Lead Business Analyst

Company Description

Our culture of commitment, trust, and accountability guides our business, fosters our growth, and is at the core of our relationships with clients, employees and consultants. Whether your projects are complex, large-scale requirements, or dependable, professional resources to execute on time, and on budget, you can count on ADGA to deliver. We are dedicated to your success.

**Job Description**:
ADGA is hiring a Lead Business Analyst, under the direction of the Strategic Advisor and in partnership with the Manager of Enterprise Partnerships, the Lead Business Analyst will be responsible for implementing enterprise solutions in a cost-effective way by determining the requirements of an Admissions focused project.

The Lead Business Analyst is a key facilitator within the project team, clearly defining business needs and translating system and business requirements, explaining technical concepts to non-technical users and acting as a bridge between the functional areas and the technical team.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Lead and conduct business work processes design sessions including process re-engineering and journey mapping
- Lead workshops and one on one sessions with both business and technical staff to elicit and document requirements, business and data process flow and strategies
- Prepare information technology business cases, impact analysis specifications, cost/benefit analysis and gap analysis
- Translate user requirements into functional specifications for use by IT technical staff including system design specifications, data integration logic, operating characteristics and user interface
- Utilize extensive knowledge of systems development lifecycle methodologies including implementing and/or upgrading major ERP system suites
- Provide leadership to management and staff on the delivery of IT projects by multi-faceted project teams, including vendors
- Work with business to drive adoption and create value when leveraging technology solutions to satisfy business needs
- Facilitate and manage communications and relationships throughout the project life cycle, including through involvement in QA test planning and preparation, test execution, verification of test results and coordination of user acceptance signoff

**Qualifications**:
**Qualifications and Experience**:
**Education**
- Four (4) year Degree, or equivalent, in a computer related area and continued education in current information technology, business analysis, project management, or information management science
- Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA) or Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), or equivalent experience Experience
- Minimum of five (5) years’ business analysis experience working with an ERP/Enterprise level user community, understanding their business processes and needs
- Extensive experience in requirement elicitation and management
- Experience leading workshops and stakeholder engagement
- Experience in Student ERP systems and/or higher education is preferred

**Skills**
- Extensive expertise with system development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies including waterfall and agile
- Working experience in business process re-engineering, current state and future state process mapping, fit-gap analysis, journey mapping and test plans
- Effective interpersonal skills, the ability to deal with competing demands/priorities, project management, facilitation and presentation skills, and excellent written and verbal communication

Additional Information
**Work Effort/Duration**
- 5 month contract with possible extensions

ADGA commits to putting diversity into action to build a stronger, more representative team and help our customers and communities thrive. We are a proudly Canadian company, striving to further diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and provide every individual with the opportunities and resources to help them reach their full potential.

ADGA s'engage à mettre la diversité en action pour bâtir une équipe plus forte et plus représentative et aider nos clients et nos communautés à prospérer. Nous sommes une entreprise fièrement canadienne. Nous nous engageons pour promouvoir la diversité, l'équité et l'inclusion dans le milieu de travail et d'offrir à chaque personne les possibilités et les ressources qui lui permettront de réaliser son plein potentiel.