RQ11447 - Business Analyst - Senior

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Toronto, ON, CAN
In-Office
Senior level
Information Technology • Professional Services • Software • Consulting
The Role
Leads IT business analysis engagements by assessing business problems, gathering and documenting requirements, developing business cases and feasibility studies, and modeling processes, data, use cases, rules, and non-functional requirements. Advises on business analysis standards and methodologies, facilitates stakeholder consultations, manages requirements changes, monitors progress, resolves issues, and reports to management. The role supports technology solution design and requires flexibility across Waterfall, Iterative, and Agile delivery approaches.
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Description:

To provide a comprehensive range of I&IT business analysis lead services for IT Source client with diverse business and technology needs. To advise the appropriate application of I&IT to business problems and undertake comprehensive business needs assessments and analysis of complex business requirements for IT business solutions for respective clients. To prepare and advise on business analysis policies, processes, best practices and standards to promote a comprehensive and consistent business analysis practice with the client/cluster, the ministry and across the OPS.

 

Major Responsibilities:

  • 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. Applies re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative, 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.
  • 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.
  • Monitors progress, resolves problems and reports regularly to I&IT management and clients’ decision makers.
  • Develops performance measures for business analysis evaluation and conducts follow-up.

 

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 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:
  • Facilitates business analysis to assess clients’ 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
  • Facilitates 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, mock-ups, 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
  • Experienced developing strategies, preparing business cases and cost-benefit analysis
  • Experienced conducting requirements gathering, developing documentation, including presentations and briefing notes and conducting stakeholder engagement
  • Experienced in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools to document conceptual requirements and scope
  • Awareness of emerging I&IT trends and technologies
  • Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards

 

Desirable Skills:

  • Experienced 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.
  • Experienced in structured, object oriented and agile methodologies for user requirements.
  • Experience developing performance measures for business analysis evaluation and subsequent follow-up.
  • 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 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.
  • Knowledge of life cycle methodologies for systems/software development for business applications and systems specifications design; software design, development and integration; database concepts; user interface design principles; change management; quality assurance; risk management; test planning and execution; disaster/recovery planning; and business continuity planning to meet the business requirements and information needs of client ministries.
  • Demonstrated experience with property tax, property assessment, municipal taxation, or tax analysis systems. Experience with Ontario's Online Property Tax Analysis (OPTA) application is considered a strong asset.


Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

  • 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. Applies re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative, 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.
  • 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.
  • Have demonstrated flexibility to work within a variety of situations, applying a variety of project methodologies such as Waterfall, Iterative and Agile, and with various individuals or groups to achieve results, understand and appreciate different and/or opposing perspectives on an issue and adapting your approach to achieve best outcomes.

 

Nice to have:

  • Demonstrated experience with property tax, property assessment, municipal taxation, or tax analysis systems. Experience with Ontario's Online Property Tax Analysis (OPTA) application is considered a strong asset.

 

Skill Set Requirements:

Communication Consultation and Interpersonal Skills:

  • Excellent verbal and written communication, consultation and interpersonal skills to lead and facilitate the consulting and discussion process for projects, support in the preparation of business cases, final reports and recommendations, develop quality assurance testing plans, and lead committees and work groups.
  • Experienced with relationship building and negotiation skills to liaise between clients and project teams throughout project development.
  • Managed changes to requirements with clients/affected groups, ensure compliance, and secured cooperation for a course of action.
  • Have hands-on experience leading and facilitating the consulting and discussion process with a variety of stakeholders for projects.
  • Have demonstrated flexibility to work within a variety of situations, applying a variety of project methodologies such as Waterfall, Iterative and Agile, and with various individuals or groups to achieve results, understand and appreciate different and/or opposing perspectives on an issue and adapting your approach to achieve best outcomes.

 

  • Business Analysis
  • IT Knowledge and Experience
  • Client Relationship Management
  • Project Management
  • Problem Solving


Skills Required

  • Lead and conduct business analysis to assess client business problems and opportunities and document requirements for technology solutions.
  • Apply re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative, cost-effective service delivery approaches.
  • Conduct business analysis across project phases using OPS Unified Project Management Methodology, Enterprise Architecture and Gating Process, and OPS Standard Systems Development Methodologies.
  • Develop strategies, business cases, cost-benefit analyses, and feasibility studies for business I&IT initiatives.
  • Conduct business, use case, conceptual and logical data, process and data flow modeling; define business rules and non-functional requirements.
  • Demonstrated flexibility working with Waterfall, Iterative, and Agile methodologies and diverse stakeholders.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication, consultation, facilitation, relationship-building, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
  • Experience leading stakeholder consultation and discussion processes for projects.
  • Experience preparing business cases, final reports, recommendations, presentations, and briefing notes.
  • Experience developing quality assurance testing plans.
  • Experience managing changes to requirements and securing stakeholder cooperation.
  • Experience using Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools to document conceptual requirements and scope.
  • Knowledge of emerging I&IT trends and technologies.
  • Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) regulations and standards.
  • Knowledge of information management principles, concepts, policies, and practices.
  • Ability to translate business and data requirements into specifications for technology solutions.
  • Experience with business analysis methods, including functional modeling, event modeling, and process mapping.
  • Experience with structured, object-oriented, and agile methodologies for user requirements.
  • Knowledge of software development life cycle methodologies, database concepts, user interface design, change management, quality assurance, risk management, testing, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning.
  • Experience developing performance measures and traceability matrices for business analysis evaluation and follow-up.
  • Experience with property tax, property assessment, municipal taxation, or tax analysis systems.
  • Experience with Ontario's Online Property Tax Analysis (OPTA) application.
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