Senior Business Analyst

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