Senior Business Systems Analyst (6 month contract, with potential to convert to Permanent)
At Blast Radius, we are inspired by a vision of strategy, technology and design working in harmony to create innovative, profitable experiences. We’ve won awards for our work, for the way we manage our company and for the way we treat our employees, but our greatest reward is the growing list of global brands that turn to us time and time again for results they can count on.
As a Senior Business Systems Analyst you will be responsible for combine an understanding of software development lifecycles, technology platforms, and user interface design principles to help facilitate and support application development & delivery, to help ensure that project deliverables meet documented specifications. This role is to lead the development of, extract, analyze, and validate the business requirements for our interactive planning projects. This includes documentation reviews, stakeholder interviews, group facilitation, and other requirements gathering exercises in order to articulate process flows and business requirements. With this information, you will convert requirements into software development specifications for internal and external development teams using a variety of software modeling documentation techniques.
Responsibilities
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Working with stakeholders and project teams to assess, identify and prioritize requirements
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Documenting requirements critical to achieving business objectives
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Identifying and establishing project scope based on requirements analysis in order to define impact, outcome criteria, and measure-taking actions
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Acting as a customer representative to internal development teams to ensure solution satisfies client needs
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Assemble, analyze, and generate high quality functional specifications for technical teams to develop planned programs
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Presenting business recommendations and technical functional specifications to clients in an easy to comprehend manner
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Documenting and managing internal and client meetings on an as-needed basis.
Required Skills and Experience
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A university degree in Computer Science or Business Administration or equivalent work experience.
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5+ years working in a professional services environment or within an industry vertical in a business systems planning role.
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3+ years experience in defining software functional specifications.
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Understanding of web related or software development, web technology platforms and their capabilities/limitations an asset.
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Proven client management experience, specifically in facilitating client interviews, stakeholder workshops and team meetings.
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Strong communication and problem solving skills and the ability to meet deadlines in a fast paced environment required.
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Independent worker able to move projects forward with little guidance.
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Experienced in organizing & presenting complex information in simple visual models.
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Strong writing and communication skills, ability to articulate complex technical requirements in a simple to understand, conversational manner with attention to detail
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Comfortable in a customer / business facing role, including interviewing & facilitation skills, such as conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
Attributes
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Have the ability to see the big picture while paying attention to the smallest details
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Be thorough, and have exceptional follow up skills
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Be an effective communicator
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Pragmatic, making sensible decision based on an incomplete picture
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Is resourceful, able to satisfy customer needs using whatever means possible
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Focused, able to work well under pressure, and driven to meet steady deadlines
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Able to travel throughout Canada and the United States
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Loves to learn
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A strong sense of humor
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