IT Business Analyst Contract Duration: 6 months Location: Toronto, hybrid model (Flexible one day a week and one set monthly team meeting) Responsibilities:
- Ensure the end to end process is fully analyzed and documented which include all delivery channels, affected processing units and technologies
- Ensure that requirements are clearly, accurately and thoroughly documented and understood for both system changes and/or process changes and that there is value and consistency added to the user and customer experience. Experience must include both Waterfall and Agile.
- Assist in creation of Business Cases and cost/benefit analysis to ensure quantitative and qualitative benefits are achieved.
- Manage timely and accurate delivery of tasks for assigned projects through all stages of the project life cycle from concept to implementation. E.g., scope work effort, track task to a project plan, map process flows, document requirements/stories, liaise with Business, Development and Vendors, Test Validation/Defect mitigation, Communication plan execution, etc., ensuring that the Senior Manager and/or Project lead are kept informed of all unresolved issues, other areas of concern and any other deviations from plans through timely and well documented reporting.
- Activities include; cost/benefit analysis, data analysis, impact analysis, process analysis, preparing detailed documentation of requirements for systems/process changes, and preparation of instructions/training material for users.
- Ability to perform project management tasks including the creation and monitoring of project plans and tasks to drive the delivery of the project to successful implementation
- Manage work and tasks with Development and other stakeholders and ensures system requirements are realized.
- Develop, maintain and enhance relationships with management within service, product, development and delivery areas in the execution of projects.
- 5-7 Years experience as a Business Analyst in an IT environment
- 2-3 Years experience of work experience in a financial services industry, preferably back office environment
- Prior experience with back office systems (e.g. iFAST, AWD) and Fund Accounting applications (e.g. Mpower, NAVAlert)
- 2-3 Years experience MS Project, MS Office and MS Visio
- Prior Power BI experience