HM Note: This hybrid contract role is three (3) days in office. Candidates resume must include first and last name. This opportunity commences April 1 2025
Responsibilities: and nbsp;
Provides a comprehensive range of I and amp;IT business analysis services for clients with diverse business and technological needs. and nbsp;
Interacts with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering documenting and analyzing business needs and requirements. and nbsp;
Prepares and advises on business analysis policies processes best practices and standards to promote a comprehensive and consistent business analysis practice within the organization. and nbsp;
General Skills: and nbsp;
Leads and conducts business analysis in order to assess clients business problems/opportunities and documents the business requirements in such a way that I and amp;IT solutions can be determined. and nbsp;
Applies reengineering 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 and nbsp;
Develops strategies prepares business cases and costbenefit analysis and conducts feasibility studies for business I and amp;IT initiatives and nbsp;
Develops sound processes for requirements gathering including but not limited to JAD sessions interviews mockups etc. and nbsp;
Conducts business modeling; use case modeling; conceptual and logical data modeling; process and data flow modeling; use case surveys; business rules definition and nonfunctional requirements definitions for assigned projects Monitors progress resolves problems and reports regularly to I and amp;IT management and stakeholders and nbsp;
Develops performance measures and traceability matrices for business analysis evaluation and conducts followup and nbsp;
Experience developing strategies preparing business cases and costbenefit analysis and nbsp;
Experience conducting requirements gathering developing documentation including presentations and briefing notes and conducting stakeholder engagement and nbsp;
Experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools to document conceptual requirements and scope and nbsp;
Awareness of emerging I and amp;IT trends and technologies Excellent analytical problemsolving and decisionmaking skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills and nbsp;
A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines and nbsp;
Desirable Skills: and nbsp;
Experience in the use of information retrieval packages and nbsp;
Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles concepts policies and practices and nbsp;
Ability to translate business and data requirements into specifications sufficient for designing appropriate technology solutions and nbsp;
Experience with a wide range of methods tools and techniques for business analysis such as: business functional modelling business event modelling business process mapping and nbsp;
Experience in structured object oriented and agile methodologies for user requirements and nbsp;
Experience developing performance measures for business analysis evaluation and subsequent followup and nbsp;
Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
Skills
Experience and nbsp;And and nbsp;Skill and nbsp;Set and nbsp;Requirements and nbsp;
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30% and nbsp; and nbsp;Business and nbsp;Analysis:
- knowledge of business analysis including enterprise level and client program area business analysis and modeling expertise; related business analysis tools technology processes and methodologies; business analysisrelated technical and business planning
20% and nbsp; and nbsp;IT and nbsp;Knowledge and nbsp;and and nbsp;Experience:
- software and nbsp;development and nbsp;life and nbsp;cycle and nbsp;design and nbsp;development and nbsp;and and nbsp;integration; and nbsp;database and nbsp;concepts; and nbsp;user and nbsp;interface and nbsp;design and nbsp;principles
- knowledge and nbsp;of and nbsp;enterprise and nbsp;architectural and nbsp;concepts and nbsp;specifically and nbsp;in and nbsp;the and nbsp;area and nbsp;of and nbsp;business and nbsp;architecture
- knowledge and nbsp;of and nbsp;current and nbsp;trends and nbsp;and and nbsp;emerging and nbsp;technologies and nbsp;specifically and nbsp;as and nbsp;it and nbsp;relates and nbsp;to and nbsp;business and nbsp;driven and nbsp;IT and nbsp;solutions
15% and nbsp; and nbsp;Communication and nbsp;Skills:
- provide and nbsp;consultation and nbsp;and and nbsp;advice and nbsp;to and nbsp;senior and nbsp;cluster and nbsp;management and nbsp;and and nbsp;staff
- client and nbsp;relationship and nbsp;management and nbsp;skills and nbsp;demonstrated and nbsp;through and nbsp;experience and nbsp;in and nbsp;business and nbsp;analysis
- excellent and nbsp;team and nbsp;leadership and nbsp;presentation and nbsp;facilitation and nbsp;and and nbsp;negotiation and nbsp;skills
15% and nbsp; and nbsp;Analytical and nbsp;and and nbsp;ProblemSolving and nbsp;Skills:
- accurately and nbsp;assess and nbsp;clients and nbsp;business and nbsp;requirements and nbsp;and and nbsp;identify and nbsp;best and nbsp;technology and nbsp;solutions
- experience and nbsp;monitoring and nbsp;project and nbsp;progress and nbsp;resolving and nbsp;problems and nbsp;and and nbsp;reporting and nbsp;issues and nbsp;to and nbsp;ensure and nbsp;clients and nbsp;expectations and nbsp;are and nbsp;satisfied and nbsp;in and nbsp;the and nbsp;most and nbsp;cost and nbsp;effective and nbsp;manner
- evaluate and nbsp;directions and nbsp;trends and nbsp;standards and nbsp;and and nbsp;policies and nbsp;in and nbsp;a and nbsp;complex and nbsp;and and nbsp;evolving and nbsp;environment and nbsp;using and nbsp;multiple and nbsp;sources
20% and nbsp; and nbsp;Project and nbsp;Management:
- knowledge and nbsp;of and nbsp;service and nbsp;delivery and nbsp;management and nbsp;portfolio and nbsp;and and nbsp;program and nbsp;and and nbsp;project and nbsp;management and nbsp;in and nbsp;complex and nbsp;and and nbsp;dynamic and nbsp;IT and nbsp;environments
- experience and nbsp;working and nbsp;in and nbsp;environments and nbsp;of and nbsp;change and nbsp;management and nbsp;quality and nbsp;assurance and nbsp;risk and nbsp;management and nbsp;disaster and nbsp;recovery and nbsp;planning and nbsp;and and nbsp;business and nbsp;continuity and nbsp;planning
- knowledge and nbsp;of and nbsp;project and nbsp;management and nbsp;methodologies and nbsp;and and nbsp;practices and nbsp;to and nbsp;participate and nbsp;in and nbsp;and/or and nbsp;lead and nbsp;multiple and nbsp;broad and nbsp;scope and nbsp;business and nbsp;IT and nbsp;initiatives
MUST HAVES:
- Knowledge of business analysis including enterprise level and client program area business analysis and modeling expertise; related business analysis tools technology processes and methodologies; business analysisrelated technical and business planning
- Software development life cycle design development and integration; database concepts; user interface design principles
- Knowledge of enterprise architectural concepts specifically in the area of business architecture
- Knowledge of current trends and emerging technologies specifically as it relates to business driven IT solutions
- Knowledge of service delivery management portfolio and program and project management in complex and dynamic IT environments
Nice: Saas project experience