Business Analyst - Ottawa, Canada - Canada Foundation for Innovation

Canada Foundation for Innovation

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- be global leaders in their field and to respond to emerging challenges. Our investments in state -of-_
- the-art tools, instruments and facilities underpin both curiosity
- and mission-driven research that _
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Job Opportunity
**Business analyst

Summary
Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, Information Systems (IS) of the Canada Foundation for Innovation,
the Business Analyst works with stakeholders to identify user requirements, perform business process
analysis, evaluate potential solutions and document design specif ications for IS development and
maintenance projects.

The business analyst is tasked with helping business meet its objectives and goals by understanding how
work is being conducted, and through analysis, determine solutions to the issues. The solution could include
training, process change, modif ications to business rules, modif ications to or implementation of new
technology solutions, or a combination of all four.

The business analyst will identify, develop and implement ef fective solutions that address smaller less
complex initiatives. Business requirements will be traced through to test plans and cases, reducing time to fix
issues and identify anomalies.

Key Activities

Identif ies, documents and validates functional user requirements for system developments and

maintenance through the use of appropriate business analysis techniques (interviews, JAD
sessions, research, prototyping, etc.)

Designs conceptual data models and usecases, where appropriate
Identif ies potential solutions and recommends the most appropriate solution; based on requirements,

- practicality, technology options and project constraints

Documents detailed specif ications packages for developers
Liaises with developers to ensure that specif ications are clearly understood and to resolve any

- issues that arise during development

Determines the best approach to testing and documents test plans
Oversees the testing process (system and user acceptance testing)
Executes system testing of developments
Provides project management guidance and expertise to project stakeholders
Fosters relationships between project stakeholders and IS by communicating and managing

- expectations

Assists in project scheduling, time/resource estimates and scoping
Assists in negotiating and building consensus among stakeholders
Follows existing business analysis processes and contributes to further ref ining these processes.

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**Business Analyst

Qualifications
University or College level education, preferably in Information Systems (or equivalent); in addition to:
Minimum 2 years of relevant business analysis experience, as def ined below:

Gathering, analyzing, evaluating and validating user requirements
Preparing detailed specifications for developers from which solutions are developed, designed,

- coded and tested

Mapping out process f lows
Project management
Developing test plans and coordinating user acceptance testing
Working with web forms and with databases
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Knowledge of business analysis best practices
Knowledge of databases and of conceptual data modeling
Knowledge of sof tware development lifecycles
Ability to take initiative, work independently and to contribute as a team player
Familiarity with the research community and, in particular, the granting industry.

Assets

Fluency in both English and French (written and spoken)
Strong skills in Excel, Visio, Axure.
Experience with Information Management projects
Business Analysis Professional certif ication (IIBA-CCBA; or PMI-PBA; or equivalent)
Knowledge of technology used in the CFI environment including:
Oracle database and Java environment, specif ically database queries and scripting;
Microsof t Dynamics including PowerBI,
AccessDB including VBA;

- business intelligence sof tware (e.g. Cognos)

Salary will be commensurate with qualif ications and experience.

This is a full-time position in a hybrid work environment, requiring a minimum of two days per week

at the CFI offices.

Please send your CV and a covering letter by end of day on September 25, 2023 to
Eric Desjardins

Manager, Human Resources

Canada Foundation for Innovation,

55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 1100

Ottawa ON K1P 5E4

contacted.

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Business Analyst
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