Business Analyst

Russell Tobin; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing organization in Toronto is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to deliver enterprise-scale IT projects. This role demands over 10 years of experience in requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement, and agile delivery practices. The ideal candidate will develop business cases and manage product backlogs while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture. Knowledge of tools like MS Office, Azure DevOps, and Jira is a must. This role offers a pay rate of $70-$75 per hour on-site.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience delivering enterprise I&IT projects.
• Strong experience in Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Knowledge in drafting functional and non-functional requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end business analysis across project lifecycles.
• Gather and validate requirements through workshops and interviews.
• Develop business cases, process maps, and user stories.

Skills

Agile Information and Information Technology methods

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder engagement

Agile and Waterfall methodologies

MS Office - PowerPoint

MS Office - Excel

Visio

Azure DevOps / Jira

Job description

Job Title: Business Analyst – Senior

Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite)

Duration: 2+ Months

Client: Public Sector

Pay Rate: $70/hr - $75/hr (CAD)

Job Description

Seeking a Senior Business Analyst with 10+ years of experience delivering enterprise I&IT projects. The role focuses on requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement, agile delivery, and translating business needs into technical solutions aligned with enterprise architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end business analysis activities across project lifecycles.
• Gather, document, and validate functional/non-functional requirements through workshops, interviews, and JAD sessions.
• Develop business cases, feasibility studies, cost-benefit analysis, process maps, user stories, use cases, and data flow diagrams.
• Manage and groom product backlogs; support Agile/Scrum practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, product owners, QA, architecture, and technical teams to ensure quality delivery.
• Identify process improvements, customer journey enhancements, and manage dependencies.
• Prepare presentations, reports, and training materials; lead solution demos.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, and governance standards.

Must Haves

• Knowledge and experience with Agile Information and Information Technology (I&IT) methods and techniques associated with the development and implementation of enterprise architecture frameworks.
• 10 years of experience working as a BA.
• Strong Agile and Waterfall experience.
• Experienced in 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, in order to create the technical framework/specifications for development of the business solution and/or infrastructure services or platforms.
• Leads and facilitates in‑depth workshops to elicit, review, document and confirm business requirements, business process reengineering, business models, business rules and user interface design, in order to create the technical framework/specifications for development of the business solution and/or infrastructure services or platforms.
• Experience with MS Office - PowerPoint, Excel, Visio and Azure DevOps / Jira.
• Experience with Enterprise Transformation / Modernization / service delivery related projects.

Certifications

• Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Lean Six Sigma (any level)

If this opportunity matches your experience and career goals, please share your most updated resume for consideration.

As a certified minority‑owned business, Pride Global and its affiliates - including Russell Tobin, Pride Health, and Pride Now - are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.

Russell Tobin is a leading minority‑owned professional and technical recruitment and staffing advisory organization. We are comprised of specialized practices focusing on a variety of skill sets and industries. Having a depth and breadth of industry expertise, our subject matter experts are able to provide tailored and swift sourcing solutions to fulfill client hiring needs. In other words, we connect top talent with companies. We are the staffing arm of the Pride Global network, a minority‑owned integrated human capital solutions firm, with additional offerings in vendor management, payroll programs, and business process optimization.