Senior Business Analyst

Compunnel Inc.; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT consulting firm in Montreal is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to optimize management processes. You will capture and convert business requirements into functional designs and manage expectations from diverse user groups. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, experience in project management, and the ability to work collaboratively across teams. Competitive contract terms are offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in IT.
• Strong documentation skills for all aspects of a project life cycle.
• Experience with managing a backlog of stories using Kanban and Scrum.

Responsibilities

• Convert business requirements into functional design.
• Assist in all aspects of the software development life cycle.
• Coordinate and support training programs.

Skills

Kanban

Scrum

User interface wireframes

Data analysis

Requirements gathering

Project management

Problem-solving

Client relationship skills

Communication skills

Tools

Jira

MS Office

Visio

SharePoint

Job description

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The Infrastructure and Financial Planning Analytics Technology (IFPAT) group aims to deliver best-of-breed solutions to optimize the management of Morgan Stanley’s Infrastructure & Support Services organizations. Applications in this space support a range of management processes : Program & Portfolio Management, Workforce Planning & Budgeting, Capital Budgeting, Time Tracking & Billing, Resource Management, and Project Tracking & Delivery Management. The team typically manages large, complex projects across the back office at Morgan Stanley (I.e., Technology, Operations, Finance, Legal, etc.)

This position is for a Senior Business Analyst focusing on capturing and converting business requirements into functional design as well as defining the roadmap. The role requires the ability to face off to a diverse base of user-groups to solicit requirements and manage expectations as to what is achievable within realistic time frames. The successful candidate will face off with the application development team, acting as advocate for the various user groups and should have strong analytic and documentation skills. This role will assist in all aspects of the software development life cycle.

Requirements :

• Experience with standard Kanban and Scrum methodologies for managing a backlog of stories and should be well versed in user story formats, test cases, and success criteria.
• Experience with user interface wireframes, documenting application behavior, data analysis, and business rules.
• Requirements Gathering - collect requirements, create flow diagrams, generate one-page summary slides on key requirements, produce business process documentation.
• User Stories & Design - convert user requirements into user stories (maintained in Jira) that can be groomed and included in upcoming development sprints.
• Testing - assist in the creation of system and user acceptance test plans as well as executing the plans or coordinating their execution.
• Training - Coordination and support of training program - work with business areas and training department to develop and deploy multi-channel training as needed.
• Support - Assist in the investigation and resolution of day-to-day production support requests for existing applications.
• Project Management - Candidate should be well-versed in project management tasks, such as developing a project plan / work breakdown structure, compiling project status reports for management, managing scope, and setting project governance models.
• Experience with different requirements gathering techniques (ex. gap analysis, cross-functional process flows, use case modeling).
• Strong documentation skills for all aspects of a project life cycle (requirements, design, testing).
• Demonstration of process and / or system ownership in one or more of the following areas : workforce planning & budgeting, capital budgeting, IT funding request management, cash / fiscal planning, or other financial management processes related to tracking planned and actual spend.
• Ability to quickly digest new information and learn new businesses and processes.
• Ability to investigate a problem, determines root cause, and work with end users to solve their issues.
• Ability to operate / communicate horizontally and vertically across the various business units and IT and comfortable conversing with Business Sponsors / Stakeholders / Technical Developers.
• Strong customer / client relationship skills (understanding and focusing on the client needs, establishing credibility and building relationships with clients, etc.).
• Ability to work as part of a global team. Self-starter able to execute with minimal supervision.
• Accurate, tenacious & delivery focused, with an eye for detail and design.
• Understanding of and exposure to full development lifecycle. Excellent hands-on experience of MS Office (including Visio) and SharePoint.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience in writing functional requirements, user documentation and training materials.
• Must be able to get the message across to a variety of audiences.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Job function

Information Technology and Customer Service

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting, Banking, and Investment Banking

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