One of our Government clients is looking for an IT Business System Analyst (Government, Procurement, Project, UAT)
Length: 12.5 months with a possibility of extension
Location: Alberta (Remote) - Work must be done from within Alberta, Canada, due to network and data security issues
Working Hours: 08:15 - 16:30 Alberta time
Business Unit: Technology and Innovation
Project: Capital Project Management Procurement
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Requirements:
ROLE MANDATE:
This service opportunity is to modernize current tools to enable a standardized, and consistent approach to all project management activities within the Ministry including:
- Full Lifecycle Capital Delivery (Feasibility, Inception to Occupancy, and close-out)
- Project Change Management Capabilities
- Enhanced integration with Contract and Procurement systems
- Advanced Financial management - tracking and reporting budgets, cash-flows, expenditures and forecast, commitments and statistical
- Enhanced report building, dashboards, and project controls to replace Capital Infra Dynamics (CID) and Project Reporting Site (PRS)
- Built-in Earned Value formula and ability to create S curve and other types of charts analytics
- Digital capabilities supporting workflow, process and measurements which are currently manual).
- An integrated knowledge repository
- Schedule management module(s) to ensure baseline schedule deliverables, formats, and ability to complete schedule audits
- Document Control module would be beneficial to ensure version controls, alignments with templates and practices
Currently, project managers at Infrastructure use a variety of systems and tools to manage project delivery (e.g., PFMT, CID, PRS, Project Server, etc.). Multiple systems and custom workarounds lead to limited standardization of processes and complicate the ability to introduce changes and consistently report on projects from an enterprise perspective
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE (but are not limited to):
Lead consultations and facilitate stakeholder meetings
Create business requirements, functional specifications, and technical requirements
Create new business and technical processes and complete business process reviews/re-engineering for existing processes
Facilitate business process improvement sessions
Assist in the development of new IT services
Schedule, organize and lead project status meetings and other meetings as required
Provide support by bridging communication between vendors, client ministries, and corporate technical and business teams
Escalate unresolved issues/risks, options and recommendations
Responsible for business architecture design, software system specifications design, and database modelling
Participate iterative development using model-based processes
Perform project management, business and technical analysis and systems design in delivering complex software solutions spanning n-tier development environments
Produce project artifices with XML; UML and/or other web-services technologies
Prepare, update, and manage documents defining the business requirements, software requirements, functional design, and project plans and schedules reflecting achievable deliverables for the applications
Prepare regular project status reports indicating project deliverables, possible risk and issues, time-lines and anticipated effort
Ensure appropriate project communication occurs to all parties involved during all phases of the project
Identify required user training
Additional responsibilities as required by the Project Manager for a Business Analyst or Lead Technical Analyst role
Qualifications:
MUST-HAVE SKILLS:
8 years of experience in facilitating and managing business process development and process re-engineering workshops and sessions
5 years of experience as a business analyst translating business requirements into detailed technical requirements in an enterprise IT environment
5 years of experience in gathering requirements from a diverse group of stakeholders across ministries or departments
5 years of experience with written and verbal communications including specific experience in drafting strategic business and technical documentation
5 years of experience in developing integrated system and technical design specifications on complex engagements
NICE TO HAVE SKILLS:
4 years of experience working within an agile development environment
5 years of experience with development and implementation of content management, document management, records management, information management processes in applications
4 years of experience with IT service management, IT service management applications, IT application development and maintenance projects
5 years of experience in the design, development and implementation of complex IT solutions
5 years of experience in facilitating meetings and communicating with senior management and project stakeholders
5 years of experience in the development of project documents for a wide variety of initiatives and projects (strategic, business improvement, information technology, etc.)
2 years of experience working in or for the public sector
4 years of experience with User Acceptance Testing processes on large, complex, multi-stakeholder environment
SOFT SKILLS:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to interact professionally with a diverse group
Ability to learn quickly, problem solve/troubleshoot, work independently and in a team
Ability to manage stress and conflict
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Must meet or exceed one of the following:
o University graduation in business, management, or a related discipline and 4-yr Technical Business Analyst (BA) experience; OR
o 2-yr diploma in business, management, or a related discipline and 6-yr BA experience; OR
o 1-yr certificate in business, management, or a related discipline and 7-yr BA experience; OR
o 8-yr BA experience
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