Senior Business Analyst

About the role

Requirements: What you'll need

Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications:

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
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

• Lead 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.
• Defining/Clarifying requirements to clarify any ambiguities and ensure stories are well-defined, prioritized, and ready for development
• Supporting the Product Owner as a bridge between the product owner and development team
• Participating in backlog refinement; prioritize tasks, ensure alignment with business objectives
• Support Stakeholder communication - keep stakeholders informed on progress, changes, and any issues that arise
• Experience with working in an Agile project environment.
• Participate/Lead Sprint Ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives
• Validate Deliverables - ensure that developed features meet business needs and acceptance criteria
• Assist in user acceptance testing (UAT) or review use cases
• Experience with public sector activities including information, workflows and approvals related to permitting, inspections, incidents and legal actions (investigations, prosecutions, convictions).
• Experience with working with business area stakeholders and IT staff to review business needs, requirements elaboration, documentation related to current state and future state.
• Experience with data analysis to uncover insights into current use of key business functions connecting to and querying Oracle databases
• Experience with tools like DevOPS for backlog management and documenting requirements.

Must Have:

• Lead 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.
• Experience with working in an Agile project environment.