RQ11397 - Business Analyst - Senior
$175,115–$210,142 year
On-siteToronto, Ontario, Canada
Job Summary
Lead business analysis initiatives by gathering, documenting, and analyzing business needs through workshops, interviews, and JAD sessions to create technical specifications and user stories. Develop functional and non-functional requirements, conduct feasibility studies, and prepare business cases and cost-benefit analyses for enterprise transformation projects. Facilitate stakeholder engagement, manage product backlogs, and ensure alignment with Agile methodologies and enterprise architecture frameworks. Mentor teams, resolve impediments, and monitor progress while delivering solutions that meet quality standards and organizational goals.
Required Qualifications
- Knowledge and experience with Agile Information and Information Technology (I&IT) methods and techniques associated with the development and implementation of enterprise architecture frameworks
- 10 years of experience working as a BA
- Strong Agile and Waterfall experience
- Experience developing functional and non functional requirements
- Experience leading and facilitating in-depth workshops to elicit, review, document and confirm business requirements, business process reengineering, business models, business rules and user interface design
- Experience creating technical framework/specifications for development of the business solution and/or infrastructure services or platforms
- Experience with MS Office - PowerPoint, Excel, Visio and Azure DevOps / Jira
- Experience with Enterprise Transformation / Modernization / service delivery related projects
- 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
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
- A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
- Project Methodology certifications such as Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Lean Six Sigma Black/Green/Yellow Belt, etc.
Desired Qualifications
- 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
- Experience in the use of information retrieval packages
- Knowledge of Ontario Public Service decision-making and project implementation processes
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