Host Systems Business Analyst – Sr. Consultant - Toronto, Canada - Avanade

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    Host Systems Business Analyst – Sr. Consultant

    Help our enterprise customers build a bridge to the future that can maximize and extend the value of their investment in host systems. Bring innovative back-end development, integration, and migration tooling skills to leverage the latest in cloud and DevOps at Avanade.

    Come join us

    Our Digital Business Analysis team collects and analyzes requirements and solves client problems using solutions. It serves as a liaison between Avanade clients and consultants, particularly during initial project phases.

    Together we do what matters.

    What you'll do

    • Support the translation of client finance industry & regulatory requirements into mainframe related solutions, including requirements approval, communication, traceability, and reuse.
    • Contribute to the transfer of functional requirements to development and test teams.
    • Use client workflow technology to automate business processes.
    • Stay abreast on updates and new releases in Microsoft technologies.
    • Educate end users on Avanade capabilities.

    Skills and experiences

    • Financial Industry experience including GIC and regulatory reporting.
    • Experience participating and facilitating in a requirement gathering process.
    • Exposure to host technologies like Z/OS, AS/400

    About you

    Characteristics that can spell success for this role include:

    • You are a strong analytical thinker. You enjoy translating client business needs into software capabilities and making sure that end users are adept at using those features. You are a big-picture thinker who knows how to bring improvement to complex systems.
    • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
    • Ability to effectively bridge the gap between the business and IT organizations.
    • Ability to quickly adapt and contribute to solution design across a broad range of industries.
    • Strong time management skills.
    • Understanding of various software delivery methodologies.

    Enjoy your career

    Some of the best things about working at Avanade

    • Opportunity to work for Microsoft's Global Alliance Partner of the Year (14 years in a row), with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)
    • Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally
    • Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth.
    • Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you

    Find out more about some of our benefits here.

    A great place to work

    As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you'll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You'll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It's all here, so take a closer look

    We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our Inclusion & Diversity | Avanade page.

    Create a future for our people that focuses on


    • Expanding your thinking
    • Experimenting courageously
    • Learning and pivoting

    Inspire greatness in our people by


    • Empowering every voice
    • Encouraging boldness
    • Celebrating progress

    Accelerate the impact of our people by


    • Amazing the client
    • Prioritizing what matters
    • Acting as one

    Learn More

    To learn more about the types of projects our Software Engineering team works on check out this info:

    Modern Engineering

    Global Software Engineering Hackathon | Techs & Specs Blog

    ChatGPT and AEM integration | Techs & Specs Blog

    Ethical and productivity implications of intelligent code creation

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