RQ10022 - Business Analyst - Senior

Scope:

• The Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee (OPGT) requires a Senior Business Analysts to assist with report development for the new data warehouse/lakehouse and associated data migration activities.
  

Assignment Deliverables

As a member of the OPGT modernization data analytics and reporting team, you will be responsible to build and deliver modernized reports from the new data warehouse/lakehouse. A high-level list of deliverables follows:

• Lead and conduct business and system analysis in respect to building the golden layer of the data lakehouse and modernized reports in PowerBI..
  
• Lead the effort into defining the reporting MVP; document legacy reports in scope of MVP; conduct gap analysis and provide recommendations.
  
• Document report requirements in user stories in DevOps. Conduct analysis at varying levels of detail, appropriate to the project and phases of project, aligning with OPS standards.
  
• Liaise between Business Areas and the data migration and reporting team, to clarify business requirements and translate them into system and reporting requirements.
  
• Conduct business modeling; use case modeling; conceptual and logical data modeling; process and data flow modeling; use case surveys; business rules definition and non-functional requirements definitions for assigned projects, including report requirements, screen specifications, business rules, data migration requirements, etc.  
  
• Produce/update documentation which will allow future support of the implemented solutions.
  
• Assist with identifying and resolving data quality issues, defining test cases, performing data reconciliation, and addressing any issues or discrepancies that arise during the testing phase; developing KPIs to report on the progress, completeness and quality of the reporting and data migration effort.
  
• Ongoing Support: provide post-migration support, analyze and address data-related issues or questions; help with optimizing data management processes in the new environment.
  
• Other duties as assigned.
  

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• 10+ years of experience leading and conducting business and system analysis to assess client's business problems/opportunities and document the business/system requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be designed. 
  
• Proven experience in both agile and waterfall project management methodologies.
  
• Proven experience in conducting business and system analysis in respect to building data marts/data warehouses/data lakehouse or Business Intelligence/Data Analytics and Reporting solutions.
  
• Demonstrated experience working as a business analyst in large/complex data migration projects.
  
• Demonstrated experience with writing user stories and using tools such as DevOps.
  

Skill Set Requirements:

Desired Skills and Experience:

• 10+ years of experience leading and conducting business and system analysis to assess client's business problems/opportunities and document the business/system requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be designed. 
  
• Experience conducting analyses at varying levels of detail, appropriate to the project and phases of project, aligning with OPS standards.
  
• Experience conducting business modeling; use case modeling; conceptual and logical data modeling; process and data flow modeling; use case surveys; business rules definition and non-functional requirements definitions for assigned projects, including screen specifications, business rules, data migration requirements, etc.  
  
• Proven experience in both agile and waterfall project management methodologies.
  
• Proven experience in conducting business and system analysis in respect to building data marts/data warehouses/data lakehouse or Business Intelligence/Data Analytics and Reporting solutions
  
• Demonstrated experience working as a business analyst in large/complex data migration projects.
  
• Familiarity with BI/reporting tools such as PowerBI
  
• Basic knowledge of SQL language; ability to execute SQL queries.
  
• Understanding of concepts around ETL, data quality, data cleaning, data issues' handling.
  
• Experience in conducting business and system analysis for a Dynamics 365 CE and/or F&O solution or other CRM/ERP solutions.
  
• Experience creating use cases, test plans, test cases, test scripts ideally around reporting and/or data migration.
  
• Experience with defect management processes, defect identification, logging, tracking, and resolution.
  
• Familiarity with industry-standard quality assurance practices, such as ISO standards, CMMI, or Agile methodologies
  
• Experience consulting and coordinating between Business Areas and the IT Development and Testing teams to clarify business requirements and translating them into system requirements.
  
• Critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills; proven gap analysis experience
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  
• Proven ability to engage with stakeholders and build strong working relationships.
  
• Demonstrated experience with writing user stories and using tools such as DevOps.
  

Business Analysis Experience:

• 10+ years of experience leading and conducting business and system analysis to assess client's business problems/opportunities and document the business/system requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be designed. 
  
• Experience conducting analyses at varying levels of detail, appropriate to the project and phases of project, aligning with OPS standards.
  
• Experience conducting business modeling; use case modeling; conceptual and logical data modeling; process and data flow modeling; use case surveys; business rules definition and non-functional requirements definitions for assigned projects, including screen specifications, business rules, data migration requirements, etc.  
  
• Proven experience in both agile and waterfall project management methodologies, with emphasis on agile.
  

Dynamics 365 CE / F&O Experience:

• Proven experience in conducting business and system analysis in respect to building data marts/data warehouses/data lakehouse or Business Intelligence/Data Analytics and Reporting solutions built against Dynamics 365 CE and F&O data
  
• experience in conducting business and system analysis for a Dynamics 365 CE and/or F&O solution or other CRM/ERP solutions
  

Data Analysis:

• Demonstrated experience working as a business analyst in large/complex data migration projects.
  
• Basic knowledge of SQL language; ability to execute SQL queries.
  
• Understanding of concepts around ETL, data quality, data cleaning, data issues' handling.
  
• Familiarity with BI/reporting tools such as PowerBI
  

Quality Assurance:

• Experience creating use cases, test plans, test cases, test scripts ideally around reporting and/or data migration.
  
• Experience with defect management processes, defect identification, logging, tracking, and resolution.
  
• Familiarity with industry-standard quality assurance practices, such as ISO standards, CMMI, or Agile methodologies
  

 DevOps and Agile:

• Demonstrated experience with writing user stories and using tools such as DevOps.