Arηs is a fully independent group of companies specialized in managing complex IT projects and systems for large organisations, focusing on state-of-the-art software development, digital trust, cloud, data science, mobile development, machine learning and infrastructure services.

We are composed of 16 entities across 8 countries worldwide that are unified by the Arηs Group, with more than 2500 consultants. This corporate structure enables us to respond quickly to market changes and customer requests, and to communicate and make decisions without layers of bureaucracy.

Established in 2016, the Greek entity Arηs Developments Hellas aims to extend Arηs Group activities dedicated to the European market providing high-quality services in Software Development, covering the entire application development lifecycle.

We are currently looking for a Business Analyst to join our growing team in one of the biggest European organizations.

Tasks:

• Elicits needs, analyses requirements and user stories
• Transfers business, users and technical needs into business requirements specification
• Models and documents Business Architecture including value chains, business processes, roles, capabilities and data.
• Maps business goals, project benefits, priorities, components, system features
• Analyses available systems
• Identify options for potential solutions
• Produces business cases and feasibility studies
• Maintains and tracks requirements in systems lifecycle
• Supports business experts and product owners during definition of requirements and software development
• Contributes to systems design, testing, quality assurance, change management.
• Responsible for designing, validating, and testing business processes for achieving business process excellence
• Responsible for taking a holistic approach in the planning and managing of a programmes for continuous improvements of business processes
• Responsible for coaching the staff on upcoming changes, ensuring that a plan is in place to teach new skills and/or process changes
• Collaborates with owners of end-to-end processes to continually seek out process improvements
• Identifies opportunities for business process improvement leading to improved customer service, lower costs, or higher revenue (effectiveness and efficiency gains)
• Researches leading/best practices for benchmarking processes
• Partners with the client to understand strategic direction and develop a roadmap for achieving breakthrough process improvements
• Communicates project objectives, business case, requirements, and scope to all stakeholders, in order to better provide rapid responses to business needs
• Quantitatively analyses business processes, performing cost-benefit and what-if analysis
• Plans organizational changes process
• Implements performance monitoring systems for business processes
• Supports business users in developing strategic and tactical plans (e.g. sector strategies, implementation plans etc.)
• Defines transition roadmaps for business architectures
   

Who you are:

Knowledge and skills:

• Bachelor plus minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience
• Holds Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) certificate from IIBA or equivalent, or Holds OMG Certified UML Professional certificate at advance level or equivalent
• Has got at least 3 years hand on experience in business analysis
• Has gone at least 2 times through the complete lifecycle of the software solution
• Presents excellent command of English, at least at C1 level
• Knows how to develop a Business Architecture and its elements
• Expert in requirements elicitation and analysis
• Knows specifics and limitations of the technologies of IS
• Is proficient in using systems modelling tools like Sparx Enterprise Architect, Aris Architect or others
• Knows analysis/modelling tools and techniques (use case diagram, state diagram, entity relationship model etc.)
• Presents excellent communication skills
• Holds ability to document effectively
• Presents problem solving skills

Specific Requirements:

• Had role of the BA for the large scale (time more than 1 year, budget over €1M) project of deployment enterprise resource planning system, for public sector with element of the law enforcement,
• Experienced with working in environment of Logistics, Warehouse Management, Asset Management, Fleet Management, Travel Management, Financial Management systems and business processes,
• Experienced with working in environment of Legal, HR, Document Management, Corporate Services systems and business processes. Has experience in business analysis for solutions based on Share Point 2019.
• Experience in conducting GAP Analysis, SWOT Analysis