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   From: pce@magma.ca   
      
   Business Analyst for a fast paced Canadian Corporation   
      
   North Toronto Location.   
      
   Working with large inventory and accounting system applications, your   
   experience with the automotive or other related industry will be an asset.   
   This is a full-time position within the company.   
      
   The BA would be involved in scope development, planning, determining   
   requirements, recommending solutions, testing and implementation.   
      
   Responsibilities:   
   Assist with the evaluation of existing business applications and the   
   translation of the opportunities for improvement into a corporate business   
   strategy   
   Understand the business environment, anticipate trends, and ensure the   
   business requirements meet the long term growth   
   Help define the IT application maintenance and enhancement work for the   
   business functions' systems to maintain or improve the effectiveness and the   
   quality of the applications   
   Facilitate cross-functional business requirements gathering sessions   
   Act as a liaison between the business owners and the IT team; communicating   
   the impact of changes to each area   
   Represent the business owners interests to the software developers/vendors   
   Differentiate between the business needs and wishes (managing expectations)   
   Researches and analyzes business requirements to recommend solutions   
   Conducts root cause analysis on business problems   
   Documents and maintains business processes using appropriate tools, e.g.   
   logical data modeling, process mapping, service delivery matrices, event   
   modeling, customer experience modeling.   
   Develops and maintains a library of business analysis documentation,   
   requirements, functional specification including business rules, test plans   
   & test cases, process maps   
   Create and carry out test plans, coordinating regression testing,   
   coordinating user acceptance testing, coordinating systems releases and   
   implementations   
   Support the development of appropriate Service Level Agreements between the   
   business functions and the IT Delivery team   
   Conduct ad hoc analysis as required   
      
   Project Delivery Responsibilities:   
   Contribute to the development of the Cost Benefit Analysis for projects   
   Contribute to the identification, analysis and definition of business   
   requirements documents and business process flow analysis   
   Support the monitoring and measuring of projects on behalf of the business   
   to ensure individual project scope, timing and budgetary targets are met   
   Promote the use of Company specific PMO project management tools and   
   processes for all projects   
   Perform as a change agent and support areas in change management   
      
   Qualifications for this role include:   
   Exceptional oral and written communication skills are required as you will   
   be responsible for communicating with IT and business managers, producing   
   value-added reports and conducting presentations.   
   Strong skills in facilitation, interviewing, framing questions, probing and   
   influencing others   
   Effective in leading groups encouraging direct and meaningful dialogue   
   Excellent time management, organization, planning, co-ordination and   
   scheduling skills   
   Strong customer focus with emphasis on building and sustaining of   
   relationships and teams   
   Excellent problem solving skills, with an emphasis on proactive and creative   
   approaches and solutions   
   Ability to effectively manage change and high tolerance for ambiguity   
   Strong analysis skills and ability to apply critical and logical thinking to   
   complex problems and situations   
   Strong ability to synthesize data to support opportunity assessments   
   Experience using systems development and project management methodologies   
   Proven experience in MS Office suite of software and knowledge of PCs   
   University Degree or equivalent   
   Minimum of 5 years experience in an analytical role or in a project based   
   environment   
      
   Assets:   
   Certified Business Analysis education   
    financial / project budgeting understanding   
      
   Personality Profile   
   Energetic, self-motivated, service and people oriented, organized, excellent   
   analytical skills; excellent writing and communication skills, flexible,   
   team player, outgoing   
      
   Please forward your cv in confidence to:   
      
   Susan at pce@magma.ca   
      
   Phipps Consulting Enterprises - since 1996   
   recruiting, business strategies, startups   
   613-234-0849   
   Ottawa/Toronto and the World   
      
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