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

Skills
Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Technical Knowledge and Expertise:
Working knowledge of business system technologies to provide technical
expertise and advice.
Demonstrated knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle Methodologies
and Agile project methodology
Experience with advanced application prototyping.
knowledge in Microsoft Power Platform App & MS Dynamics
experience with creating and managing user stories using Jira and/or
Azure DevOps
knowledge of design methodologies in Internet-based and/or distributed
environments
knowledge of front end, web-based technologies and data
mining/reporting-based COTS tools encompassing feasibility studies,
requirements definition, analysis, prototyping, system design,
implementation, testing and maintenance
advanced technical knowledge of large hardware and software operations
and utilities, productivity tools, client server architecture, online
processing systems, web-based technologies, Commercial off-the-shelf
(COTS) and database management systems
knowledge of emerging IT trends and technologies
Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with
Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.

Section A - 50 Points:

Research and Analysis:
Ability to collaborate with business divisions to collect technical
needs for data and analytics platforms, analyze business processes,
existing KPIs and suggest internal improvements, enhanced KPI and
metrics collection and other data-driven responsibilities
Experience in exploring how organisations operate and track KPIs via
research, which could include interviewing employees and collecting
quantitative data
Eperience interpreting your findings and providing recommendations to
the team and executives
Perform requirements analysis
Experience performing user acceptance testing
Able to lead a JAD or design session with stakeholders and brainstorm
what the best technical approach might be for meeting the customer's
need

Communicatingand Interpersonal skills:
Must have strong verbal and written communication skills to summarize
information and ideas
Ability to work alongside enterprise clients on self-service BI
implementations, training them how to alter and analyze data
themselves

Problem Solving Skills:
Experience collaborating with managers and other corporate clients to
solve business challenges

Section B - 50 points:
Design and Software Skills:
Experience creating documents such as use cases and business
requirement documents
Experience working an agile environment
Experience developing business plans, identifying new technology or
systems that could be implemented, or developing new processes or
procedures
Experience in basic programming or database management


Must haves:
Please see the evaluation criteria