RQ09088 - Business Analyst - Senior

Responsibilities:

• Provides a comprehensive range of I&IT business analysis services for clients with diverse business and technological needs.
• Interacts with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering, documenting, and analyzing business needs and requirements.
• Prepares and advises on business analysis policies, processes, best practices and standards to promote a comprehensive and consistent business analysis practice within the organization.

General Skills:

• Leads and conducts business analysis to assess client’s business problems/opportunities and documents the business requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be determined.
• Applies re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative and cost-effective service delivery approaches.
• Develops strategies, prepares business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conducts feasibility studies for business I&IT initiatives.
• Develops sound processes for requirements gathering including but not limited to JAD sessions, interviews, mockups, etc.
• Conducts business modeling; use case modeling; conceptual and logical data modeling; process and data flow modeling; use case surveys; business rules definition and non-functional requirements definitions for assigned projects.
• Monitors progress, resolves problems, and reports regularly to I&IT management and stakeholders.
• Develops performance measures and traceability matrices for business analysis evaluation and conducts follow-up.
• Experience developing strategies, preparing business cases and cost-benefit analysis.
• Experience conducting requirements gathering, developing documentation, including presentations and briefing notes and conducting stakeholder engagement.
• Experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools to document conceptual requirements and scope.
• Awareness of emerging I&IT trends and technologies.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience in the use of information retrieval packages.
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies, and practices.
• Ability to translate business and data requirements into specifications sufficient for designing appropriate technology solutions.
• Experience with a wide range of methods, tools, and techniques for business analysis such as: business functional modeling, business event modeling, business process mapping.
• Experience in structured, object-oriented, and agile methodologies for user requirements.
• Experience developing performance measures for business analysis evaluation and subsequent follow-up.
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• Experience leading and conducting business analysis for business projects to assess clients' business problems or opportunities, document the technical business requirements to meet the functional requirements.
• Experience developing context diagrams, use cases, and use case models.
• Experience developing process maps, stakeholder maps, and assessments.
• Experience creating systems diagrams.
• Experience writing business cases and conducting options analysis.

Skill Set Requirements:

• Experience leading and conducting business analysis for business projects to assess clients' business problems or opportunities, document the technical business requirements to meet the functional requirements.
• Experience developing context diagrams, use cases, and use case models.
• Experience developing process maps, stakeholder maps, and assessments.
• Experience creating systems diagrams.
• Experience writing business cases and conducting options analysis.
• Experience developing cost-benefit analysis, and conducts feasibility studies for business I&IT initiatives.
• Experience developing functional and non-functional requirements, leading and facilitating in-depth workshops to elicit, review, document, and confirm business requirements, business process reengineering, business models, business rules, and user interface design.
• Experience developing performance measures for projects and lines of business.
• Hands-on experience developing effective use cases and user stories.
• Leads and conducts business analysis both on an ongoing basis and for business projects to assess clients' business problems or opportunities.
• Applies re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative, cost-effective service delivery approaches.
• Conducts ongoing business analysis activities and analysis within all phases of the project life cycle.
• Develops strategies, prepares business cases, and conducts feasibility studies for business I&IT initiatives.
• Oversees ongoing production support and configuration management.
• Leads and participates in the process for requests for proposals, focusing on client requirements and evaluation of vendor responses for I&IT business and/or infrastructure solutions.
• Develops performance measures for business analysis evaluation and conducts follow-up assessments.
• Manages the problem identification and resolution activity to ensure timely resolution of production problems.

Experience:

• Experience on a medium-sized project as a business analyst or functional consultant.
• Experience with enterprise business architectural concepts.
• Experience developing business cases from start to finish.
• Experience with the software development life cycle, software design, development and integration.
• Experience conducting business analysis reviews, recommending options & changes and contingency provisions.
• Experience providing technical leadership, functional business analysis, and architecture expertise to project staff, colleagues, and clients.
• Service delivery management, portfolio, program/project management, and resource management.

Communication Skills:

• Strong communication skills to prepare documentation, including reports, reviews, assessments.
• Ability to present ideas and suggestions clearly and effectively.
• Ability to communicate designs and development in a clear and understandable manner.