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    Solutions Consultant II - Markham, Canada - BGIS

    BGIS
    BGIS Markham, Canada

    1 week ago

    BGIS background
    Full time
    Description

    Who We Are

    BGIS is a leading provider of customized facility management and real estate services. With our combined team of over 6,500 globally, we relentlessly focus on enabling innovation through the services we deliver, while actively looking for new opportunities that will enable innovation for our clients' businesses. Globally, we manage over 320 million square feet of client portfolios across 30,000+ locations in North America, Europe, Middle East, Australia and Asia. Further information is available at

    SUMMARY

    IT Business Solutions group, a team of dedicated IT consultants that oversee customer relationship management, business analysis, product and project management utilizing best-in-class software to support BGIS customers. Working directly with business partners and IT Solutions Delivery to manage and drive application enhancements while aligning with the direction of the Enterprise Project Management Office. The Solutions Consultant II collaborates with business leads and subject matter experts to implement tactical and strategic software solutions. At this level, the incumbent implements and supports systems with multiple and more complex dependencies involving a financial component, higher requirement for real time processing, more complex processes, and have a greater risk to the organization.

    KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Business System Analysis

  • Works with business leads and subject matter experts in the implementation of tactical and strategic software solutions. Plans and conducts third-party software analysis as needed for inclusion in the project solution.
  • Create business process and data models using best practice techniques and tools such as MS Visio, including current and future state solution design documents.
  • Understands and communicates technical and architectural complexities of a technical solution so that project stakeholders can easily understand.
  • Arranges and facilitates requirements discussions including interviewing SME's, shadowing key end users, and collaborating with business leaders to define and document solid functional requirements for new solutions or enhancements to existing applications and reports.
  • Recommends approaches to streamline and integrate technological processes in the organization to improve overall efficiency
  • Communicates requirements to the IT Solutions Delivery Team to obtain the necessary time and cost estimates (documentation, development, UA/QA testing, deployment, as well as any anticipated issues and risks.
  • Performs impact analysis of proposed solutions, assesses the impact of changes/enhancements to various accounts/users, understands variances in implementation by account, and identifies opportunities for standardization.
  • Translate business requirements and user stories into functional use cases for tool implementation.
  • Define acceptance criteria and create test data for IT solutions by considering all possible outcomes of the use cases.
  • Obtains business sponsor approvals on all business requirements and estimates, where applicable, prior to proceeding to the next stage in the project in accordance with IT process and audit requirements.
  • Conducts systems implementation, and coordinates user acceptance testing and sign off. When assigned, assists with the development of high-level plans for completion of Requirements and Acceptance phases of projects, improving in the level of detail and accuracy of estimates over time.
  • When assigned, contributes to the development and execution of testing, including coordinating system and acceptance testing.
  • Reviews defects arising from testing, including User Acceptance Testing, and works with stakeholders to resolve them.
  • Provides guidance with the definition of a defect as a Change Request or bug.
  • Contributes/creates user guides, reference manuals/ training materials as appropriate.
  • Supports the Request for Information (RFI) or Request for Proposal (RFP) with vendors if required.
  • Contributes to the team knowledgebase with best practices, lessons learned, concept and solutions documents.
  • Possesses a deep understanding and problem-solving ability of IT of various scale, degree and dimension of complexity.
  • Performs analysis of reported production problems, determine impact and priority; and recommend corrective actions.

    • Solutions Delivery

  • Works with multiple Solutions Consultants to gain a solid understanding of requirements and implements client specific solutions with emphasis on data analysis, extract, transform and load.
  • Completes assigned data loads to support specific client initiatives and new client transitions. Performs data parsing and transformation as required to import data into our system while maintaining data integrity and quality.
  • Creates and updates ETL specification, defines ETL logic and create supporting documentation.
  • When assigned, creates database views and performs minor modification in database packages.
  • When assigned, creates data extractions utilizing MS-Access or SQL Developer.
  • Creates and maintains implementation checklist.

    • Product Management

  • Acts as a knowledge expert in areas of focus from an IT product perspective.
  • Manages the IT product roadmap for respective applications and coordinates IT and business discussions to maintain the roadmap.
  • Conducts implementation of new modules and coordinates user acceptance testing and sign off prior to production implementation.
  • Works with business leads, SME's and key end users to assist in defining new business processes which leverage existing or new RealSuite, Best of Breed Applications and Business Intelligence Applications functionality.
  • Researches industry/product trends and makes appropriate recommendations for tactical and strategic software enhancements that align with industry trends and clients evolving needs.
  • Works with business leads and SME's in the completion of Implementation Workbooks used for implementing new modules including analyzing client legacy systems/data for the purposes of migration to BGIS systems.
  • Provides direction and guidance as a Second-Tier support resource to the Application Support team for products under the responsibility of the Solution Consultant.

    • Customer Relationship Management

  • Coordinates and maintains regular contact with account leads and/or product line leads as an accountable technology partner to ensure that their implemented solutions continue to meet their business needs.
  • Effectively communicates and builds rapport with team members, stakeholders and business partners using a variety of techniques and collaboration from initiation to close.
  • Manages a backlog of account- or product line-specific needs on behalf of business partners
  • Facilitates small to medium size group meetings and conducts small cross-functional interviews.
  • Prepares and delivers presentations to business partners.
  • Represents account leads and/or product lines in IT-centric processes to ensure the business needs are raised and considered
  • Advises business partners of new technology products, enhancements and innovations as they become available to help ensure the business can leverage IT offerings effectively
  • Provides guidance as a BGIS technical subject matter expert directly with client customer organizations to assist with solution exercises for contemplated software implementations
  • Resolves minor conflicts/issues and escalates others as appropriate.

    • Project Management

  • Responsible for the overall success of IT projects including but not limited to application development projects, business process development projects and new client implementations for core BGIS applications.
  • Works on multiple projects at the same time.
  • Contributes to the development of Project Proposal Forms, Project Charter and Expenditure Allocation Requests for funding.
  • Leads Business Transformations, Multi-department and Corporate Programs on behalf of the Executive Sponsor and in alignment with Enterprise Project Management Office.
  • Establishes project milestones with key business leads and technologies team members.
  • Provides weekly status updates to senior management for all major initiatives highlighting key deliverables, risks and areas requiring assistance/escalation.
  • Employs documentation best practices in all solutions documentation and applies established BGIS and IT processes to the management of all software and implementation projects (Change Management, Application Enhancement/Defect Process, .
  • Coordinates and documents post implementation analysis of major IT initiatives. Identifies continuous improvement opportunities and recommends IT business process changes to senior management to address these opportunities.
  • Monitors, reports on and controls project budgets throughout the project lifecycle.

    • Knowledge & Skills

    Required:

  • University or college degree in a related discipline (Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Technology) or equivalent technical training (. CBAP, PMP, LEAN Six Sigma)
  • Minimum of 5-10 years of relevant work experience
  • Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
  • Strong customer focus.
  • Possesses the ability to create/contribute to tactical and strategic vision.
  • Strong Knowledge of ERP systems software development
  • Operate and leverage Agile/Scrum and waterfall methodologies
  • Understands complete Software Development Life Cycle and can apply the applicable portions of the Intake, Discovery, Execution and Stabilization phases.
  • Experience creating business requirements and functional design documentation.
  • Strong analytic skills and ability to learn new concepts quickly and independently.
  • Understanding of relational database concepts and SQL scripting/queries.
  • Excellent consulting and relationship management skills.
  • Strong verbal/written communication (English) and interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate both technical and general business information.
  • Strong facilitation skills to lead group discussions and solid skills in eliciting business requirements from end-users, including experience with different techniques.
  • Solid understanding of business processes and experience working with similar lines of business as provided by Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions.
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Strong organizational and time management skills including the ability to adapt to frequently changing priorities, manage and/or prioritize simultaneous tasks to meet deadlines
  • Strong negotiation/conflict resolution skills.
  • Knowledge of software documentation standards and best practices.
  • Knowledge of relational database concepts and SQL queries
  • Demonstrates working knowledge of MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) MS Access Visual Studio SQL Developer
  • Experience with Facilities Management / Real Estate software applications such as: IWMS (Archibus, Tririga, Accruent, Serraview),CMMS (Maximo, Angus), Real Estate (Yardi, Argus).

    • Experience on the following is desired:

  • Microsoft and/or Oracle Database Technologies, SQL, PLSQL and relational databases
  • Experience with ETL tools and procedures
  • Experience with ERP systems
  • Experience with reading and writing SQL and develop automated scripts
  • Experience or knowledge of programming and scripting language
  • Experience with BI visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc)
  • Experience with data standardization and data governance

    • At BGIS we believe that diversity and inclusion is a key business driver, such that we never lose sight of its importance as it is woven into the fabric of our organization. We are committed to maintaining a barrier-free recruitment process by providing equal employment opportunities through recruiting and retention of individuals of all backgrounds. We recognize that promoting diversity is an essential component of our continuing pursuit for organizational success

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