RQ09454 - Business Analyst - Senior

Location
Toronto
Workplace
On-site

About this role

Scope

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

 

Assignment Deliverables

As a member of the OPGT modernization data analytics and reporting team, you will be responsible to build and deliver modernized reports from the new data warehouse/lakehouse. 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.
  • Ongoing Support: 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.

 

The Vendor’s Personnel 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; and
  • Comply with the Ontario Government I&IT Directive, Operational Policy on the I&IT Project Gateway Process, and other applicable Guidelines, Standards and Procedures.


Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Demonstrated experience with writing user stories and using tools such as DevOps.

 

Skill Set Requirements:

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.
  • 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.
  • Demonstrated experience with writing user stories and using tools such as DevOps.

 

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 or other CRM/ERP solutions.
  • 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.

 

Business Analysis 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, with emphasis on agile.

 

Dynamics 365 CE / F&O Experience:

  • 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
  • experience in conducting business and system analysis for a Dynamics 365 CE and/or F&O solution or other CRM/ERP solutions

 

Quality Assurance:

  • 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

 

Data Analysis:

  • Demonstrated experience working as a business analyst in large/complex data migration projects.
  • Basic knowledge of SQL language; ability to execute SQL queries.
  • Understanding of concepts around ETL, data quality, data cleaning, data issues’ handling.
  • Familiarity with BI/reporting tools such as PowerBI

 

DevOps and Agile:

  • Demonstrated experience with writing user stories and using tools such as DevOps.


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