Senior Business Analyst

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Elicit, define, analyze, and document requirements for new projects and enhancements to existing applications supporting corporate processes and reporting
• Provide direction, oversight and analytical support for facilitated solution modeling and Report Prototyping
• Provide recommendations on functionality and applicability of technological solutions to business requirements
• Develop and document business processes and also support testing activities
• Participate in all aspects of testing, implementation and support as well as assist in preparing project deliverables
• Consult and work closely with the technical team to ensure that all requirementshave been addressed
• Use SAS to assist the business area preparetest case, metrics and to execute specific mart validation through engineering
• Support the Analysis, Design and Implementation phases
• Analyse data and data flows with regards to specific reporting products being developed

Qualifications:

• University degree or equivalent experience
• At least 4-7 years of information technology business analysis experience in systems development
• At least three years of experience in the health care industry
• Knowledge of Canadian health care standards, methodologies and processes
• Exceptional investigative and interviewing skills and meeting facilitation skills
• Understanding of business, data, process, and object-oriented analysis and modeling techniques
• Knowledge of requirements management, the Software Development Lifecycle, the Enterprise Data Warehouse Lifecycle, and QA methodologies are essential
• Knowledge of Data Warehousing
• Experience with systems development methodologies within a large corporate environment preferred
• Strong interpersona, communication, documentation, conflict resolution and relationship management skills required
• Proficient in SQL, PL/SQL and SAS
• Exceptional technical writing skills
• Ability to understand company-wide project initiatives, discern cross-functional opportunities, and comprehend overall company business directives