RQ08911 - Business Analyst - Senior

Responsibilities:

• Lead and conduct business analysis at varying levels of detail with relevant stakeholders, appropriate to the project and phases of project, aligning with OPS Unified Project Management Methodology, Enterprise Architecture and Gating Process, and Agile Systems/OPS Standard Systems Development Methodologies.
• Provide a comprehensive range of I&IT business analysis lead services for diverse business and technology needs, including development and maintenance of business relationships and providing ongoing I&IT advice for improvements to/options for business development.
• Prepare and advise on business analysis policies, processes, best practices and standards to promote a comprehensive and consistent business analysis practice within the organization.
• Conduct ongoing business analysis activities and analysis within all phases of the project life cycle, including initial technical requirements, detailed plan of business analysis activity, business modeling, analysis of business transformation, new business development and acquired solutions, continual refinement of business requirements and identification of significant changes in requirement documentation, and maintenance of approved business requirement.
• Analyze defects and work with relevant parties in resolving of these defects.
• Support any data migration and related activities as needed from legacy system to new provincial system.
• Apply re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative, cost effective service delivery approaches.
• Lead subject matter experts and stakeholder working groups, conduct business analysis to assess clients current business problems, defects, improvements and minor enhancements.
• Document the business requirements in such a way that technology solutions can be determined.
• Liaise with the development and Quality Assurance teams, inclusive of and ministry teams.
• Present complex information equally well to technical and non-technical audience and act as a knowledgeable liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders during the implementation phase.
• Promote the appropriate application of I&IT to business problems, and undertake comprehensive business needs assessments and analysis of complex business requirements for IT business solutions.
• Develop strategies, prepare business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conduct feasibility studies for business I&IT initiatives
• Conduct business modeling; use case modeling; conceptual and logical data modeling; process and data flow modeling; use case surveys; business rules definition and non-functional requirements definitions for assigned projects.
• Monitor progress, resolve problems and report regularly to I&IT management and clients decision makers.
• Develop performance measures for business analysis evaluation and conduct follow-up.
• Support data governance operations (e.g. development of data governance roadmap, create and maintain data governance issues log, develop and enhance data governance training materials).
• Assist with the establishment and ongoing operational activities related to public health data stewardship to enable management and oversight of related data assets and products.
• Support data governance requirements gathering including data governance tools and technologies.

SkillsExperience and Skill Set Requirements

Public Sector Experience

· 5+ years of experience working with federal/provincial/broader public-sector healthcare providers.

· Knowledge of Public Sector Enterprise Architecture artifacts (or similar), processes and practices, and ability to produce technical documentation that comply with industry standard practices.

· In-depth knowledge of industry standard such as Project Management Institute (PMI) and Public Sector I&IT project management methodologies.

· Knowledge and experience with Public Sector Health related projects.

· Knowledge and understanding of Ministry policy and IT project approval processes and requirements.

· Experience adopting and adhering to Public Sector Unified I&IT Project Methodology, Public Sector Enterprise Architecture and Public Sector Gating process, and Public Sector Standard Systems Development Methodologies.

· Experience with large complex IT Health-related projects.

5 points

IT Knowledge and Experience

10+ years of experience in the following:

· Demonstrated awareness of emerging IT trends and technologies.

· Highly proficient using MS Office products.

· Experience with relational database technologies (MS SQL 2016 and later), data modelling, T-SQL, tables/views.

· Experience with Azure DevOps and issue tracking systems.

15 points

Core Skill and Experience

10+ years of experience in the following:

· Leading and conducting business analysis at varying levels of detail in order to assess clients business problems/opportunities and documenting the business requirements in such a way that technology solutions can be determined.

· In business and data analysis where multiple businesses, systems and domains are considered from an enterprise or holistic view.

· Substantiating analysis to business group to fix data issues and provide queries and scripts that help in debugging data issues.

· Providing a comprehensive range of I&IT business analysis lead services for diverse business and technology needs, including development and maintenance of business relationships and providing ongoing I&IT advice for improvements to/options for business development.

· Conduct ongoing business analysis activities and analysis within all phases of the project life cycle, including initial technical requirements, detailed plan of business analysis activity, business modeling, analysis of business transformation, new business development and acquired solutions, continual refinement of business requirements and identification of significant changes in requirement documentation, and maintenance of approved business and data governance requirements.

· Leading subject matter experts and stakeholder working groups, conduct business analysis to assess clients current business problems, defects, improvements and minor enhancements.

· Documenting the business and data governance requirements in such a way that technology solutions can be determined.

40 points

Data Governance /Management Experience

5+ years of experience in the following:

· Knowledge of data governance frameworks such as DAMA/CORBIT.

· Demonstrated experience in developing and maintaining materials to support data governance framework. implementation, ideally at an organization-wide or enterprise level.

· Support or contribute to development of data governance implementation roadmaps.

· Implementation and documentation of business processes to support data transformation projects.

· Change management in data analytics practices ideally at an organizational or enterprise level.

· Coordinating activities which advance data governance best practices.

25 points

General Skills

· Strong leadership and people management skills and experience.

· Exceptional analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.

· Demonstrated strong, interpersonal, verbal and written communication, and presentation skills.

· Proven troubleshooting and critical thinking experience

· Demonstrated ability to apply strong listening skills to facilitate issue resolution.

· Effective consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders with proven track record for building strong working relationships

· Strong interpersonal, facilitation and negotiation skills with ability to build rapport with stakeholders and drive negotiations to a successful outcome.

· Excellent customer service skills, including tact and diplomacy to ensure client needs are managed effectively.

· A motivated, flexible, detail-oriented and creative team player with integrity, perseverance, excellent organization and multi-tasking abilities, and a proven track record for meeting strict deadlines.

15 points

MUST HAVES:

10+ years of experience in the following:

· Demonstrated awareness of emerging IT trends and technologies.

· Highly proficient using MS Office products.

· Experience with relational database technologies (MS SQL 2016 and later), data modelling, T-SQL, tables/views.

· Experience with Azure DevOps and issue tracking systems

10+ years of experience in the following:

· Leading and conducting business analysis at varying levels of detail in order to assess clients business problems/opportunities and documenting the business requirements in such a way that technology solutions can be determined.

· In business and data analysis where multiple businesses, systems and domains are considered from an enterprise or holistic view.

· Substantiating analysis to business group to fix data issues and provide queries and scripts that help in debugging data issues.

· Providing a comprehensive range of I&IT business analysis lead services for diverse business and technology needs, including development and maintenance of business relationships and providing ongoing I&IT advice for improvements to/options for business development.

· Conduct ongoing business analysis activities and analysis within all phases of the project life cycle, including initial technical requirements, detailed plan of business analysis activity, business modeling, analysis of business transformation, new business development and acquired solutions, continual refinement of business requirements and identification of significant changes in requirement documentation, and maintenance of approved business and data governance requirements.

· Leading subject matter experts and stakeholder working groups, conduct business analysis to assess clients current business problems, defects, improvements and minor enhancements.

· Documenting the business and data governance requirements in such a way that technology solutions can be determined.

Originally posted on Himalayas