Business Analyst

Position Summary



Reporting to the Director, Strategic Project Delivery & Change Management, the Business Analyst role will act as a key resource in supporting the transition and implementation of Digital Transformation projects. In addition, the role will be involved in other ad hoc operational requests as required. This individual will be a key participant in the assessment of the client’s needs to align business initiatives with information technology solutions. The successful candidate must have a strong desire to continue to learn and build on the business analyst skillset.





Key Responsibilities



The Business Analyst will:

• Be a key member of core project teams, working closely with project management, IST, change management, and training through the project lifecycle
• Connect and facilitate conversations in effectively translating business requirements from key project stakeholders
• Document business requirements in various forms such as business requirements documents, business process maps, functional and technical specifications, etc.
• Ensure project documents are maintained regularly throughout the project
• Support project sustainment, conducting process improvement reviews
• Identifies all activities required to support future state processes
• Conducts gap analysis between business rules, business requirements, compliance requirements and desired future state
• Support and contribute to reports or presentations on solution options, status of current and future work activities, work plan, change readiness, UAT, etc.
• Works with project team(s) on solution design, ensuring needs and business goals of stakeholders are met throughout the project lifecycle
• Assist in planning production readiness activities with stakeholders
• Assist in planning and coordinating user acceptance testing (UAT)
• Work with business analysts on other projects to identify critical interdependencies
• Provide feedback to support prioritization of initiatives based on business needs and requirements.
  
  

Required Knowledge & Skills



The ideal candidate preferably has 1-3 years of experience in a Finance environment, or a combination of education and experience.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience with business process design (process mapping, requirements, and pain points gathering)
• Experience with group facilitation and training
• Excellent time management skills
• Excellent ability to communicate clearly and concisely as well as well as the ability to adapt to different audiences
• Knowledge of Yardi 7S an asset
• Good analytical reasoning and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge in the translation of technical requirements to a non-technical stakeholder
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and business needs
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and with data
• Ability in using Excel (pivot tables, filters …) to analyze data
• The desire in improving the BA skillset with additional training or education
  
  

Please note this is a general description of the tasks and skills required. Additional responsibilities and duties may be required to successfully perform this role.