Business Analyst

Join a top employer and advance your career. Exciting remote contract opportunity for an experienced Business Analyst with our Government client based in Winnipeg. This will be a 6-month term to start, with an expected total duration of 24 months.

The Business Analyst will have a minimum of 5 years of experience analyzing an organization or business domain (real or hypothetical), documenting its business, processes, or systems, and assessing business models or their integration with technology.


Benefits & Perks

• Immediate long-term remote role as a Business Analyst
• Potential to extend
  

Responsibilities

• Represent process requirements in process design
• Provide detailed designs for specific processes
• Support GAP analysis of required business processes (at lowest level of detail) to SAP functionality
• Execute unit testing for configuration and custom development (for knowledge transfer)
• Provide support to security, data conversion, batch, and system response time testing
• Provide initial post-implementation support to end users on the production system
• Participate in solution scoping, planning, and knowledge transfer sessions
• Participate in workshops to ensure all solution gaps are identified and addressed
• Participate in solution design activities
• Provide integration requirements for 3rd party and external systems
• Provide Master Data inputs
• Review data conversion approach for objects in scope of the functional area
• Provide input to the batch job schedule and parameters to be used
• Validate business process design deliverables
• Determine UAT test scripts
• Provide input and support for the development of technical architecture deliverables
• Participate in solution testing during Integration and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Acquire solution knowledge for post-implementation support and ongoing maintenance
• Review data definitions and impacts on all modules; engage other leads to resolve conflicts as required
• Work with user communities to understand data requirements and current definitions
• Solicit and ensure input from locations/sites
• Ensure business requirements (at lowest level of detail) are met by the SAP system
• Review and provide feedback to the change management team on communication efforts, change plans, job role definitions, and training materials
• Other duties as assigned
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Commerce, or a related field
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience as a Business Analyst
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience documenting or conducting process re-engineering
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience writing use cases
• Strong communication, consulting, and client relationship skills — able to clearly communicate complex technical and business concepts to both clients and team members, and negotiate change
• Proven ability to identify and frame problems, gather necessary information, and integrate it to make timely, thoughtful decisions
  

Preferred Qualifications (Assets)

• Accreditation from a Business Analyst professional association
• Knowledge of Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK)
• Experience working on SAP projects
• Experience working in the Public Sector
  

Criminal background check is required.

David Aplin & Associates Inc., operating as Aplin, and its associated brands, CompuStaff and Impact Recruitment, is an award-winning employment agency connecting diverse, top-tier talent with exceptional organizations across North America. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and charge no fees to apply or engage with our recruiters. Our clients partner with us to help expand and diversify their teams. Please note that all applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada, including holding any necessary work permits.