Business Systems Analyst

Job Description

Systematix is currently looking for a Business Systems Analyst to join a team of experts on a challenging and transformational project.ABOUT THE PROJECTOur client is a Canadian global company experiencing dramatic growth. They are looking for a Business Systems Analyst to consultant within the Product team, providing IT solutions to solve business challenges, and bridge the IT requirements that address thefunctionality of a financial solution. This position requires strong leadership, analytical and problem-solving skills. The chosen candidate must be able to prioritize their time and execute their responsibilities with minimal supervision while keeping pacewith a rapid development timeline.ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with business stakeholders, external partners, and software development teams to analyze business challenges, design practical and attainable solutions, and prioritize work to maximize the business value delivered by the software development teams.
• Develop, maintain, and strengthen effective relationships with business and IT stakeholders.
• Act as a bridge between business and DevOps teams - convert business requirements into functional requirements.
• Help document and communicate the strategic vision for the products within the portfolio of responsibility.
• Create clearly defined Epics, Features, and User Stories that clearly communicate the customer and stakeholder needs to the development teams while remaining consistent with the product vision.
• Prioritize the backlogs to ensure the current work focuses on maximizing the value the development team brings to the business and that drives the product forward along its strategic path.
• Understand and document data flows and system interactions both within the portfolio of products as well as with systems outside of the portfolio.
• Remain flexible with multiple shifting priorities and effectively function under deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Possess a fundamental understanding of end-to-end customer experience integration and dependencies.
• Foster a sense of urgency to achieve goals and leverage resources to overcome unexpected obstacles.
• Provide input and take actions to resolve escalated production issues. Take steps to minimize future issues.

ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS

• Undergraduate degree preferably of a technical, computer science, or engineering orientation.
• Minimum 4 years experience in business analysis, solutions analyst, or a similar technical role.
• Experience working with System Integrations within a complex landscape of systems consisting of Managed Service/SaaS offerings and custom-built systems.
• Experience working with cloud technologies that require technical integration via web services to different types of functional systems.
• Expertise with full software development life cycle including functional & technical specification, documentation, QA processes, source control, maintenance, and deployments.
• Expertise with relational databases and ability to navigate through relational data structure and experience working with SQL. (Well versed in SQL - write queries & pull data, data analysis, and read SQL stored procedures).
• The ability to clearly convey, verbally and in writing, complex information in a manner understandable by a wide range of audiences.
• The ability to break down projects into meaningful workstreams that iteratively deliver value to the customer.
• The ability to ask excellent questions of customers to distinguish between what they are asking for, what they truly need, and what can be delivered within resource constraints.
• Self-starter, results-oriented and motivated with excellent analytical and technical skills.
• Proven effectiveness at managing multiple tasks of varying complexities, meeting tight deadlines, and working well under pressure.

ABOUT THE ROLEThis is a 3-month contract role to be performed in the Reading or London, UK offices, onsite. There is a strong intent to transition to a permanent role if both parties are amenable.