Business Analyst

Business Analyst:

On behalf of our Financial Service client, Procom is searching for a Business Analyst for a 6 month contract role. This position is a hybrid position with onsite requirements at our client’s Mississauga office.


Business Analyst - Job Description:

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Business Analyst to elevate our Reporting & Analysis space. This role is crucial for enabling our Product Owners to focus on strategic initiatives by leading data documentation, lineage, advanced data operations, and directly supporting the product development lifecycle through precise story writing and requirements gathering.


Business Analyst - Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with Product Owners to understand business needs and translate them into clear, concise, and actionable user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead and facilitate requirements gathering sessions, workshops, and interviews with stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and document functional and non-functional requirements.
• Prioritize and manage a backlog of requirements and user stories, ensuring alignment with product strategy and business objectives.
• Support the development team throughout the agile sprint cycles, providing clarification on requirements and ensuring solutions meet defined criteria.
• Act as a crucial intermediary between business stakeholders, Product Owners, and technical teams, effectively translating complex business requirements into clear technical specifications and vice-versa.
• Create and maintain comprehensive Data Dictionaries and Business Glossaries to ensure consistent understanding and usage of all data elements across reports, dashboards, and data feeds.
• Analyze and document current data feed consumers and their specific requirements to ensure data delivery meets business needs.
  
  
  

Business Analyst - Mandatory Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Data Science, Computer Science, or a closely related quantitative field.
• Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience in a Business Analyst role, with a strong focus on data management, reporting, and requirements elicitation.
• Proven experience in an Agile environment, working directly with Product Owners to define and refine user stories, acceptance criteria, and product backlog items.
• Strong proficiency in UML or analogous data modeling techniques.
• SQL skills essential for efficient data querying, extraction, and in-depth analysis.
• Hands-on experience with leading data visualization platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, QlikView).
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
  
  
  

Business Analyst – Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Experience utilizing Jira or similar project management platforms.
• Familiarity with established data governance principles and frameworks.
• Understanding of data and reporting nuances within the financial services industry.
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, R) for data manipulation and analysis.
• Foundational understanding of data warehousing concepts and ETL processes.
  
  
  

Business Analyst – Assignment Length:

The contract is 6 months to start.


Business Analyst - Start Date:

ASAP.


Business Analyst - Assignment Location:

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada – Hybrid with onsite requirement.