Description:
The IT Business Analyst in this role will be part of a Modernization project. The project is implementing SAP and is in the Implementation phase and will work side by side with another BDS resource, as part of the cross-functional team, incl. System Integrator team.
Accountabilities
- Produce high quality documentation such as Governance documents, Process Impact Assessments, Process Maps and Designs and follow through on deliverables with stakeholder reviews, approvals and sign-offs so that projects are implemented safely, with quality, within budget, and on time.
- Liaise with internal and external teams / vendors on data migration and system interface activities to ensure dependencies are understood, addressed, and requirements are correctly communicated and recorded using documents such as Business Requirements, Functional and Non-Functional Requirements, Data Requirements, Business Scenarios and Use Cases, Requirements Traceability Matrix, Functional Specifications, and User Interface Specifications.
- Assist with testing, including creation of test documentation such as Test Plans, Test Scenarios/Scripts and Test Reports to ensure that the business requirements are met.
- Provide ongoing clarification and support to the user experience, development, training, and testing teams to ensure correct interpretation of the business requirements and process design and to contribute to their success.
- Assist the Project Manager with planning activities for subsequent phases of the project; contribute to the successful transition to sustainment teams; document meeting outcomes in meeting minutes to enable timely completion of project tasks.
- Facilitate and lead collaborative workshops with subject matter experts, stakeholders, and implementation consultants both internal and external to conduct analysis for assigned deliverables.
- Work to ensure viability of process design solutions and that they satisfy business requirements and project objectives.
- Conduct impact analysis on changes to designs / scope and record changes in the change log.
- May be required to create change management documentation including Stakeholder Impact Analysis, Change Management Approach, and Training Materials to deliver communication to stakeholders during roll-out activities.
- Provide subject matter expertise in one or more key areas such as specific applications or infrastructure technologies, as applicable to continuously build capability
Required
- (7) years of business analysis working experience in large IT projects in a complex enterprise environment or equivalent with an understanding of business architecture
- Strong process design experience
- Experience in designing and revising business processes with cross-functional teams
- Experience of calibrating business processes to packaged software.
- Ability to differentiate between process and procedural changes.
- A team player with good people skills, someone who is collaborative
- Experience with Produceing high quality documentation such as Governance documents, Process Impact Assessments, Process Maps and Designs
- Strategic and communication skills
- Ability to coordinate select project management activities in support of the PM, e.g., assess gate readiness, solicit approvals on deliverables, prepare presentation materials, etc.
- Ability to navigate between high level and detail
- Strong organization skills
- Nice to have:
- Experience in SAP implementation
- Experience with SAP Signavio
- Experience in GIS - Geographic Information System
- Experience in AUD and/or AutoCAD
- Experience in Vault, FileNet and/or other enterprise document storage
- Utility experience is an asset
- Education and Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Engineering, or equivalent
- Good working knowledge of the business domain and how the business objectives will be met with the technology solutions
- Advanced technical skills in business analysis with the ability to come up to speed quickly, gaining an understanding of the business problem/opportunity, project objectives, and high-level design completed to date
- Good working knowledge of the following, an asset:
- o Public sector or utilities industry
- o Experience with business and technology landscape
- o Experience with Project Delivery Methodology (ITDSP)
- Excellent facilitation, coordination, and interpersonal skills
- Intermediate MS Office skills (Word, Visio, Excel and PowerPoint
- Excellent communication skills for professional environment, written and spoken