Business Architect ? Deerfoot IT | JOBOORD ? World & Career News

Job Description

Business Architect, Riyadh ? Saudi Arabia.

Our client who are a significant member of the Middle Eastern banking community have asked us to assist in the hire of a Business Architect. The Business Architect analyzes the activities of a particular business unit or line of business and makes recommendations pertaining to the projects that the business unit should perform, in addition to relevant and timely corrections to the governance structure, business processes, and the structure of business information.

Purpose
Build a bridge of understanding between the business and IT to enable great technology solutions to the most important business needs.

Scope
The head of Business Architecture/Analyst advocates for Business Customers to IT through clear and accurate elicitation and documentation of business vision, business ITD alignment, ITD capabilities mapping, and requirements. He will also represent IT to Business Customers by explaining technical solution possibilities and constraints. This position assists in ensuring business and ITD alignment and a smooth implementation of the new solution into the business environment.

Responsibilities
Advocate for the Business Customer to the IT Project Team
? Clearly and concisely communicate the business customer?s vision, including to the transformation to the to-be operating model.
? Clearly and concisely communicate the business customer?s objectives to the IT Project Team.
? Accurately and completely document the business requirements so that they can be translated into a technical solution that meets the business objectives.
? Document and fully communicate all open issues or open questions about business architecture, process or procedure so that the ITD/project team is aware at all times.
? Fully understand business processes so that improvements and innovations can be identified and recommended as projects.
Represent the IT Project Team to the Business Customer
? Clearly communicate technical solutions and business ITD alignment thru capabilities mapping.
? Clearly communicate technical solutions to the business customer.
? Review documentation of requirements and change management with the business customer to ensure full understanding and, where needed, acceptance.
? Fully explain any technical issues or open questions to the business customer.
? Advocate for the Business Analysis discipline by fully understanding the framework methodology, the BA deliverables and contributing to the continual improvement of the process.
Qualifications

Experience
? 10+ years Business Architect and Analysis or related experience
? Project Management experience a plus.
? Portfolio management experience a plus.
? IBM Rational ReqstPro and Requirements composer is a plus.

Skills
? Expert level in Microsoft Office tools
? Expert level in Microsoft Visio, especially Swim-lane business process diagrams
? High level written and oral communication skills
? Expert in synthesis of ideas to pictorial representation
? Expert in elicitation techniques of business requirements
? Expert in change management planning

Education
? Bachelors Degree preferred, business experience in lieu of education
Certifications
? CBAP, desired
? Lean or Six Sigma, desired
Specialties
? BPM
? Banking
? Business Intelligence
? TOGAF
? IT Infrastructure

In return the successful candidate will receive a very competitive package.

Skills

. Business Architecture
. Business Analysis
? CBAP, desired
? Lean or Six Sigma, desired
? BPM
? Banking
? Business Intelligence
? TOGAF
? IT Infrastructure

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About This Company

Deerfoot IT has operated as a dedicated IT recruitment agency / business for the past 13 years. Our core discipline is candidate search and selection covering all IT disciplines and technologies. We have held the ISO9001:2000 quality accreditation consistently for the past 10 years and are a corporate and specialist Technology member of the R.E.C (The Recruitment & Employment Confederation), our industry?s trade body.

Our client portfolio includes organisations operating in most industry sectors including: Banking, Insurance, Retail, IT Software, Govt. and Public Sector, Information Management and the Charity sector.

Our aim is to simply achieve best practice within our chosen discipline as IT Recruiters. Ensuring we always deliver a best value service in an open, honest, responsible and ethical manner.

Our head office is situated just north of Southampton. We have a satellite office based right in the heart of London?s financial district and an office in Wilmslow, Cheshire

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