Our client is searching for a Senior Business Analyst for a 1 year (renewable), hybrid 3-4 days in office, downtown Toronto, to do the following...

Must haves:

·      7+ years in requirements gathering

·      7+ years in stakeholder management

·      7+ years in system analysis (existing and new application)

·      7+ years in business analysis documentation development (use cases, scope, SRS, BRD, user stories, project planning)

·      7+ years in leading the business analysis activities for a project

·      7+ Agile methodologies

·      7+ years with analyzing existing systems

·      7+ years in excellent communication skills

·      7+ years in excellent problem-solving

·      7+ years in technical documentation.

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 to understand their requirements.

·      Plan and execute requirement analysis, gathering, and documentation.

·      Prepares and advises on business analysis policies, processes, best practices, and standards to promote a comprehensive and consistent business analysis practice within the project.

 Desired Skills:

·      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 modelling, business event modelling, business process mapping

·      Experience in structured, object oriented and agile methodologies for user requirements and business analysis.

·      Experience developing performance measures for business analysis evaluation and subsequent follow-up.

·      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 to understand their requirements.

·      Prepares and advises on business analysis policies, processes, best practices, and standards to promote a comprehensive and consistent business analysis practice within the project.

Required Skills:

·      High level of experience in business gathering, business requirement documentation, agile methodology.

·      Experience in Azure, and various Microsoft technologies.

·      Experience in applying re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative and cost-effective service delivery approaches.

·      Experience in conducting business analysis at varying levels of details, aligning with Project Management Methodology, Enterprise Architecture and Gating Process.

·      High level of experience in requirement gathering strategies, preparing business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conducting feasibility studies for business I&IT initiatives.

·      High level of experience in developing processes for requirements gathering including but not limited to JAD sessions, interviews, mock-ups.

·      Experience in business modelling; use case modelling; conceptual and logical data modelling; process and data flow modelling; use case surveys; business rules definition and non-functional requirements definitions for assigned projects.

·      Experience in project monitoring, problem solving and reporting.

·      Develops performance measures and traceability matrices for business analysis evaluation and conducts follow-ups.

·      Experience conducting requirements gathering, developing documentation, including presentations, and briefing notes and conducting stakeholder engagement.

·      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.

Required Experience / Evaluation Criteria:  

1 Requirements Gathering: 30 Points

2 Documentation: 30 Points

3 Business Process Modeling: 20 Points

4 System Analysis: 20 Points

Total Capabilities Criteria: 100 Points