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Maarut; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Part time

Job summary

Maarut is seeking a senior business analyst in Manitoba, Canada. This role leads requirements sessions, documents business processes, and develops business cases for solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of business and technology goals and mentor junior analysts.

The position requires extensive experience in requirements, process analysis, and agile environments, with strong communication and stakeholder skills to drive projects to completion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, commerce or an equivalent field.
• Minimum of ten years of experience as a business analyst.
• Minimum of five years documenting process analysis and re-engineering.
• Minimum of five years writing requirements, use cases and user stories.
• Minimum of five years working on projects in an agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering sessions with stakeholders to understand objectives and document business requirements.
• Analyze and document current processes and workflows for optimization.
• Develop comprehensive business cases outlining costs, benefits and risks.
• Collaborate with IT, operations, and management to align business and technology solutions.
• Create functional specifications and user stories that are clear and feasible.

Skills

Political acumen

Critical thinking

Communication & stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, commerce or equivalent

Job description

• Term 6-month initial term followed by possibility of 18-month renewal
• State/Province Manitoba
• Country Canada
• Number of Positions 3
• Work Experience 10+ Years

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Lead requirements gathering sessions with stakeholders tounderstand business objectives and document detailed business requirements.
  
• Analyze and document current business processes andworkflows, identifying areas for improvement and optimization.
  
• Develop comprehensive business cases outlining costs,benefits, and risks of proposed solutions.
  
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (includingIT, operations, and management) to ensure alignment of business and technologysolutions.
  
• Create functional specifications and user stories, ensuringthey are clear, complete, and feasible for implementation.
  
• Conduct impact analysis for proposed changes andenhancements to existing systems and processes.
  
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior business analystsand team members as needed.
  
• Participate in testing and quality assurance efforts,ensuring solutions meet business requirements and are fit for purpose.
  
• Assist in the development of training materials and conducttraining sessions for end users as necessary.
  
• Defines and documents business processes involving currentand future states
  
• Acts as a liaison between departmental end-users, technicalteam, consultants and other governmental organizations in the analysis, design,configuration, testing and maintenance of solutions
  
• Identifies opportunities for improving business processesthrough the use of technology and/or through business process changes;
  
• Reads and interprets technical literature and translates interms understandable to the end-users or non-technical staff
  
• Plans, organizes and conducts business processreengineering/improvement projects and/or management reviews of programs
  
• Consolidates information into cohesive and understandablecorrespondence or other written form for use in management decision-making
  

Requirements

Skill Requirements/Qualifications:

The following are minimum qualifications and/or experiencefor the delivery of the Services.

The Resource must have the following minimumqualifications or experience:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Commerce or anequivalent field
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience working as abusiness analyst
• Minimum of five (5) years of experiencedocumenting/conducting process analysis and re-engineering
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience writingrequirements, use cases and user stories
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in working onprojects in agile environment
• Must possess strong political acumen
• Must possess strong critical thinking skills
• Most possess high level of communications, consulting, andclient relationship skills. The Analyst must be able to clearly communicatecomplex technical and business concepts, both to clients (internal or external)and to team members, and to negotiate change
• Must be capable of effectively identifying and framingproblems, leading the collection of elements of information, and integratingthis information to produce timely and thoughtful decisions

Preferred Qualifications or Experience:

• Accreditation from IIBA (International Institute of BusinessAnalysis) is considered an asset
• Knowledge of the Business Analysis Book of Knowledge (BABOK)is considered an asset