Senior Business Analyst - Toronto

Randstad Canada; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

Randstad Canada is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to lead analysis for enterprise-scale I&IT initiatives in Toronto. You will elicit requirements, document functional, technical, and data specifications, and collaborate with Agile teams to create Epics, user stories, and data models.

Hybrid onsite role with 3 days on-site in Toronto and 2 days remote. You will apply UML modeling, develop ETL specifications, and ensure governance alignment with enterprise standards.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience leading business analysis and capturing functional requirements.
• Ability to translate user requirements into detailed functional, technical, and data specifications.
• Strong UML/BPMN modeling and data modelling skills.
• Experience in Agile environments with backlog grooming, Epics and user stories.

Responsibilities

• Requirements elicitation & workshop facilitation with stakeholders.
• UML use cases, activity, sequence, and state diagrams to map business processes.
• Conceptual and logical data modeling and ETL specification development.
• Facilitate Agile backlog grooming and prioritize user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Align BA deliverables with enterprise architecture and accessibility standards.

Tools

Jira

Figma

Microsoft Visio

Azure DevOps

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to lead and conduct comprehensive business analysis for complex, enterprise-scale I&IT initiatives. In this role, you will assess business opportunities and operational challenges, elicit user requirements, and translate them into detailed functional, technical, and data specifications. Working within Agile delivery teams, you will facilitate backlog grooming, create Epics and user stories, perform conceptual/logical data modeling, and design ETL requirement specifications for seamless data ingestion and integration.

Location: Toronto, ON , Onsite

Duration: 6-month contract.

Advantages

Core Agile & ETL Focus: Lead end-to-end business analysis spanning Agile user story creation, complex process modeling, and ETL data ingestion specifications.

Hybrid Work Flexibility: Enjoy a balanced work environment combining 3 days onsite collaboration in Toronto with 2 days remote work.

Enterprise Analysis Tooling: Leverage modern collaboration and design software, including Jira, Figma, Microsoft Visio, and Azure DevOps tools.

Responsibilities

Requirements Elicitation & Workshop Facilitation: Lead stakeholder interviews, Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions, co-design workshops, and mockup reviews to gather and document business, system, and non-functional requirements.

UML & Business Process Modeling: Utilize Unified Modeling Language (UML) to develop use cases, use case surveys, and activity, sequence, and state diagrams that map complex business process flows and business rules.

Data Modeling & ETL Specifications: Conduct conceptual and logical data modeling, process/data flow modeling, and translate business/data requirements into technical specifications, including ETL requirements for data sharing and ingestion.

Agile Backlog & User Story Management: Facilitate product backlog grooming sessions, author detailed Epics and user stories with clear acceptance criteria, and assist project leads with story prioritization.

Architecture & Governance Alignment: Ensure all business analysis deliverables align with enterprise architecture guidelines, unified project management methodologies, and accessibility standards.

Project Communication & Risk Tracking: Maintain continuous communication with project managers, providing regular status updates, identifying requirement risks, and proposing actionable mitigation strategies.

Qualifications

Business Analysis & UML Leadership: 8+ years of experience leading business analysis, capturing functional/system requirements, and using UML to develop use cases and activity/sequence/state diagrams (Strictly Required).

Process & Data Modeling: Proven expertise in business modeling, conceptual/logical data modeling, process flow modeling, and defining business rules and non-functional requirements (Strictly Required).

ETL & Data Integration Specifications: Demonstrated ability to translate complex business and data requirements into technical specifications for ETL data sharing and ingestion solutions (Strictly Required).

Agile Facilitation & Backlog Management: Proven experience facilitating product backlog grooming, defining Epics and user stories, and supporting user story prioritization (Strictly Required).

Accessibility Standards: Working knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) standards and regulations (Strictly Required).

Nice-to-Have Assets:

Hands-on experience developing and executing RDBMS SQL queries.

Experience with environmental, compliance, inspection, or waste management systems.

Familiarity with change management practices, lean process redesign, and tools such as Jira, Figma, and Microsoft Visio.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees.

In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.