Business Analyst

Winnipeg, MB
On-site
Posted Oct 14, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Contract
Experience level: Lead · 10+ years
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week

Job summary

The Business Analyst will lead requirements-gathering sessions, document business processes, and develop functional specifications to support complex technology initiatives. They act as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams while ensuring solutions align with organizational objectives.

Job details

Job Description: We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support complex business and technology initiatives. The successful candidate will lead requirements-gathering sessions and stakeholder workshops, analyse and document current-state and future-state business processes, identify opportunities for process improvement and re-engineering, and develop detailed business requirements, functional specifications, use cases, and user stories. Responsibilities include developing business cases outlining costs, benefits, and risks; conducting impact analysis for proposed system and process changes; collaborating with cross-functional teams, including IT, operations, management, consultants, and end users; and ensuring business and technology solutions align with organizational objectives. The candidate will act as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, translate complex technical concepts into clear, understandable language, support testing and quality assurance activities, assist with end-user training, consolidate information for management decision-making, and provide guidance to junior Business Analysts as required. Applicants must possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Commerce, or an equivalent field, a minimum of 10 years of Business Analyst experience, at least 5 years of experience in process analysis and re-engineering, at least 5 years of experience writing requirements, use cases, and user stories, and at least 5 years of experience working in Agile environments. Strong political acumen, critical-thinking, analytical, problem-solving, communication, consulting, stakeholder management, and client relationship skills are essential. IIBA accreditation and knowledge of BABOK are considered assets. This is an on-site contract position based at 215 Garry Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, with working hours of Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Central Time. Requirements Minimum 10 years of experience working as a Business Analyst. Minimum 5 years of experience in business process analysis and re-engineering. Minimum 5 years of experience writing business requirements, use cases, and user stories. Minimum 5 years of experience working on Agile projects. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Commerce, or an equivalent field. Strong political acumen and stakeholder management skills. Strong critical-thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Excellent communication, consulting, and client relationship skills. Ability to communicate complex technical and business concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Ability to negotiate change and manage competing stakeholder requirements. Ability to identify and frame problems, gather information, and make timely, informed decisions. Experience facilitating requirements-gathering sessions and stakeholder workshops. Experience documenting current-state and future-state business processes and workflows. Experience developing business cases, functional specifications, and conducting impact analysis. Experience supporting testing, quality assurance, end-user training, and mentoring junior business analysts.

What you’ll do

Requirements

Applicants must possess a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 10 years of experience in business analysis, including at least 5 years in process re-engineering and Agile environments. Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills are essential for this role.