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Batiste Nikolai Erdmann

Senior Business Analyst / Project Lead

Batiste Nikolai Erdmann
Wiesbaden, Germany

Experience

Jan 2025 - Feb 2026
1 year 2 months
Germany

Senior Business Analyst / Project Lead – Client Project

Tech11 GmbH

  • Multi-client and product environment in the insurance software domain. Responsible for a dedicated client project within a complex, modular system landscape.
  • Business project responsibility for one client project (1 out of 11 parallel client projects)
  • End-to-end responsibility for requirements across multiple systems and interfaces
  • Insurance domain analysis (policies, claims, products, contracts)
  • Requirements analysis including acceptance criteria (Given/When/Then)
  • Impact and dependency analysis in multi-system landscapes
  • Facilitating workshops, refinements, and solution alignments
  • Collaboration with development teams (close to APIs, without own development)
  • Support for tests, releases, and quality assurance
Feb 2024 - Dec 2024
11 months
Germany

Lead Senior Business Analyst / Subproject Lead – Material Recording System

Brockmann & Büchner

  • Setup of a central, cross-system material and master data recording system to harmonize existing processes and applications.
  • Business team responsibility as Lead Business Analyst
  • Subproject lead in client IT development project
  • End-to-end process responsibility across multiple systems
  • Strategic development of the solution and representation to management
  • Mentoring and professional training of new Business Analysts
  • Interim roles as Scrum Master and Product Owner
Oct 2022 - Jan 2024
1 year 4 months
Germany

Business Analyst / Requirements Engineering – Insurance Software

CBTW (formerly ITF)

  • Project for digitalizing and continuously improving existing insurance software, taking into account regulatory requirements.
  • Conducting business and technical requirements analyses
  • Modeling processes and business logic
  • Writing, managing and accepting user stories
  • Test design, execution, and functional acceptance
  • Maintaining technical and business documentation
  • Collaboration with development in distributed teams
Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
5 months
Germany

Business Analyst – Digitalization of Training & Professional Documents

CGI Deutschland

  • Digitalizing and standardizing training and professional documents for nationwide use.
  • Converting documents between AsciiDoc, Word, and HTML formats
  • Revising structure, clarity, and consistency
  • Creating workflow and process diagrams
  • Supporting solution implementation and coordinating with business units
May 2021 - Jul 2021
3 months
Germany

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 organizing internal Confluence pages
  • Supporting meeting preparation and follow-up
  • Creating decision and working documents
Nov 2020 - Sep 2022
1 year 11 months
Germany

Business Analyst – HR Process Redesign

CGI Deutschland

  • Internal project for redesigning and digitizing HR processes and internal tools.
  • Creating functional specification documents
  • Developing use cases and user stories
  • Modeling workflows and process diagrams
  • Developing solution proposals and supporting implementation
Sep 2020 - Apr 2021
8 months
Germany

Business Analyst / PMO – Mergers & Acquisitions Project

CGI Deutschland

  • Banking project in the context of mergers & acquisitions, focusing on project management, transparency, and documentation.
  • Tracking milestones, risks, and issues
  • Creating and aligning weekly status reports
  • Coordinating and documenting meetings
  • Supporting project managers with ad-hoc tasks
  • Documenting test requirements

Industries Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology (4 years), Insurance (2.5 years), and Banking and Finance (1 year).

Information Technology
Insurance
Banking and Finance

Business Areas Experience

The graph below provides a cumulative view of the freelancer's experience across multiple business areas, calculated from completed and active engagements. It highlights the areas where the freelancer has most frequently contributed to planning, execution, and delivery of business outcomes.

Experienced in Information Technology (5.5 years), Project Management (3 years), Quality Assurance (2.5 years), Human Resources (2 years), and Product Development (1.5 years).

Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
Human Resources
Product Development

Summary

Senior Business Analyst with many years of experience in analyzing, designing and managing complex IT and digitalization projects across various industries, including insurance, banking & finance, public sector, and mobility & transportation. Particular strength in translating business requirements into clear, robust and implementable technical solutions in a structured way and taking end-to-end responsibility across multiple systems and interfaces. Skilled in impact and dependency analysis, creating reliable decision-making foundations, and coordinating stakeholders at business, IT and management levels. Valued for clear communication, analytical depth and confident collaboration with distributed, interdisciplinary teams. Experience in technical 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 Responsibility
  • 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

German
Native
English
Native
Spanish
Elementary
Dutch
Elementary

Education

Oct 2020 - Jun 2023

Provadis University

Master of Science, focus on Business Informatics (dual with CGI) · Management & Technology · Frankfurt, Germany · 1.3

Oct 2015 - Jun 2020

European University Viadrina

Bachelor of Science, program taught in English · International Business Administration · Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Kanban System Design

Pspo I – Professional Scrum Product Owner

SQL Masterclass

BPMN Process Modeling

IREB Foundation

PRINCE2 Foundation

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Where is Batiste Nikolai based?

Batiste Nikolai is based in Wiesbaden, Germany.

What languages does Batiste Nikolai speak?

Batiste Nikolai speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Native), Spanish (Elementary), Dutch (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Batiste Nikolai have?

Batiste Nikolai has at least 5 years of experience. During this time, Batiste Nikolai has worked in at least 7 different roles and for 4 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.

What roles would Batiste Nikolai be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Batiste Nikolai would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Business Analyst / Project Lead – Client Project, Lead Senior Business Analyst / Subproject Lead – Material Recording System, Business Analyst / Requirements Engineering – Insurance Software.

What is Batiste Nikolai's latest experience?

Batiste Nikolai's most recent position is Senior Business Analyst / Project Lead – Client Project at Tech11 GmbH.

What companies has Batiste Nikolai worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Batiste Nikolai has worked for Tech11 GmbH, Brockmann & Büchner, CBTW (formerly ITF), and CGI Deutschland.

Which industries is Batiste Nikolai most experienced in?

Batiste Nikolai is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT), Insurance, and Banking and Finance.

Which business areas is Batiste Nikolai most experienced in?

Batiste Nikolai is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Project Management, and Quality Assurance (QA). Batiste Nikolai also has some experience in Human Resources (HR), Product Development, and Operations.

What is Batiste Nikolai's education?

Batiste Nikolai holds a Master in Management & Technology from Provadis University and a Bachelor in International Business Administration from European University Viadrina.

Does Batiste Nikolai have any certificates?

Batiste Nikolai has 6 certificates. Among them, these include: Kanban System Design, Pspo I – Professional Scrum Product Owner, and SQL Masterclass.

What is the availability of Batiste Nikolai?

Batiste Nikolai will be available from March 2026.

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