Business Analyst: Is it just a fancy profile title or a cool job to head on?
This question arose in my mind when I graduated from my college and was applying for this profile. I have heard this buzz profile but did not have the in depth knowledge to opt it as my career or not. I wasn’t totally unaware but at the same time fantasized by the profile.
My this article is for those who would resonate with my first para. As I am now a business analyst, I want to inform the upcoming graduates, what a business analyst is so that they can take more informed decision in their life.
Being a science student, I want to enlighten with definitions, quality, role, future aspects. Then I want my readers to decide whether its the coolest job or not?
Definition: It is a formidable combination of technology & management. It has a role which bridges the gap between every department across the life cycle of the development process.
Quality of Business Analyst:
- Strategy Maker.
- Strong Analytics.
- Technically Strong in Data Visualization (Tableau), Data Analysis(Qlik Sense, Advanced Excel, Python Libraries), Data Extraction(SAP, MSSQL), Data Wraggling, Data Scraping, Market Intelligence, Financially Strong(Understanding of Balance Sheet, Profit Sheet)
- Problem Solver Approach that is ought to be good at Structural Problem Thinking
- Proper Understanding of Business Cases.
- Personally Business Analyst: Should understand Business Jargons, Gallivanter (like to travel).
Role in the Organisation:
It’s a diverse role in an organisation.
It´s common to see the Business Analyst, in addition to their own responsibilities, taking on the role of project managers, UX designers, testers and even software developers if it’s an IT industry.
To work as an optimizer lead, sales lead, logistics lead, financial head, profit center head in the production environment.
The business analyst should go about (How the business analyst functions):
In understanding the organisation where it is.
They work closely with people within an organisation to understand the steps & hurdles, technical or non-technical.
The goal is to increase the business by understanding which parameters to tune to increase the business of the company in terms of profitability.
Future Aspect of Business Analyst Role: Diverse as one work with various departments of the organisation & can take up further managerial role of any department.
In my View: A business analyst works with logic, calculations, formulas, works in coordination with various departments of the company. It works as the brain, rescue of the company because of the strategy & problem solver approach.
With my journey from a btech student to a business analyst, I depicted it with all my experience I could imbibe. Now I want to leave my readers to decide whether it appeals to them or not.