Senior Business Analyst to provide key support for program's strategic planning requirements

Our valued Public Sector client requires a Senior Business Analyst to provide key support for program's strategic planning requirements.

More specifically, the consultant must provide business analyst support for Government of Canada business processes, strategic planning requirements, change management initiatives and benefits management documents, processes and other required documents/process mapping/strategic information/technical schematics and other data to be integrated into the branch’s business and strategic planning requirements.

Tasks:

• Advising Senior Management on a range of issues affecting the organization's ability to achieve the project's business objectives
• Identifying opportunities for organizational improvement
• Assisting in the prioritization and assignment of organizational improvements
• Developing and/or implementing an organizational improvement plan, business plan, policies and standards
• Making recommendations and providing advice for improvements and assisting in developing solutions, scenarios and implementing recommendations
• Preparing and presenting findings, status and other relevant matters
• Collecting and analyzing information and presenting findings on complex issues, carrying out or coordinating research as required and preparing reports
• Identifying and researching best practices
• Processing problems into solutions or new opportunities/initiatives
• Analyzing, advising on, and implementing business processes, strategies and functions
• Advising on business decisions
• Preparing and advising on contracts structure and enforcement
• Leading and managing various business systems and process improvements (for example, initiating redesign to promote increased efficiencies and reduce overall costs, implementing improvements to automation of process)
• Recognizing market factors and adapting business decisions to the context of the organization's sector and industry
• Implementing and advising on measures to mitigate risk
• Facilitating Joint Application Development (JAD) session and acting as facilitator during workshops
• Translating the business requirements into System/Functional requirements
• Analyzing and documenting the business requirements and delivering work products through the life cycle
• Assessing the organization's capacity/capability to undertake and successfully deliver t an initiative or a change
• Consulting stakeholders (individually or by means of facilitating group sessions) to identify comprehensive business requirements
• Documenting business requirements for all stakeholders
• Providing support in analyzing, evaluating and controlling risks, especially related to requirements
• Managing the implementation of an organizational improvement plan to identify, analyze, plan, track and control organizational improvements on a continuous basis
• Performing Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis when producing a business case to determine whether further investment in a project is warranted

Must-haves:

- 5+ years working as a Business Analyst for the Government of Canada
- Business Analyst certification