RQ09088 Business Analyst

Are you an experienced Business Analyst passionate about solving complex business problems and driving informed decision-making through strategic documentation and stakeholder engagement? Our client seeks a detail-oriented and analytical professional to join their team in supporting key I&IT initiatives. In this role, you’ll bridge business needs with technical solutions by leading business analysis activities, creating business cases, and designing systems diagrams and process maps.

Advantages

1. 6-month contract with potential for extension
2. Hybrid work environment with flexibility
3. Opportunity to support high-impact enterprise I&IT initiatives
4. Work alongside a collaborative and experienced project team
5. Gain exposure to modern systems analysis tools and methodologies

Responsibilities

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

Qualifications

Must-Haves:

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

General Skills:

1. Applies re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative and cost-effective service delivery approaches.
2. Leads and conducts business analysis at varying levels of detail appropriate to the project and phases of the project, aligning with OPS Unified Project Management Methodology, Enterprise Architecture and Gating Process, and OPS Standard Systems Development Methodologies.
3. Develops strategies, prepares business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conducts feasibility studies for business I&IT initiatives.
4. Develops sound processes for requirements gathering, including but not limited to JAD sessions, interviews, mockups, etc.
5. Conducts 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.
6. Monitors progress, resolves problems and reports regularly to I&IT management and stakeholders.
7. Develops performance measures and traceability matrices for business analysis evaluation and conducts follow-up.
8. Experience developing strategies, preparing business cases and cost-benefit analysis.
9. Experience conducting requirements gathering, developing documentation, including presentations and briefing notes and conducting stakeholder engagement.
10. Experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools to document conceptual requirements and scope.
11. Awareness of emerging I&IT trends and technologies.
12. Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills.
13. A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines.

Desirable Skills:

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

Summary

This opportunity is ideal for a Business Analyst who enjoys turning business challenges into clearly defined technical solutions. You'll play a key role in analyzing, mapping, and documenting requirements that shape the development and enhancement of critical systems. If you are ready to apply your expertise in business process modelling, stakeholder engagement, and business case development, this role could be your next great opportunity.