Job Description
On behalf of our Public Sector client, Affinity is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for a 19 month contract based in Vancouver, BC.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end business analysis activities throughout procurement, design, implementation and deployment.
- Gather, analyze, document, prioritize and validate complex business and functional requirements.
- Assess and document current-state and future-state OPEX and CAPEX budgeting and forecasting processes.
- Facilitate stakeholder interviews, workshops, process walkthroughs and design sessions.
- Identify process gaps, inefficiencies, manual workarounds, data-quality issues and opportunities for improvement.
- Develop process maps, business rules, workflows, requirements catalogues and requirements traceability matrices.
- Support RFP development, vendor evaluations, demonstrations, evaluation criteria and fit-gap assessments.
- Work with vendors and systems integrators to validate system configuration, workflows, integrations, reporting and data migration.
- Support system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), defect resolution and business sign-off.
- Support implementation planning, training, change management, business readiness, cutover and go-live.
- Prepare executive presentations, recommendations, decision documents and project status reporting.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years of Business Analyst experience, including senior-level experience on complex enterprise application implementations.
- Experience with enterprise budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, enterprise performance management (EPM) or ERP implementations.
- Experience with cloud-based enterprise planning, budgeting and forecasting solutions.
- Strong requirements gathering, documentation, prioritization and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience documenting current-state and future-state business processes.
- Experience supporting procurement, RFPs, vendor demonstrations, evaluations and systems integrator delivery.
- Strong experience with fit-gap analysis, requirements traceability, testing, UAT and business readiness.
- Excellent facilitation, analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.
Technical & Business Knowledge
- Corporate OPEX and CAPEX planning.
- Financial planning, budgeting and forecasting.
- Project forecasting and investment planning.
- Financial systems and ERP/EPM integrations.
- Reporting, allocations, scenario modelling and consolidations.
- Excel (pivot tables and charts).
- SharePoint Lists.
- Visio (process flows, swim lanes and organizational diagrams).
Preferred Platform Experience
Experience with any of the following enterprise planning platforms would be an asset:
- Infor d/EPM
- InsightSoftware Longview / Longview Cloud
- Oracle EPM
- OneStream
- Anaplan
- Workday Adaptive Planning
- SAP Analytics Cloud
Nice to Have
- Experience working in a unionized public-sector environment.
- Experience with data governance, financial-system integrations and legacy-system decommissioning.
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About Affinity
Affinity Group is a technology and business consulting and services company. We believe in creating long term relationships between clients and consultants that foster a mutually beneficial partnership. Affinity is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
For more information on Affinity, please visit www.affinity-group.ca
Job Number: 14167
