective product organizationProvide documentation as necessary for the solution including but not limited to Business Process Design (BPD) Documents, Functional Specifications (F-Specs), End User System Procedures, End-to-end Business Process flows, User Stories, Knowledge Article and Deployment ScriptsProvide support for functions as necessary including supporting junior resources, business support, root cause analysis and corrective remediation for escalated problems and incidents.Mentor and train junior resources and other extended team members and customer as necessary in the domain space you support Qualifications:This position requires a minimum five years of system specific configuration and implementation experience.Demonstrated expert level knowledge of applicable business processesDemonstrated expert level application knowledgeDemonstrated knowledge of integration points for transactional and master dataProven history of increasing responsibility and upward mobility in previous technical and functional rolesDemonstrated expert understanding of, Business Rules Framework, patches, upgrades and support packs.Educational Requirements:This position requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field or equivalent work experience.