Job Survey: Business Analyst

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Location: New York, NY Experience: Mid-level Highest Level of Education: Other Graduate Degree

Job Responsibilities Requirements Gathering on IT Systems, Business cases, Value Propositions, vendor selection for systems. Job Requirements BS or MBA in IT Business Intelligence or Business Administration. Pursuit of Mastery of Methodology - RUP, CMM, SDLC. Six Sigma. Uppers Interview process and determining needs of operations personnel and / or customers in terms of improving a system. Downers Use case detail. Lifestyle Work hours vary. good preparation = normal hours. not much preparation = more hours invested to get proper information to accomodate needs of operations & customers. Compensation Usually salary + bonus. Advice to Jobseekers BS in IT Business Minimum, Learn a specific IT Methodology, get familiar with a specific SAP or WebSphere software (operating knowledge), knowledge of testing software (mercury, compuware, rationale), Pursuit of Six Sigma. This Business Analyst career survey is just one of 1000s of exclusive career surveys available on Vault. Find out what it's actually like on the job with Vault's job surveys. Read all Vault Career Surveys for the inside scoop on specific jobs Read Vault Employee Surveys for the inside scoop on specific employers Read Vault Student/Alumni Surveys for the inside scoop on colleges and grad schools