IFC Systems Corporation Looking for IT Analyst – Business Management at Chennai, Tamil Nadu Full Time

Job #: req24676

Organization: World Bank

Sector: Information Technology

Grade: GE

Term Duration: 4 years 0 months

Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment

Location: Chennai,India

Required Language(s): English

Preferred Language(s): English

Closing Date: 11/3/2023 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org

ITS Vice Presidency Context:
Information and Technology Solutions (ITS) enables the WBG to achieve its mission of ending extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity in a sustainable way by delivering transformative information and technologies to its staff working in over 150 locations.

Our vision is to transform how the Bank Group accomplishes its mission through information and technology. In this fast-paced, ever-changing world, the formulation and implementation of the ITS strategy is an ongoing, iterative process of learning and adaptation developed through extensive consultations with business partners throughout the World Bank Group.

ITS shapes its strategy in response to changing business priorities and leverages new technologies to achieve three high-level business outcomes: business enablement, by providing Bank Group units with innovative digital tools and technologies to transform how they deliver value for their clients; empowerment & effectiveness, by ensuring that all Bank Group staff are connected, able to find information, and productive to accelerate the delivery of development solutions globally; and resilience, by equipping the Bank Group to provide risk-based cybersecurity and robust data protection for a global network and a growing cloud platform.

Implementation of the strategy is guided by three core principles. The first is to deliver solutions for business partners that are customer-centric, innovative, and transformative. The second is to provide the Bank Group with value for money with selective and standard technologies. The third principle is to excel at the basics by providing a high performing, robust, and resilient IT environment for the organization.

The Enterprise Architecture department in ITS is seeking to hire an IT Analyst, Business Management, with business process management and data science background to help architect business process models and support EA’s data-driven Business Process Management (BPM) and Business Architecture practices across the World Bank Group. The IT Analyst must be capable of understanding BPM and Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), working with end users, architecting, and analyzing business processes.

Responsibilities:
This position requires knowledge and experience with business process management solutions, understanding of EA processes, as well as experience in data analysis. The professional will be responsible for providing BPM services to WBG Chennai staffs and supporting maintenance and governance process of the cloud based WBG Business ProcessCentral Repository and conduct data analysis engagements.

The specific roles and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Analyze WBG business processes and identify optimization opportunities with a structured approach.
• Engage with Business, conduct workshops to develop value stream, map process models, and business capability model management, etc.
• Analyze data from multiple sources to identify patterns and trends, conduct impact assessments and develop recommendations for to be state with process optimization.
• Develop an in-depth understanding of the business domain and data within the WBG context and apply the knowledge towards developing and maintaining the identified Process Models
• Architect and model WBG wide business processes using WBG Business ProcessCentral Repository tool or similar Data visualization tools.
• Serve as the point of contact for our clients in Chennai and lead workshops and provide guidance on BPM related discussions.
• Identify critical change opportunities, use best practice consulting tools and methodologies to optimize processes (e.g. Lean Six Sigma, consulting frameworks, etc.)
• Support training, communications and change management for WBG process repository related activities to WBG Chennai staffs.
• Be on the constant lookout for opportunities to fine tune business processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Support maintenance and governance of the cloud based WBG Business ProcessCentral Repository (iGrafx).
• Produce and maintain various Governance and impact assessment reports for, EA, IT and business stake holders.

Selection Criteria

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in relevant disciplines such as Business architecture, business process analysis and management and data science with 2 years relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
• The following degrees may be preferred: Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Information Management or Management Information Systems, Business Administration, Finance and Accounting.
• Basic understanding of Enterprise Architecture and frameworks
• Strong experience with documenting and analyzing business processes and Business Analysis is required.
• Understanding WBG Business is desired.
• Must have experience to create and maintain reports, dashboards, and other data visualization tools to communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Must have knowledge on developing and implementing data quality checks to ensure accuracy and consistency of data.
• Must have experience using MS Visio for documenting process/information flows and architecture, knowledge of iGrafx a plus.
• Basic knowledge on Enterprise architecture and frameworks
• Experience with data analytics tools and methodologies (e.g. Python, MS Power BI, Tableau, MS Excel) is a plus.
• Strong interpersonal skills to facilitate and manage working groups is a must.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and a proven ability to interact professionally with a diverse group.

Core Competencies:

• Deliver Results for Clients: Proactively addresses clients stated and unstated needs. Adds value by constantly looking for a better way to get more impactful results; sets challenging stretch goals for oneself. Immerses oneself in client experiences and perspective by asking probing questions to understand unmet needs. Demonstrates accountability for achieving results that have a development impact and financial, environmental and social sustainability. Identifies and proposes solutions to mitigate and manage risks.
• Collaborate Within Teams and Across Boundaries: Collaborates across boundaries, gives own perspective and willingly receives diverse perspectives. Appropriately involves others in decision making and communicates with key stakeholders. Approaches conflicts as common problems to be solved. Actively seeks and considers diverse ideas and approaches displaying a sense of mutuality and respect. Integrates WBG perspective into work.
• Lead and Innovate: Develops innovative solutions. Contributes new insights to understand situations and develops solutions to resolve complex problems. Adapts as circumstances require and manages impact of own behavior on others in context of WBG’s values and mission. Identifies and pursues innovative approaches to resolve issues.
• Create, Apply and Share Knowledge: Applies knowledge across WBG to strengthen solutions for internal and/or external clients. Leverages department’s expertise and body of knowledge across WBG to strengthen internal and/or external client solutions. Seeks to learn from more experienced staff to deepen or strengthen their professional knowledge and helps others to learn. Builds personal and professional networks inside and outside the department unit.

Job Specific Competencies:

• Client Understanding and Advising – Looks at issues from the client’s perspective and advocates for clients within own area as well as urges others to focus on meeting client needs. Works with others across the VPU to define client needs and develop the best approach to meet client needs (e.g., finds appropriate solutions and negotiates internally for needed resources and support).
• Learning Orientation – Stays abreast of new trends and developments in own specialty area as well as what is occurring in the broader industry. Experiments with new approaches and alters normal procedures. Tracks developments in the field through readily available sources and by maintaining active involvement with relevant industry, user and vendor associations. Sees the applicability of current or emerging technological solutions to current business needs.
• Broad Business Thinking – Maintains an in-depth understanding of the long-term implications of decisions both for related areas within the VPU and the client’s business. Involves the key players in identifying operating needs, issues and immediate solutions. Ensures that decisions are supported by relevant stakeholders and creates the business case for investment in process and enhancements. Sets clear explanations for the integration and alignment of services/solutions with business functions, focusing on the strategic value provided for area of responsibility within the client’s business.
• Business Function Knowledge – Proposes technical plans that are aligned with business objectives and technical requirements. Takes and leads actions to enhance business function standards and performance with the participation of business and technical partners.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.

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