Technical Analyst ERP - Business Analyst

Vantix Systems Inc.; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Edmonton is seeking a qualified Business Analyst or Lead Technical Analyst. The role involves translating business needs into technical solutions, leading stakeholder meetings, and managing project documentation. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience using MS Project and coordinating complex projects across multiple business areas.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in project management and business analysis.
• Experience working with stakeholders and coordinating with vendors.
• Ability to perform scheduling analysis and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into technical requirements.
• Lead stakeholder consultations and meetings.
• Manage documentation and project status reporting.

Skills

Project management

Business analysis

Risk management

Communication

Leadership

Tools

MS Project Professional

Project Server

Job description

Description of Services

Responsible for taking business requirements and translating them into technical requirements and solutions.

• Create project documents and associated planning documents.
• Create stakeholder analyses.
• Lead consultations and facilitate stakeholder meetings.
• Create business requirements, functional specifications and technical requirements.
• Create new business and technical processes and complete business process reviews/re-engineering for existing processes.
• Facilitate business process improvement sessions.
• Assist in the development of new IT services.
• Schedule, organize and lead project status meetings and other meetings as required.
• Provide support by bridging communication between vendors, client ministries, and corporate technical and business teams.
• Escalate unresolved issues/risks, options and recommendations.
• Responsible for business architecture design, software system specifications design, and database modelling.
• Participate iterative development using model-based processes .
• Perform project management, business and technical analysis and systems design in delivering complex software solutions spanning n-tier development environments.
• Produce project artifices with XML; UML and/or other web-services technologies.
• Prepare, update and manage documents defining the business requirements, software requirements, functional design, and project plans and schedules reflecting achievable deliverables for the applications.
• Prepare regular project status reports indicating project deliverables, possible risk and issues, time-lines and anticipated effort.
• Ensure appropriate project communication occurs to all parties involved during all phases of the project.
• Identify required user training.
• Additional responsibilities as required by the Project Manager for a Business Analyst or Lead Technical Analyst role

The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience and proficiency in MS Project Professional Software

The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience working with and configuring Project Server in an enterprise environment

The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience working closely with business clients and business areas to plan work activities related to the project

The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience working on complex projects spanning multiple business areas, business processes and technical environments

The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience working with and coordinating work with various vendors, external third parties and project management resources to create and maintain a master program schedule

The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience in planning and scheduling tasks, the ability to identify challenges to the project schedule and recommend plans to mitigate risks on schedule delay and/or to put the project back on schedule

The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience in what-if scheduling analysis to provide alternative options, and the ability to assess impacts and mitigation of certain events

The proposed resource must have demonstrated experience with risk management, issues management and change management