Batiste Nikolai E.-Senior Business Analyst / Project Management
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Senior Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer
DVAG
As the lead business analyst in the in-house software division, I am supporting the relaunch of the internal system used by 20.000 employees and affecting the asset management of 8 Mio customers.
Senior Business Analyst / Customer Project Lead
Tech11 GmbH
- Multi-client and product environment in the insurance software sector. Responsible for a dedicated customer project within a complex, modular system landscape.
- Business lead for a customer project (1 of 11 parallel customer projects)
- End-to-end responsibility for requirements across multiple systems and interfaces
- Business analysis of insurance processes (policies, claims, products, contracts)
- Requirements analysis including acceptance criteria (Given/When/Then)
- Impact and dependency analysis across multiple systems
- Facilitation of workshops, refinements and solution alignment
- Collaboration with development teams (working closely with APIs, without hands-on development)
- Support for testing, releases and quality assurance
Lead Senior Business Analyst / Subproject Lead – Materials Data Capture System
Brockmann & Büchner
- Set up a central, cross-system material and master data capture system to harmonize existing processes and applications.
- Business team leadership as Lead Business Analyst
- Subproject lead for a customer IT development project
- End-to-end process ownership across multiple systems
- Strategic development of the solution and presentation to management
- Mentoring and professional training of new business analysts
- Interim assumption of the Scrum Master and Product Owner roles
Business Analyst / Requirements Engineering – Insurance Software
CBTW (formerly ITF)
- Project to digitize and continuously enhance existing insurance software while meeting regulatory requirements.
- Conducted business and technical requirements analysis
- Modeled processes and business logic
- Wrote, managed and accepted user stories
- Designed and carried out tests and led business acceptance
- Maintained technical and business documentation
- Collaborated with development teams across distributed locations
Business Analyst – Digitalization of Training & Business Documents
CGI Deutschland
- Digitized and standardized training and business documents for nationwide use.
- Converted documents between AsciiDoc, Word and HTML formats
- Improved structure, clarity and consistency
- Created workflow and process diagrams
- Supported solution implementation and coordinated with business departments
Business Analyst – Cash Services Process Harmonization
CGI Deutschland
- Project to harmonize and consolidate cross-departmental Cash Services processes.
- Process modeling with Camunda and Draw.io
- Maintaining and structuring internal Confluence pages
- Supporting meeting preparation and follow-up
- Preparing decision-making and working documents
Business Analyst – HR Process Redesign
CGI Deutschland
- Internal project to redesign and digitize HR processes and internal tools.
- Preparing Functional Specification Documents
- Developing use cases and user stories
- Modeling workflows and process diagrams
- Developing proposed solutions and supporting implementation
Business Analyst / PMO – Mergers & Acquisitions Project
CGI Deutschland
- Banking project in the context of Mergers & Acquisitions, focused on project management, transparency, and documentation.
- Tracking milestones, risks, and issues
- Preparing and coordinating weekly status reports
- Coordinating and documenting meetings
- Supporting project managers with ad hoc tasks
- Documenting test requirements
Industry experience
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Experienced in Information Technology, Insurance, and Banking and Finance.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Product Development, and Human Resources.
Summary
Senior Business Analyst with several years of experience in analyzing, designing and managing complex IT and digitalization projects across various industries, including insurance, banking & finance, the public sector, and mobility & transportation. Particularly skilled at translating business requirements into clear, robust and practical technical solutions, and taking end-to-end responsibility across multiple systems and interfaces. Experienced in impact and dependency analysis, preparing sound decision-making materials, and coordinating stakeholders at business, IT and management levels. Valued for clear communication, strong analytical skills and confident collaboration with distributed, interdisciplinary teams. Experience in business leadership, project management and agile roles.
Skills
Methods & Concepts:
- Agile Development (Scrum, Kanban, Safe)
- Prince2
- Ireb
- Bpmn
- Uml
- Use Cases
- User Stories
- Process Modeling
- Requirements Engineering
- Acceptance Criteria
- Definition Of Ready / Definition Of Done
- End-To-End Process Ownership
- Stakeholder & Interface Management
- Impact & Dependency Analysis
- Test Management
- Quality Assurance & Acceptance Processes
- Release & Rollout Management
Tools & Technologies:
- Jira (Workflow Design, Ticket & Backlog Structuring)
- Confluence (Knowledge Architecture & Documentation Concepts)
- Camunda
- Ms Office
- Draw.Io
- Lucidchart
- Miro
- Sql
- Jasp
- R / R-Studio
- Visual Studio Code
- Github
- Sourcetree
- Git-Based Version Control
- Staging, Release & Deployment Processes
- Data Migrations
- Import/Export Processes
Languages
Education
Provadis Hochschule
Master of Science, major in Business Information Systems (dual program with CGI) · Management & Technology · Frankfurt, Germany · 1,3
Europa-Universität Viadrina
Bachelor of Science, program taught in English · International Business Administration · Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany
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Batiste Nikolai is based in Wiesbaden, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Batiste Nikolai speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Native), Spanish (Elementary), Dutch (Elementary).
Batiste Nikolai has at least 6 years of experience. During this time, Batiste Nikolai has worked in at least 8 different roles and for 5 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 9 months. Note that Batiste Nikolai may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Batiste Nikolai would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer, Senior Business Analyst / Customer Project Lead, Lead Senior Business Analyst / Subproject Lead – Materials Data Capture System.
Batiste Nikolai's most recent position is Senior Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer at DVAG.
In recent years, Batiste Nikolai has worked for DVAG, Tech11 GmbH, Brockmann & Büchner, CBTW (formerly ITF), and CGI Deutschland.
Batiste Nikolai is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Insurance, and Banking and Finance.
Batiste Nikolai is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Quality Assurance. Batiste Nikolai also has some experience in Product Development, Human Resources, and Operations.
Batiste Nikolai has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Insurance, and Banking and Finance.
Batiste Nikolai has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Quality Assurance.
Batiste Nikolai holds a Master in Management & Technology from Provadis Hochschule and a Bachelor in International Business Administration from Europa-Universität Viadrina.
Batiste Nikolai has 6 certificates. Among them, these include: Kanban System Design, Pspo I – Professional Scrum Product Owner, and Sql Masterclass.
Batiste Nikolai will be available full-time from January 2027.
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