RQ10990 - Business Analyst - Senior

Zohorecruit; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit is seeking a skilled Business Analyst to lead analysis efforts for diverse client engagements. The role involves gathering, documenting, and analyzing business needs to define effective IT solutions and align with organizational standards.

You will model business processes, conduct requirements gathering, and support up-front business case development, cost-benefit analyses, and feasibility studies. Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and conducting business analysis to document requirements for IT solutions.
• Ability to model business processes, data, and non-functional requirements for projects.
• Familiar with JAD sessions, interviews, mockups and other requirements gathering techniques.

Responsibilities

• Leads and conducts business analysis to understand client needs and document requirements for IT solutions.
• Applies re-engineering concepts to improve business processes and service delivery.
• Aligns project work with established methodologies and governance processes.
• Develops business cases, cost-benefit analyses, and feasibility studies for initiatives.
• Creates requirements artifacts and maintains traceability throughout projects.
• Represents the BA practice to management and stakeholders and reports progress.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder engagement

Data modeling

Process mapping

JAD sessions

Cost-benefit analysis

CASE tools

Agile methodologies

Tools

CASE tools

Job description

• 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 in order 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.
  
• Leads and conducts business analysis at varying levels of detail appropriate to the project and phases of project, aligning with OPS Unified Project Management Methodology, Enterprise Architecture and Gating Process, and OPS Standard Systems Development Methodologies.
  
• 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.
  
• 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 modelling, business event modelling, 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.
  
• 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.
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• Experience in leads and conducts business analysis in order to assess client’s business problems/opportunities and documents the business requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be determined.
  
• Experience in leads and conducts business analysis at varying levels of detail appropriate to the project and phases of project, aligning with OPS Unified Project Management Methodology, Enterprise Architecture and Gating Process, and OPS Standard Systems Development Methodologies.
  
• Experience in 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.