Contract Senior Business Analyst role, onsite in Toronto for 6+ months, leading workshops to elicit and document business requirements, writing user stories, and supporting Agile delivery teams. Work must align with Ontario Public Service (OPS) I&IT standards, using tools such as DevOps, MS Visio, and Figma.
Duration- 6+ contract, Business Days - 135 + 1 possible Extension
Must Have:
Leads and facilitates workshops to elicit, review, document, and confirm business requirements, business process reengineering, business models, business rules, and user interface design.
Knowledge of Agile methodologies and the ability to break down complex business requirements into manageable deliverables for development teams.
Creates user stories, supports the creation of UX, functional, and technical designs, and ensures that business analysis tasks align with iterative development cycles.
Develops performance measures for business analysis evaluations and conducts follow-up assessments to ensure compliance with client clusters and corporate I&IT strategies, policies, and priorities.
Proficient in a range of business analysis and project management tools (e.g., DevOps, MS Visio, Figma, and other modeling tools) to document and track business requirements and designs.
Experience developing context diagrams, use cases, and use case models.
Experience with enterprise business architectural concepts to ensure that recommended technologies align with OPS standards.
Experience developing business cases from start to finish.
Demonstrated ability to prepare clear, concise, and comprehensive documentation, including reports, reviews, and assessments.
Ability to present ideas and suggestions clearly and effectively in a user-friendly manner, ensuring complex information is easily understood by both technical and non-technical audiences.
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
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Note: The higher end of the range is intended for absolutely exceptional candidates who meet all must-have requirements and most or all nice-to-have qualifications. The client will evaluate candidates based on both rate expectations and overall skill set when shortlisting.
INCORPORATED RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)