Symbiotic Group Inc.

Business Analyst

Symbiotic Group Inc.  •  Canada (Onsite)  •  5 hours ago
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Job Description


Position:

Business Analyst


Location:

Toronto, ON

Job ID#:

RQ11120

Duration:

8 Months


Role Overview


We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst to provide a
comprehensive range of business analysis services for organizations with
diverse business and technology needs. The successful candidate will work
closely with stakeholders, subject matter experts, project teams, and
technology partners to gather, analyze, document, and validate business
requirements while supporting the delivery of effective technology solutions.


Key Responsibilities


Business Analysis


  • Provide comprehensive business
    analysis services across a variety of business and technology initiatives.

  • Work with stakeholders and
    subject matter experts to gather, document, and analyze business requirements.

  • Lead and conduct business
    analysis activities to assess business challenges and opportunities and
    document requirements to support solution delivery.

  • Prepare and advise on business
    analysis policies, processes, best practices, and standards.

  • Apply business process
    re-engineering concepts to support service improvements and cost-effective
    delivery approaches.

  • Conduct business analysis
    throughout all project phases using appropriate levels of detail.

  • Develop business strategies,
    business cases, cost-benefit analyses, and feasibility studies.

  • Facilitate requirements
    gathering activities including workshops, interviews, and requirements
    sessions.

  • Perform business modeling, use
    case modeling, data modeling, process mapping, data flow modeling, business
    rules definition, and non-functional requirements analysis.

  • Monitor project progress,
    identify and resolve issues, and provide status reporting to management and
    stakeholders.

  • Develop performance measures
    and traceability matrices and conduct follow-up evaluations.


Agile Delivery & Product Backlog Management


  • Support project teams by
    proactively grooming and preparing upcoming work.

  • Assemble requirements into
    clear and actionable user stories.

  • Manage and refine Product
    Backlog Items and communicate changes to project leadership.

  • Break epics into detailed user
    stories and define acceptance criteria.

  • Ensure requirements are
    clearly documented and ready for development.

  • Provide project teams with
    business context and strategic alignment.

  • Maintain backlog integrity as
    the source of truth for delivery teams.

  • Collaborate closely with
    Product Owners and project stakeholders.

  • Ensure decisions,
    dependencies, and discussions are properly documented within user stories.


Stakeholder Engagement


  • Conduct stakeholder engagement
    activities and prepare supporting documentation including presentations and
    briefing materials.

  • Explain complex technical
    analyses, recommendations, and options to both technical and non-technical
    audiences.

  • Establish effective working
    relationships with stakeholders, partners, project teams, and leadership.

  • Support user testing
    activities, including planning, recruitment coordination, facilitation,
    documentation, and presentation of findings.


Required Qualifications


Core Skills


  • Experience supporting Agile
    project delivery methodologies.

  • Experience grooming
    requirements and preparing work for development teams.

  • Strong experience writing and
    managing user stories.

  • Experience managing and
    refining Product Backlog Items.

  • Experience documenting
    requirements in clear and concise user story formats.

  • Experience breaking epics into
    detailed stories and defining acceptance criteria.

  • Advanced analytical,
    problem-solving, and business analysis capabilities.

  • Strong understanding of
    requirements management and backlog governance.

  • Experience supporting user
    testing activities and presenting findings.


Technical Skills


  • Working knowledge of business
    systems technologies.

  • Knowledge of systems design,
    development, testing, implementation, and evaluation.

  • Proficiency with SQL database
    querying.

  • Knowledge of API design,
    integration, and technical requirements definition.

  • Hands-on experience using
    Azure DevOps for user story and backlog management.

  • Experience leveraging AI tools
    for business analysis and requirements documentation.


Communication Skills


  • Strong communication,
    consultation, and interpersonal skills.

  • Ability to communicate
    technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

  • Experience discussing client
    requirements and systems development options.

  • Strong presentation and
    documentation skills.

  • Experience preparing project
    reports, business cases, presentations, manuals, dashboards, and research
    summaries.

  • Ability to build productive
    working relationships across multiple stakeholder groups.


Additional Qualifications


  • Knowledge of Information
    Management principles, concepts, policies, and practices.

  • Experience with business
    process mapping, business functional modeling, and business event modeling.

  • Experience working within
    structured, object-oriented, and Agile methodologies.

  • Experience developing
    performance measures and evaluation frameworks.

  • Knowledge of Accessibility for
    Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) requirements and standards.


Preferred Experience


  • Experience within the public
    sector.

  • Experience supporting
    education-related environments.

  • Experience using information
    retrieval tools and packages.


About Symbiotic Digital.


Symbiotic Digital provides the IT Experts you need that
solve problems and get things done. See what the top 2% in their field can do
for you. (Symbiotic Digital is a division of Symbiotic Group Inc.) We serve
customers in two ways, we provide:


Digital Experts: IT Consulting
expertise. Bright Minds That Produce Proven Results


Recruitment: Find The Right
People You Need


Serving IT & Business leaders, Symbiotic Digital
provides a business system that enable us to provide the Expert Technical staff
needed to solve challenging business and IT problems. IT leaders in the most
reputable organizations in Canada have relied on Symbiotic Digital to help them
staff difficult assignments with proven Experts uniquely evaluated by our
proven QMS- Quality Management System Staff Development Model. We are a 100%
Indigenous owned company.


Learn more online at
https://www.symbioticgroup.com/home-sd/

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Please submit your most recent resume to:
RecDep@symbioticgroup.com


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Symbiotic Group Inc.

About Symbiotic Group Inc.

Questions we hear and address…….

• How do I build a repeatable sales process that builds pipeline?

• How do I build a digital marketing program that gets results?

• What steps do I need to take to feel more in control of my business?

What We Do

We provide bespoke Consulting Services for SMBs and New Ventures.

We work ‘ON’ your business to help you gain control, improve process and drive growth.

We solve the problems hindering business growth by building winning plans, processes and core systems to measure progress and drive results. We provide the following:

• Create winning strategy & plans to drive growth

• Build processes that drive repeatable results and reduce risk

• Create core systems to manage and measure progress.

Whom Are We For?

We are for SMB B2B growth companies with fewer than 100 employees who need help to get to the ‘next level’.

We are for business owners whose business problems include: gaps in business planning and strategy, sales and digital marketing needs, weak or missing business processes, and the absences of core management systems to confidently understand finances and make decisions.

Our Difference: Why Choose Us?

Symbiotic Group has over 30 years’ experience working with SMB organizations serving their unique business needs.

We bring SMB focused expertise from more than one discipline so that you can get the precise assistance you need for your unique growth journey.

We have experts in the following key areas needed by SMBs:

• Business Planning & Strategy

• Sales – Automation, Customer Journey

• Marketing – Intel Led, SEO, Social, Content, Email, PR

• Operations – Finance, Accounting/Bookkeeping, HR & Recruitment

We work ‘ON’ your business to help you gain control, improve process and drive growth.

Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
1-10 employees
Headquarters
Oakville, CA
Year Founded
1998
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