Business Analyst

We are looking for a Business Analyst! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!

Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Business Analyst
Term: Full-time – 37.5 hours
Location: Remote
Job ID number: C1238

Brief description of duties:

The Business Analyst is responsible for investigating company business systems, identifying options for improvement and bridging the needs of the business with the use of Information Technology systems.

• Effectively understand and translate business requirements and needs to necessary BRD, FRD documentation
• Identify potential issues; mitigate problems
• Work with IT developers to analyze issues and determine viable solutions
• Lead projects end-to-end, following Systems Development Life-Cycle
• Take responsibility of all aspects of projects from requirements and quality assurance to post-implementation validation
• Identify test scenarios, write test cases and conduct test preparation and planning
• Conduct implementation preparation and hand-off to operations
• Provide support for post-production implementation
• Troubleshoot operational issues; provide support
• Lead multiple initiatives while maintaining priorities and timelines set out for projects KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS LEVEL OF EDUCATION
• College diploma or bachelor’s degree in computer science field

MUST haves:

• Minimum 5 years’ business analysis experience
• Experience dealing with stakeholders on a variety of levels
• History of client relationship management
• History of quality assurance or quality control experience specific to project deliverables, including issue logs, project reports and communications
• Proven ability to proactively identify potential risk events and issues prior to occurrence in order to develop proper mitigating strategies; articulation and escalation of issues and risks to Project Manager with mitigation strategies recommended
• Demonstrated analytical, problem-solving and conceptual skills to analyze client and business needs
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with IT project management techniques and methodologies to assist with planning, coordination, scheduling, monitoring, reporting and controlling of multiple IT services • Knowledge of and experience with IT, ensuring ability to integrate and identify IT-enabled opportunities to solve business pressures and needs
• Proven ability to act as business or technical advisor and coordinate all aspects of specific deliverables, including deployment schedules and implementation planning
• Experience coordinating, monitoring and following up on project issues logs as well as reporting on project issues to Project Manager, service owner and working committee members

Skills:

• Strong experience with project management, lifecycles and Agile methodology
• Advanced experience in coordinating all project reporting activities including development, maintenance and analysis of project progress, metrics and deliverables
• Ability to act as experience resource, anticipating and resolving problems to ensure that deliverables are completed within expectations and by deadline
• Experience identifying and assisting with resolution of conflicts, engaging management as required to assist with resolution or escalation
• Proven ability to identify and analyze business requirements
• Business savvy
• Proficient business analysis skills
• Team player with proven track record of meeting strict deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills