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Our people make SAIT great. The Employee Services team is here to help you make the most of your career at SAIT. Building on the Strategic Plan and supporting the Education Plan and Global Strategy, our people plan provides opportunities to learn, develop and grow.
The Opportunity
You are a passionate team member responsible for fulfilling a wide range of Business Analysis activities; including but not limited to collaborative partnering, process mapping, requirements gathering, documentation, liaising with business stakeholders, testing activities, continuous review and improvement of business processes, working directly with a variety of project teams, internal and external resources, customer groups and peers.
The position reports to the Manager, Systems & Analysis.
The Role
- Participate in the establishment and continuous review and improvement of business analysis standards, procedures, and processes
- Understand business process notation and techniques, as well as process improvement methods and criteria
- Work collaboratively with project leads, Business Solution Architect (Director – HR Innovation), and Business Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) by participating in process reviews and/or providing process-modelling services of current state and/or future state, including gap analyses
- Working with various functions and end-users to identify, document, and communicate standard business processes, and completing system, process and release documentation as required
- Interpret and translate customer’s needs into functional and technical requirements. Manage group collaboration with business stakeholders, effectively facilitating meetings and workshops and elicit meaningful input from all members of the group
- Assist in identification of process strengths and weaknesses; research and recommend areas of improvement for overall productivity and efficiency
- Work with business stakeholder groups, project teams, technical experts, and vendor partners to ensure quality solutions are delivered to our client
- Extract, capture, analyze, organize, and prioritize business and/or data requirements for change and development requests
- Identify and include impacted stakeholders in requirement gathering process, and keep them engaged throughout the delivery process
- Collaborate with team members, projects, and vendor partners to define solutions that meet business requirements
- Identify technical and delivery risks and recommend mitigation strategies
- Lead initiatives, embrace change, and help to foster a positive and engaged team atmosphere
- Produces effective and professional written documentation and materials, including presentations to stakeholder groups
Qualifications & Experience
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in design, development, testing and implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning Software (ERP), systems development life cycle.
- Minimum post-secondary education in business, computer science or technology.
- Other relevant education combined with experience will be considered.
- Knowledge of Banner ERP and Cornerstone HCM systems an asset.
- Experience with large ERP systems is preferred.
- Demonstrated in-depth business requirements gathering and associated documentation requirements.
- Experience with LMS and/or Survey software, preferred
- Experience working on collaboration tools – i.e JIRA, Service Now, SharePoint, Teams
$80,000 – $84,000 a year
Job classification: BUSINESS ANALYST – P5944
# of positions: 1
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Posting closing date: 03/22/2023
About SAIT
SAIT is a global leader in applied education. Named one of Alberta’s Top Employers, we offer the chance to work with a purpose — preparing the next generation of industry leaders, entrepreneurs, advocates and explorers.
Building on our 100+ year history, we’re looking for innovative, bold and collaborative employees who embrace change and deliver world-class customer experiences. Your future starts now at SAIT.
Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is essential to achieving SAIT’s vision to be a global leader in applied education. We encourage applications from women, Indigenous people, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and/or people with intersectional identities. Learn more about EDI at SAIT.
At SAIT, we understand that experience comes in many forms. We’re dedicated to adding diverse perspectives to SAIT – so if your experience is close to what we’re looking for, please consider applying.
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