Senior Business Analyst

Lancesoft; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Montreal is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to capture business requirements, assist in software development, and manage project tasks. The ideal candidate should have strong documentation skills, experience with Scrum and Kanban methodologies, and excellent communication abilities. This role requires collaboration with diverse user groups and a focus on delivering quality results.

Qualifications

• Experience with standard Kanban and Scrum methodologies.
• Strong analytic and documentation skills.
• Experience in collecting requirements and generating business process documentation.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Kanban methodologies

Scrum methodologies

User interface wireframes

Data analysis

Business rules documentation

Project management

Communication skills

Documentation skills

Tools

Jira

MS Office

SharePoint

Visio

Job description

Location : Montreal (Day 1 onboarding onsite / in office presence 3x week)

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.

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