Intermediate Business Analyst

Our client is looking for an Intermediate Business Analyst for a 9 month contract in Toronto.
This is a hybrid role.


Advantages
• Hybrid: 2 days onsite / 3 days remote
• Potential for extension
• Earn a competitive rate within the industry


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.

• 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


Qualifications
Must have:

• Experience with engaging business and IT stakeholders, understand requirements for new functionality or changes to existing ones and providing high level and detailed estimates

• Experience with documenting deliverables (Functional and Non-functional requirements, System Requirements Specifications, Business requirements / rules, Business Process Models, Data Requirements / Models (conceptual / logical), Risks and Issues, Business and System Use Cases, Requirements Traceability Matrices, Status Reports, Test Plan / Strategies, Test Cases etc.)

• Demonstrated experience with JAD/Sprint session facilitation and the ability to interpret business needs to technical requirements

• Demonstrated experience with implementation of business solutions using Commercial off the Shelf solution implementations such as Oracle Siebel based systems

• Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills

• Excellent meeting facilitation skills to gather requirements

• Strong stakeholder management skills

• Experience working in accordance with policies and procedures

Summary
If you are interested in the Intermediate Business Analyst role in Toronto, please apply online at www.randstad.ca. Qualified candidates will be contacted.


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