DescriptionJob Summary:
We are seeking a Business Analyst, Senior Manager to lead requirements definition and user experience for the Partnership Tax Technology Platform. This role partners with the BDO Tax Practice and clients to translate complex partnership tax needs into actionable business requirements and inform product design. The ideal candidate brings eight or more years of relevant experience, including five or more years in partnership tax, and a background in tax technology. This role manages a team of business analysts to deliver high-quality requirements that drive the next generation of partnership tax solutions.
The Senior Manager coordinates with the tax practice, DT&I and National IT to create and implement technology tools to meet the needs of our clients and professionals.
Job Duties:
- Creates prototypes and low code solutions, as required
- Creates reports, dashboards, and visualizations, as required
- Gathers requirements from business stakeholders and translates them as features and user stories
- Grooms requirements for architects and developers
- Prepares/reviews technical documentation for assigned products
- Develops relationships with key business partners
- Prepares and/or reviews test plans
- Performs functional product testing, as required
- Utilizes understanding of BDO's tax technology strategy and overall portfolio. Implements strategy on assigned portfolio
- Architects solutions to meet business needs based on technology strategy
- Designs and tests business processes and recommends improvements
- Analyzes process issues and bottlenecks to make improvements
- Identifies automation opportunities
- Gathers and analyzes data related to assigned products and projects
- Communicates insights and findings to product managers and technical leaders
- Identifies business opportunities and ways to capitalize on them
- Performs data discovery, analysis, and modelling
- Facilitates process design, requirements gathering, and product design workshops
- Participates as part of product team leadership
- Communicates with and manages executive-level stakeholders
- Assists with project management, as required
- Coordinates with National IT to schedule required reviews and deployment of tools
- Other duties as required
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Acts as a direct supervisor to team members, as assigned
- Acts as a mentor, as assigned
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