HM Note: This hybrid contract role is three (3) days in office. Candidates' resumes must include first and last name.

Description

Responsibilities Provides a comprehensive range of I&IT business analysis services for clients with diverse business and technological needs. Interacts with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering, documenting, and analyzing business needs and requirements. Prepares and advises on business analysis policies, processes, best practices and standards to promote a comprehensive and consistent business analysis practice within the organization. General Skills Leads and conducts business analysis in order to assess client's business problems/opportunities and documents the business requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be determined. Applies re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative and cost effective service delivery approaches Leads and conducts business analysis at varying levels of detail appropriate to the project and phases of project, aligning with OPS Unified Project Management Methodology, Enterprise Architecture and Gating Process, and OPS Standard Systems Development Methodologies Develops strategies, prepares business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conducts feasibility studies for business I&IT initiatives Develops sound processes for requirements gathering including but not limited to JAD sessions, interviews, mockups, etc. Conducts 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 Monitors progress, resolves problems and reports regularly to I&IT management and stakeholders Develops performance measures and traceability matrices for business analysis evaluation and conducts follow-up Experience developing strategies, preparing business cases and cost-benefit analysis Experience conducting requirements gathering, developing documentation, including presentations and briefing notes and conducting stakeholder engagement Experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools to document conceptual requirements and scope Awareness of emerging I&IT trends and technologies Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines Desirable Skills Experience in the use of information retrieval packages Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices Ability to translate business and data requirements into specifications sufficient for designing appropriate technology solutions Experience with a wide range of methods, tools and techniques for business analysis such as: business functional modelling, business event modelling, business process mapping Experience in structured, object oriented and agile methodologies for user requirements Experience developing performance measures for business analysis evaluation and subsequent follow-up Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Business Case Development: 25**%**

• Extensive hands-on experience preparing business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conducting feasibility studies
• Experience providing direction on operationalizing business strategy including systems, processes and required data.
• Demonstrated transformational thinking and experience in operationalization of strategies - Demonstrated experience in developing performance measures and traceability matrices for business cases as well as business analysis evaluation and tracking
• Experience managing document reviews and integrating feedback - Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; presentation skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines

Facilitation and Process Design: 25%

• Extensive experience leading and conducting business analysis in order to assess business problems/opportunities and document the business requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be determined.
• Experience conducting requirements gathering, developing documentation, including presentations and briefing notes and conducting stakeholder engagement Experienced in applying re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements.
• Ability to translate business and data requirements into specifications sufficient for designing appropriate technology solutions.
• Experience with a wide range of methods, tools and techniques for business analysis such as: business functional modelling, business event modelling, business process mapping.
• Experience in structured, object oriented and agile methodologies for user requirements.
• Conducting requirements gathering at various levels of detail appropriate to the project and phase, developing documentation, including presentations and briefing notes and conducting stakeholder engagement.
• Experience in Stakeholder Engagement including presentations and briefing notes and conducting / facilitating meetings.
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.

Application Portfolio Management: 25%

• Experience in measuring business and technical value of solutions including defining key data and processes for capturing key data.
• Experience in value analysis for IT solutions, applications, platforms and infrastructure Experience in portfolio risk analysis, technical debt, vendor viability and direction analysis, market trends and skill availability.
• Experience with application lifecycle management and cross dependencies with infrastructure lifecycle management, contract management and cloud as a service.

Enterprise Architecture Frameworks and Tools: 25%

• Demonstrated experience in Enterprise Architecture, Application Portfolio Management and IT Governance Knowledge and understanding of multiple enterprise architecture frameworks/methodologies.

• Experience in structured methodologies for the design, development and implementation of applications.

• Demonstrated experience with multiple Enterprise Architecture tools that support:

• Architecture Modelling and Blueprinting Architecture

• Repository Management Portfolio Management Road mapping and Planning Governance and Compliance Visualizations and

• Reporting Integration with other processes and tools Experience in the use of development tools, Computer Aided Software Engineering ( C A S E ) tools, information retrieval packages, and other software tools such as project management software and business re-engineering software

Must haves:

• Extensive hands-on experience preparing business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conducting feasibility studies
• Demonstrated experience in Enterprise Architecture, Application Portfolio Management and IT Governance Knowledge and understanding of multiple enterprise architecture frameworks/methodologies.
• Public Sector/ Regulatory background.