RQ07947 - Business Analyst - Senior

Responsibilities:

• Provides a comprehensive range of I&IT 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&IT 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&IT 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&IT 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&IT 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
  

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• Candidate should have 10+ years experience in business analysis and modeling
  
• 10+ years experience in applying business modeling techniques/tools in a way that the developed artifacts can be reused and leveraged for multiple projects
  
• Experience in the following areas:
  

1. Development of business strategies
   
2. Business process re-engineering
   
3. Business case development and cost-benefit analysis
   
4. Feasibility studies
   
5. Joint Application Development (JAD) facilitation
   
6. Process improvement
   
7. System enhancements
   
8. User training
   

Skill Set Requirements:

Required Skillset:

• Candidate should have 10+ years experience in business analysis and modeling
  
• 10+ years experience in applying business modeling techniques/tools in a way that the developed artifacts can be reused and leveraged for multiple projects
  
• Experience in the following areas:
  

• Development of business strategies
  
• Business process re-engineering
  
• Business case development and cost-benefit analysis
  
• Feasibility studies
  
• Joint Application Development (JAD) facilitation
  
• Process improvement
  
• System enhancements
  
• User training
  

• Screen Design (GUI Designer - Balsamiq & Figma)
  
• Experience in structured, object oriented and agile methodologies for users-requirements elicitation and the development of specifications
  
• Experience in UML (Unified Modeling Language)
  
• Experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools to document conceptual requirements and scope (e.g., Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect CASE tool)
  
• Proven ability to support the client in development of presentation materials, briefing notes, etc. related to the project.
  
• Ensure that the artifacts are aligned with the enterprise architecture standards and principles (i.e., GO-ITS 56)
  
• Good understanding of OPS corporate policy development and communications business processes and general practices
  
• Good understanding of the components of the Government of Ontario s senior level reporting as it exists today, and the types of decision-making tools used such as correspondence, communications planning, issues/briefing notes, FOI requests, and financial and HR reporting.
  
• Experience working on a Document Management System or/and Customer Relationship Management System (CRM), and\or Talent Management (TM) or Human Resources Management System (HRMS) would be considered an advantage.
  

Business Requirements Gathering/Documentation:

• 10+ years experience in a business analyst capacity, with demonstrated work outlined clearly
  
• Experience conducting requirements gathering and developing documentation
  
• Demonstrated experience with developing business strategies, business process re-engineering
  
• Demonstrated experience with business case development, cost-benefit analysis and feasibility studies in a complex project environment
  
• Experience with a wide range of methods, tools and techniques for business analysis such as, but not limited to: business functional modelling, business event modelling, business process mapping
  

Technical Experience:

• Demonstrated Experience with GUI, user interface design and mock ups. (e.g. Balsamiq)
  
• Demonstrated Experience with Joint Application development (JAD), Unified Modelling language (UML), and Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools.
  
• Demonstrated experience with Document Management system and/or Customer Relationship Management System (CRM)
  
• Exposure to working with diverse business environments and enterprise wide systems.
  

System Functional Requirements:

• Ability to work with business and development teams to document system requirements.
  
• Demonstrated experience with creating Business Cases, Screen Design/User Interface, Business Process Models, Privacy Impact Assessment and Threat Risk Assessments, and Logical architecture artifacts, among other deliverables.
  
• Demonstrated experience with Business Architecture.
  

Communication Skills:

• Demonstrated experience in solving problems analytically, and making sound decisions based on.
  
• Experience in negotiating using both verbal and written communication skills and should have worked in a team based environment with a proven record of meeting deadlines.