16 Oct
Apptad
Regent Park
Job Title: Apptad - Business Analyst - Senior
Job Location: 222 Jarvis Street,Toronto,Ontario (Hybrid - 3 days onsite/2 days Remote)
Job Duration: Long-Term
Job Description Responsibilities Provides a comprehensive range of I⁢ business analysis services for clients with diverse business and technological needs. Interacts with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering, documenting, and analyzing business needs and requirements. Prepares and advises on business analysis policies, processes, best practices and standards to promote a comprehensive and consistent business analysis practice within the organization.
General Skills Leads and conducts business analysis in order to assess client's business problems/opportunities and documents the business requirements in such a way that I⁢ solutions can be determined. Applies re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative and cost effective service delivery approaches Leads and conducts business analysis at varying levels of detail appropriate to the project and phases of project, aligning with OPS Unified Project Management Methodology, Enterprise Architecture and Gating Process, and OPS Standard Systems Development Methodologies Develops strategies, prepares business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conducts feasibility studies for business I⁢ initiatives Develops sound processes for requirements gathering including but not limited to JAD sessions, interviews, mockups, etc.
Conducts business modeling; use case modeling; conceptual and logical data modeling; process and data flow modeling; use case surveys; business rules definition and non-functional requirements definitions for assigned projects Monitors progress, resolves problems and reports regularly to I⁢ management and stakeholders Develops performance measures and traceability matrices for business analysis evaluation and conducts follow-up Experience developing strategies, preparing business cases and cost-benefit analysis Experience conducting requirements gathering, developing documentation, including presentations and briefing notes and conducting stakeholder engagement Experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools to document conceptual requirements and scope Awareness of emerging I⁢ trends and technologies Excellent analytical,
problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines Desirable Skills Experience in the use of information retrieval packages Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices Ability to translate business and data requirements into specifications sufficient for designing appropriate technology solutions Experience with a wide range of methods, tools and techniques for business analysis such as: business functional modelling, business event modelling, business process mapping Experience in structured,
object oriented and agile methodologies for user requirements Experience developing performance measures for business analysis evaluation and subsequent follow-up Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards Skills Experience and Skill Set Requirements
Business Analytical Skills and Competencies (60%)
- Responsible for gathering and documenting the business requirements and ensuring that the deliverables produced by the development effort conform to the business requirements.
- Leads and conducts business analysis in order to assess client's business problems/opportunities and document the business requirements in such a way that technology solutions can be determined.
- Promotes business improvements through alternative service delivery approaches.
- Leads and conducts business analysis at varying levels of detail,
appropriate to the project and phases of project, aligning with OPS Unified Project Management Methodology, Enterprise Architecture and Gating Process, and OPS Standard Systems Development Methodologies.
- Conducts business modeling; use case modeling; conceptual and logical data modeling; process and data flow modeling; use case surveys; business rules definition and non-functional requirements definition for assigned projects.
- Develops performance measures for business analysis evaluation and conducts follow-up.
- Drives the user acceptance testing process, including preparation of acceptance criteria, review of the test plans and scenarios, review of test results as well as end to end testing. In some cases,
the Business Analyst also executes test cases and directly ensures system integrity.
- Develop and design deliverables, including (and not limited to) integration requirements, data schemas, and design documentation, as well as the business's implementation and conversion strategies and plans.
Data Migration Expertise (10%)
- Assist with data migration activities such as development of legacy extract specifications, data cleansing requirements and quality assurance testing.
Communication and Collaborative Skills (30%)
- Act as liaison for cross-functional team, including vendor and business partners.
- Organize business and internal team meetings to identify and validate business and system requirements.
- Identify and quantify risks relevant to business and systems requirements,
delivery timelines and quality.
- Coordinate and communicate various aspects of the project, including producing status reports, meeting minutes, issue logs, and informing cross-functional teams of decisions and progress.
- Monitor progress, resolves problems and reports regularly to I⁢ management and clients' decision makers.
- Schedule and mediate team meetings, follow up on issues, obtain concurrence from project stakeholders on completion of documented deliverables.
Supplier Comments
Closing Date: 2024-10-17, 4:30 p.m. EST
Max submission - 1 (one)
Hybrid - 3 days onsite/2 days remote
Must Haves:
- 10+ yrs as a BA
- lead meetings and managing stakeholders
- Leads and conducts business analysis in order to assess client's business problems/opportunities and document the business requirements in such a way that technology solutions can be determined.
- Assist with data migration activities such as development of legacy extract specifications, data cleansing requirements and quality assurance testing.
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