Senior Business Analyst
HRBrain
CONTRACT
Canada
Posted 2 months ago
We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!
Type of Employment: Contact
Title: Senior Business Analyst
Term: 12-month – 37.5 hours/week
Location: Hybrid – 3 days on-site minimum and 2-days remote
Job ID number: C1115
Brief description of duties:
Identify and analyze business problems and defines the scope of activities required to address the issues, including requirement definition, process review, impact assessment and operational streamlining where appropriate.
Key Accountabilities:
- Lead detailed requirement phases by identifying, tracking, escalating and/or resolving business systems issues
- Involved in all aspects of projects, including documentation of project needs, analysis, research of needs and possible solutions, identifying technology and business solutions, gathering, documenting and updating business requirements; reviewing workflow process mapping; creating project plans; developing business testing strategies and working with project members to execute the test plan, recommending preferred solutions, and implementing recommendations
- Conduct functional reviews with stakeholders, gather requirements, document business requirements and create process maps of current and future state
- Identify, track and resolve business systems issues
- Create or lead the development of detailed level process maps to facilitate requirements gathering, gap analysis and for training use
- Manage project documentation (implementation plan, issues log, process maps, reports, FTE analysis, etc.) and resolves emerging issues at the implementation stage of the project
- Contribute to successful project completion within budget and on time by identifying risks and developing/recommending mitigation strategies
- Seeks input from the business by facilitating sessions
- Develop strategic training plan associated with introduction of new/ enhanced the business processes
- Provide assistance with business user testing, when required
- Develop and maintain strong relationship with business partners and internal/external team members
- Provide consulting services to business partners on new initiatives
- Identify issues and escalates/manages resolution as required
Roles Skills & Competencies:
- Ability to quickly learn organizational structure, business strategies and processes
- Lead discussions on detailed requirement phases identifying, tracking, escalating and/or resolving business systems issues
- Knowledgeable on business process modeling, process mapping
- Write clear and well-structured business requirements documents
- Advanced ability to resolve minor conflicts/issues using different tactics for prior to escalation
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Advanced facilitation and presentation skills
- Experience/knowledge with desktop applications/suites such as MS Project, MS Excel, databases, etc.
- Good organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple concurrent activities and to work successfully under pressure
Must-have
- 10+ years experience as a Business Analyst
- 2-3 years experience in a major financial institution,
- Experience in all/most facets of project lifecycle; strong comprehension of project management methodologies; genuine commitment to project environment and discipline
- Experience in identifying and assessing key business processes
- Bachelor’s degree; specialization in Business, Finance, Engineering, Math or Sciences is ideal
Nice-to-have
- Business Analyst designation
- Experience in financial services
- Experience in Information Technology field
Job Features
Job Category | Business Analyst |
Business Analysis | 10+ |
Financial institution experience | 2-3 |