Senior Business Analyst

Title: Senior Business Analyst - Data Platforms, Sustainalytics, a Morningstar company
Location: Vashi, Navi Mumbai
Company: Sustainalytics provides high-quality, analytical environmental, social and governance (ESG) research, ratings and data to institutional investors and companies that help them identify, understand, and manage ESG-driven risks and opportunities. Our mission is to provide the insights required to make more informed decisions that lead to a more just and sustainable global economy.
Team: The Senior Business Analyst will be part of the Data Platforms team under Data Operations within the ESG Research division.
Role: The Senior Business Analyst (SBA) will play an integral part in improving data platforms to enhance the data research processes and systems to collect ESG data. The SBA works as a business advisor whose primary role is to support the Product Owner by analyzing, facilitating dialogue, and getting the optimal solution for a business need. Candidate need to be able to gather, analyze and define user requirements, develop user stories, and prioritize product features. Success in this role requires a combination of analytical and creative thinking, strong process and project management skills, and exceptional collaboration and communication abilities.
Responsibilities:

• Contributes to the vision of Data Platforms across data research teams teams ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives
• Be an integral part of Scrum Squad and work closely with Product owner and Technology team
• Business analysis and requirement definition
• Conduct workshops for improving processes and systems, reducing efforts to collect essential data and optimizing the data research process
• Define business requirement and draft the user stories
• Participate in backlog refinement calls, sprint planning, and other scrum ceremonies to ensure alignment and progress
• Work closely with Product owner to create the backlog and help in setting up prioritization
• Collaborative creation and iteration of viable specifications and acceptance criteria for deployment
• Negotiation and decision-making when several courses of action are possible keeping the vision in mind
• Business process testing and implementation management
• Planning, execution and reporting of business process tests and usability evaluations
• Co-ordinating, monitoring and reporting of UAT test results ensuring issues are resolved and requirements are met
• Project Management capability
• Own the project end to end from requirement gathering till deployment
• Report status of the project to senior stakeholders
• Identify opportunities of automation and track the project scope and timeline
• Ability to quickly identify problems, evaluate solutions, and implement effective strategies.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and make data-driven decisions.
• Manages and mentor business analysts as appropriate

Qualifications:

• At least 8 years of experience in business analysis, process mapping, process improvement, and project management
• Experience working in Agile
• Master's degree or a specialization, coursework or certification in business analysis or ESG
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, under tight timelines while maintaining high accuracy and output
• Strong written and oral communication skills to collaborate with stakeholders from multiple teams at various levels
• Expertise in business process management from ideation to implementation
• Proven project management track record to deliver projects within the specified time, budget and quality
• Excellent quantitative analysis skills, knowledge of Microsoft Office suite including high proficiency in Word, Excel & PowerPoint and modern software solutions
• Knowledge of SQL querying is preferred, and exposure to Python will be an advantage
• Strong work ethic and eagerness to learn in a constantly evolving and fast-paced environment

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Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate in-person each week. We've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis, at least three days each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.