Job Abstract

Key Responsibilities

• The position calls for leadership in project planning through the monitoring & organizing of the efforts to be carried out.
• However, managing such projects & efforts does not require the position to be supervising support staff.
• The incumbent in the offered position does not have day-to-day authority over said support staff.
• The position does not have any employees directly or indirectly reporting to the Senior Business Systems Analyst, & the incumbent is only responsible for managing projects that they are assigned by senior analysts and managers.
• Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate & Divisional Policies & procedures.
• Collect, correlate, analyze, record & maintain technical data for use in developing operating & instruction manuals utilizing tools such as Confluence, JIRA, Screensteps & Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Conduct test & develop preliminary findings for review.
• Assist in the development of standards & procedures.
• Prepare written reports of work by applying standard information systems, theories, concepts, & techniques such as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Develop solutions to problems where casual relationships can be identified, & precedents exist utilizing Mental Mapping techniques, conducting Brainstorming sessions, Data Analysis skills, Entity relationship Diagram principles, Traditional Database principles, developing Data Mapping artifacts, produce Solution & Design Documents.
• Conduct & document results from Experimental Research, Vendor Evaluation, gathering user feedback, using MS-Word, Visio, Whiteboarding, developing Data Flow & Business Process flow diagrams based on use cases defined.
• Employ experience using data analysis tools and techniques such as Spotfire, MS-Excel, MySQL querying, working in Agile methodology.
• Responsible for facilitating JAD sessions with key SMEs and Data Solutions team.
• Apply analytical thinking skills to diagnose & make recommendations on systems.
• Incorporate knowledge of business & technology to make recommendations.
• Translate data gathered from user discussions into business requirements.
• Identify business & system needs & recommends solutions.
• Assist with the testing strategies & develops preliminary findings.
• Analyze departmental processes & make recommendations that are most effective means to satisfy those needs.
• Analyze complex work procedures and job methods & presents concepts to simplify those procedures.
• Work effectively with team/group to accomplish organizational goals.
• Actively participate in client or team meetings by offering suggestions.
• Provide leadership to project planning by monitoring & organize the efforts of technical & business support staff.
• Manage projects according to milestones & completes tasks assigned by more experienced analysts & managers.
• 5% domestic & international travel is required.
• Build partnerships with key stakeholders & provide front line support for business requests from various divisions/group.
• Facilitate effective User Acceptance Testing which will help drive successful delivery of the project scope.
• Work in a cross-functional environment, identify dependencies, mitigate risks, & propose solutions wherever necessary.
• Establish strong partnership with the Vendor by conducting regular Vendor Engagement sessions, gathering feedback from user community, & communicating effectively with Vendor, being proactive to know the upcoming products, features in the pipeline of Vendors.
• Develop roadmaps using tools such as MS-Power Point, MS-Word, & timelines using Google Smartsheet for proposed solutions for business needs & ensure that they are effectively communicated to key stakeholders.
• Support & perform data analysis & data migration activities from legacy systems to future systems using tools like MS-Excel, & building queries using SQL.