Sr. Business Analyst - In office

Randstad; Guelph; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Canada is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to partner with senior leadership to evaluate and support the delivery of strategic initiatives across business and technology teams in Guelph, Ontario. The role involves eliciting, analyzing, and documenting detailed business and system requirements to ensure alignment between objectives and technical solutions.

The successful candidate will lead end-to-end business analysis, facilitate stakeholder engagements, translate complex needs into

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree or diploma in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 7 years Business Analysis experience with complex business requirements and IT specs.
• Experience in insurance, finance, or government programs is an asset.
• Guidewire knowledge (PolicyCenter/ClaimCenter) is an asset.
• Experience in scaled agile delivery (SAFe) is an asset.
• CCBA or CBAP certification is an asset.
• Agricorp program knowledge is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leadership to support planning, evaluation, and delivery of strategic initiatives.
• Develop decision requests, information notes, and delivery plans for governance decisions.
• Prepare concise business value assessments for review and approval by senior leadership.
• Lead end-to-end business analysis activities including requirements planning, elicitation, analysis, and management.
• Translate complex business needs into clear business and system requirements.
• Plan and facilitate stakeholder sessions, workshops, and consultations with business and technology teams.
• Collaborate on high-level solution design, analytics, and test scenarios.
• Deliver walkthroughs, demonstrations, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Provide leadership to Business Analysts across multiple projects.
• Coach and train team members to improve analysis practices.
• Assist with production support including issue triage and impact assessment.

Skills

Business analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Communication

Education

Post-secondary degree/diploma in related field

Tools

Guidewire PolicyCenter/ClaimCenter

SAFe

CCBA/CBAP

Job description

Job details

The Senior Business Analyst partners with senior leadership to evaluate and support the delivery of strategic business initiatives. The role collaborates closely with subject matter experts and technology teams to conduct end-to-end business analysis, including eliciting, analyzing, and documenting detailed business and system requirements to ensure alignment between business ... objectives and technical solutions.

Advantages Key Competencies

• Achieving quality results - Attends to the task at hand to minimize errors; reviews own work prior to distribution.
• Initiative - Proactively identifies and handles issues and situations to take action; seizing opportunities when they arise.
• Teamwork and collaboration - Works cooperatively within teams to build effective relationships and accomplish goals.
• Efficiency - Effectively plan and organize time and resources to prioritize work to effectively meet objectives.
• Professionalism - Create a positive impression that supports Agricorp's vision, mission, and core qualities.
• Business Analysis - Apply the principles of business analysis in the planning, reengineering, and requirement gathering for business environments and operation processes.
• Project Management - Applies knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to achieve project objectives according to the agreed parameters.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leadership to support the planning, evaluation, and delivery of strategic business and technology initiatives
• Develop decision requests, information notes, and delivery plans to support executive and governance decision making
• Prepare concise business value assessments that clearly articulate the benefits and impacts of proposed technology changes for review and approval by senior leadership
• Lead end-to-end business analysis activities, including requirements planning, elicitation, analysis, documentation, validation, and management
• Translate complex business needs into clear, well-defined business and system requirements that support organizational objectives
• Plan, conduct, and facilitate stakeholder engagement sessions, workshops, and consultations with business and technology teams to analyze, validate, and clarify requirements
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to contribute to high level solution design, business analytics (including data and reporting), and the development of test scenarios and plans
• Plan and deliver comprehensive walkthroughs, demonstrations, presentations, and knowledge sharing sessions to support implementation
• Provide leadership and guidance to Business Analysts, overseeing requirements activities across multiple concurrent projects.
• Coach and train team members within the division to support continuous improvement in business analysis practices
• Assist with production support activities, including issue triage, root cause analysis, impact assessment, and resolution coordination

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree or diploma in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum 7 years Business Analysis experience conducting complex business analysis business requirements and IT specifications
• Business area experience and/or background in insurance, finance or government programs an asset
• Subject matter expertise in Guidewire (PolicyCenter and ClaimCenter) an asset
• Experience working in scaled agile delivery (SAFe) an asset
• CCBA (Certification of Competency in Business Analysis) or CBAP (Certified Business Analyst Professional) is an asset
• Agricorp program knowledge an asset

Summary

• Achieving quality results - Attends to the task at hand to minimize errors; reviews own work prior to distribution.
• Initiative - Proactively identifies and handles issues and situations to take action; seizing opportunities when they arise.
• Teamwork and collaboration - Works cooperatively within teams to build effective relationships and accomplish goals.
• Efficiency - Effectively plan and organize time and resources to prioritize work to effectively meet objectives.
• Professionalism - Create a positive impression that supports Agricorp's vision, mission, and core qualities.
• Business Analysis - Apply the principles of business analysis in the planning, reengineering, and requirement gathering for business environments and operation processes.
• Project Management - Applies knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to achieve project objectives according to the agreed parameters.

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. Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [e-mail] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process. This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.