Business Analyst

Partner Staffing is the "go-to recruiter" for difficult, important, and time-sensitive positions in Western Canada.  We work with proactive clients who understand the importance of having exceptional staff. 

Partner Staffing is currently working with our client to find a qualified Business Analyst. You will be responsible for effectively compiling business requirements to deliver programs made up of IT projects.

Responsibilities:

• Manage one or more projects within a program, ensuring alignment of scope, schedule and budget and human resources 
  
• Manage overall cost, quality, schedule, scope, human resources and change management to meet the project objectives
  
• Manage and communicate with project team members, consultants, project sponsors and managers on project scope, objectives, accountabilities and commitments
  
• Report project status, finances, schedule and risks to all sponsors, stakeholders and management
  
• Manage the development of project documentation requirements in accordance with IT Project Management Framework
  
• Manage and coordinate multiple project issues, risks and changing priorities on a daily basis    
  
• Deliver key business requirement artifacts to technical teams for designing solutions, and for software development
  
• Gather non-functional requirements from the business for systems such as security, capacity, performance, and availability
  
• Use Agile methodology where appropriate creating Use Cases, and Activity diagrams and scripts.
  
• Create and help business users execute and document results for UAT (User Acceptance Testing)
  
• Recommend best practices for the collection and maintenance of business and IT requirements
  

Requirements

• Strong leadership, facilitation, negotiation, problem-solving and mentoring skills 
  
• Very strong verbal and written communication skills including presentations, teaching and coaching 
  
• Ability to express complex project concepts effectively, both verbally and in writing, to diverse audiences 
  
• Knowledge of Business Analytics and Project Management best practices (PMI) 
  
• Strong customer service focus with the proven ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with team members, stakeholders and management 
  
• Demonstrated ability to build strong partnerships with all levels of the organization through intuitive business insight and personal credibility; this includes the ability to make recommendations and influence outcomes 
  
• IT methodology and/or process implementation background 
  
• Reasonable understanding of the Agile methodology and related deliverables such as Use Case and Activity diagrams 
  
• Demonstrated ability in using MS Project, MS Project Server and MS Portfolio Server  
  
• Demonstrated ability in using MS Office applications (i.e., Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio) 
  
• SAP, GIS, and Mobility experience would be an asset 
  
• Degree or diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline  
  
• Minimum of 7–10 years’ experience in several areas of IT operations with a focus on databases, programming, web development and/or integration 
  
• 8+ years of proven business analysis experience on system-related projects  
  
• 4+ years of proven project management experience managing complex and cross-functional projects  
  

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