RQ10947 - Business Analyst - Senior

Toronto, Ontario, CanadaPosted 11 days ago

Location

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Scope

The Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee (OPGT) requires a Senior Business Analysts to assist with report development for the data warehouse/lakehouse and associated data migration activities.

Assignment Deliverables

As a member of the PGTIMS Support and Data Migration team, you will be responsible to lead and conduct business and systems analyst related to data migration activities.

A high-level list of deliverables follows:

Lead and conduct business and system analysis in respect to building the golden layer of the data lakehouse and modernized reports in PowerBI.
Lead the effort into defining the reporting MVP; document legacy reports in scope of MVP; conduct gap analysis and provide recommendations.
Document report requirements in user stories in DevOps. Conduct analysis at varying levels of detail, appropriate to the project and phases of project, aligning with OPS standards.
Liaise between Business Areas and the data migration and reporting team, to clarify business requirements and translate them into system and reporting requirements.
Conduct 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, including report requirements, screen specifications, business rules, data migration requirements, etc.
Produce/update documentation which will allow future support of the implemented solutions.
Assist with identifying and resolving data quality issues, defining test cases, performing data reconciliation, and addressing any issues or discrepancies that arise during the testing phase; developing KPIs to report on the progress, completeness and quality of the reporting and data migration effort.
Provide post-migration support, analyze and address data-related issues or questions; help with optimizing data management processes in the new environment.
Other duties as assigned.

You will also be required to:

Complete work and achieve milestones within the assigned deadlines.
Notify the Cluster/Ministry project Manager in writing of any issues or other material concerns related to the Assignment Deliverables, as soon as he/she becomes aware of them.
Submit Deliverables for the Cluster/Ministry approval as they are completed.
Comply with the Ontario Government and the Cluster/Ministry security procedures and practices.
Comply with the Ontario Government and the Cluster/Ministry architecture/technology standards and best practices.
Comply with the Ontario Government and the Cluster/Ministry Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Guidelines.
Provide knowledge and skill transfer to a designated Cluster/Ministry staff.
Comply with the Ontario Government I&IT Directive, Operational Policy on the I&IT Project Gateway Process, and other applicable Guidelines, Standards and Procedures.

Mandatory Requirements

10+ years of experience leading and conducting business and system analysis to assess client's business problems/opportunities and document the business/system requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be designed.
Proven experience in both agile and waterfall project management methodologies; demonstrated experience with writing user stories and using tools such as DevOps.
Proven experience in conducting business and system analysis in respect to building data marts/data warehouses/data lakehouse or Business Intelligence/Data Analytics and Reporting solutions.
Proven experience in conducting business and system analysis for a Dynamics 365 CE and/or F&O solution.

Desired Skills and Experience

10+ years of experience leading and conducting business and system analysis to assess client's business problems/opportunities and document the business/system requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be designed.
Experience conducting analyses at varying levels of detail, appropriate to the project and phases of project, aligning with OPS standards.
Experience conducting 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, including screen specifications, business rules, data migration requirements, etc.
Proven experience in both agile and waterfall project management methodologies.
Proven experience in conducting business and system analysis in respect to building data marts/data warehouses/data lakehouse or Business Intelligence/Data Analytics and Reporting solutions.
Demonstrated experience working as a business analyst in large/complex data migration projects.
Familiarity with BI/reporting tools such as PowerBI.
Basic knowledge of SQL language; ability to execute SQL queries.
Understanding of concepts around ETL, data quality, data cleaning, data issues' handling.
Experience in conducting business and system analysis for a Dynamics 365 CE and/or F&O solution.
Experience creating use cases, test plans, test cases, test scripts ideally around reporting and/or data migration.
Experience with defect management processes, defect identification, logging, tracking, and resolution.
Familiarity with industry-standard quality assurance practices, such as ISO standards, CMMI, or Agile methodologies.
Experience consulting and coordinating between Business Areas and the IT Development and Testing teams to clarify business requirements and translating them into system requirements.
Critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills; proven gap analysis experience.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Proven ability to engage with stakeholders and build strong working relationships.
Demonstrated experience with writing user stories and using tools such as DevOps.

Resumes Evaluation Criteria

Criteria 1: Business Analysis Experience — 40 Points

10+ years of experience leading and conducting business and system analysis to assess client's business problems/opportunities and document the business/system requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be designed.
Experience conducting analyses at varying levels of detail, appropriate to the project and phases of project, aligning with OPS standards.
Experience conducting 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, including screen specifications, business rules, data migration requirements, etc.
Proven experience in both Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies, with emphasis on Agile.
Demonstrated experience with writing user stories and using tools such as DevOps.

Criteria 2: Dynamics 365 Experience — 30 Points

Proven experience in conducting business and system analysis in respect to building data marts/data warehouses/data lakehouse or Business Intelligence/Data Analytics and Reporting solutions built against Dynamics 365 CE and F&O data.
Demonstrated experience working as a business analyst in large/complex data migration projects.
Familiarity with BI/reporting tools such as PowerBI.
Proven experience in conducting business and system analysis for a Dynamics 365 CE and/or F&O solution.

Criteria 3: Quality Assurance — 20 Points

Experience creating use cases, test plans, test cases, test scripts ideally around reporting and/or data fixes.
Experience with defect management processes, defect identification, logging, tracking, and resolution.
Familiarity with industry-standard quality assurance practices, such as ISO standards, CMMI, or Agile methodologies.

Criteria 4: Data Analysis Knowledge — 10 Points

Basic knowledge of SQL language; ability to execute SQL queries.
Understanding of concepts around ETL, data quality, data cleaning, data issues' handling.

Knowledge Transfer

What needs to be KT

Document the tasks executed and in process of execution as a member of the product support team using the approach and tools required by the project manager.

To whom