Rq05570 - Business Analyst - Intermediate

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Job Title: RQ05570 - Business Analyst - Intermediate

Client: Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry

Toronto, Ontario, Hybrid

Estimated Start Date: 2023-07-24

Estimated End Date: 2024-03-31

#Business Days: 180.00

Extension: 60.00

Hours per day or Week: 7.25 hours per day

Security Level: No Clearance Required

Must haves:

• Expert knowledge/experience in writing detailed user stories
• Experience with documenting deliverables (Functional and Non-functional requirements, System Requirements Specifications, Business requirements / rules, Business Process Models, Data Requirements / Models (conceptual / logical), Risks and Issues, Business and System Use Cases, Requirements Traceability Matrices, Status Reports, Test Plan / Strategies, Test Cases etc.)
• Expert knowledge/experience creating business process maps/diagrams
• Demonstrated experience with JAD/Sprint session facilitation and the ability to translate business needs to technical requirements
• 4 + years of experience

Description

• Proactively raise risks/issues and propose mitigation strategies
• Leads the elicitation, elaboration, analysis and validation of business requirements and data needs
• Analyze business requirements to identify solution options or improvements
• Review and provide feedback of technical design documents
• Works with the developers to align business requirements with solution capabilities
• Prepares and advises on business analysis policies, processes, best practices and standards to promote a comprehensive and consistent business analysis practice within the organization
• Supports the product manager and product owner to refine and groom the product backlog
• Report progress on deliverables on a regular basis at stand-ups, and other team meetings as required
• Provides a comprehensive range of I&IT business analysis services for clients with diverse business and technological needs
• Facilitate and produce Sprint artefacts as required
• Conducts product walkthroughs / demonstrations at the end of each sprint cycle
• Analyze and map processes / data for current state and future state
• Provide support during the design, implementation and testing phases of the project
• Plans and facilitates workshops to gather requirements and create user stories
• Interacts with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering, documenting, and analyzing business needs and requirements
• Conduct Joint Requirements Planning and Joint Application Design sessions
• Conduct feasibility analysis, scoping and provide work estimates on user stories

General Skills - at least 4 years of:

• Proven experience with all stages of system implementation for complex large scale applications
• Understand business metrics and able to translate business goals and objectives into digital experiences.
• Experience working in agile / iterative delivery teams
• Demonstrated experience facilitating product demonstrations and/or sprint reviews
• Experience creating and documenting detailed user stories
• Creative, analytical approach and strong understanding of interaction design principles, including ability and experience to deliver mock-ups using advanced tools
• Thrive on feedback and comfortable transforming ideas generated through user research and analysis to create elegant, effective designs for diverse audiences.
• Proven experience facilitation of client meetings/workshops, interpretation of business needs to technical requirements
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
• Able to resolve issues in a timely manner, provide options and recommendations.
• Strong leadership skills to provide advice and guidance on all aspects of user experience and design, assessing user characteristics, needs, goals, and opportunities
• Experience working with Public Sector applications, databases and systems including PowerBuilder and Informatica
• Experience with requirements development involving requirements elicitation, analysis, specification and validation
• Knowledge and experience with supporting Public Sector Digital First strategies; experience with working with Digital Service standards including formal submissions for assessments as per official digital standards established
• Experience planning and managing product backlog, planning and managing sprints, and implementing in an iterative manner
• Strong research skills to perform industry research, provide options and make recommendations for solution improvements.
• Excellent facilitation, presentation, time-management and problem-solving skills.
• Able to prioritize change requests from clients and guide the team in determining how best to address them.
• Creative, innovative, and can think outside the box to visualize solutions that meet business needs.
• Able to build strong and trusting relationships while liaising effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong communication, interpersonal, collaboration, and negotiation skills to work seamlessly in an agile cross-functional team, with clients, vendor(s) and other stakeholders.
• Experience conducting feasibility analysis, scoping and providing project work estimates

Desirable Skills:

• Experience in structured, object oriented and agile methodologies for user requirements
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices
• Experience developing performance measures for business analysis evaluation and subsequent follow-up
• Experience with a wide range of methods, tools and techniques for business analysis such as: business functional modelling, business event modelling, business process mapping
• Ability to translate business and data requirements into specifications sufficient for designing appropriate technology solutions
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards

Experience And Skill Set Requirements

Business Analysis Skills – 40%

• Expert knowledge/experience in writing detailed user stories
• Expert knowledge/experience creating business process maps/diagrams
• Experience with engaging business and IT stakeholders, understand requirements for new functionality or changes to existing ones and providing high level and detailed estimates
• Demonstrated experience with JAD/Sprint session facilitation and the ability to translate business needs to technical requirements
• Experience with documenting deliverables (Functional and Non-functional requirements, System Requirements Specifications, Business requirements / rules, Business Process Models, Data Requirements / Models (conceptual / logical), Risks and Issues, Business and System Use Cases, Requirements Traceability Matrices, Status Reports, Test Plan / Strategies, Test Cases etc.)
• Ability to write high quality business cases, working with corporate governance bodies and navigating approvals
• Demonstrated ability in conducting feasibility analysis, project scoping and providing project work estimates
• Experience working in agile / iterative delivery teams
• Experience with requirements development involving requirements elicitation, analysis, specification and validation

Technical Skills - 25%

• Proven experience in investigating, analyzing and estimating system applications in large integrated complex environments
• Experience with all stages of system implementation in complex solutions
• Experience with business process mapping tools such as Visi
• Experience with prototyping tools to deliver high quality prototypes and mock-ups
• Ability to document requirements using story boarding utilizing tools such as Jira

Soft Skills - 25%

• Experience reporting progress on deliverables to team, project leads and management, including proactively raising risks/issues with mitigations
• Demonstrated consensus building skills
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Experience with agile
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent meeting facilitation skills to gather requirements

Public Sector Experience – 10%

• Knowledge of Simpler, Faster, Better Services Act to support OPS’ Digital First Strategy with user centric designs; familiarity with Digital Service Standards and Service Design Playbook
• Demonstrated knowledge of Public Sector applications, databases and systems while developing cross cluster, multi-year business solutions including knowledge of Commercial off the Shelf product implementations with third party vendors
• Working knowledge of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
• Experience working in accordance with policies and procedures of the Ontario Public Service
• Experience with Public Sector I&IT Solutions architecture, application design, quality assurance standards, project delivery methodologies, and practices

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Note:This position is currently listed as "Hybrid"; however, the consultant will be remote due to COVID-19 related Work from Home (WFH) direction. Once the I&IT cluster staff are required to return to the office, the resource under this request will be required to work onsite as well.

Ø Candidate needs to be in office- as per the guidelines of HM

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