Senior Business Analyst

Bursting Silver Background

Bursting Silver is a professional services company focused on delivering technical solutions to Canadian and US associations, unions, regulatory bodies and non-governmental agencies. Bursting Silver has staff across Canada and the United States. We pride ourselves on having fun while we work, and we are looking for team members who have a passion for technology, are driven by providing exceptional service to clients, and love to find creative solutions to solve tough problems. Our service offerings include mobile applications, web-based applications, IT strategy, business analysis, project management, data migrations, system upgrades and application support.

You are an ambitious and accountable person, who is driven by serving clients, have a passion for technology, and love to find creative solutions to solve tough problems.

You are smart, agile, and self-motivated and can take an assignment head-on and run with it.

You are a strong communicator (English) with a friendly and helping personality.

You have a disciplined “get it done” work ethic that will allow you to work productively in a variety of environments – whether at the office, a client’s office, at your home office desk/couch…or Starbucks.

You are all about Team. Although we may not always be at the same place or working on the same project at the same time – we are always connected and communicating with one another to support each other.  We leverage technology to the max.

You care. About your clients, your team, and your community.  Giving back is such an integral part of what we do.

If this list describes you, please read on:

Job Description

You will be responsible for the Solution Analysis, Definition, Development, and Delivery of software solutions to solve business problems.

Requirements, Technical Skills And Qualifications

Attributes

- - Focused, with the ability to stay on task until completion.
  - Organized, with the ability to prioritize responsibilities and tasks.
  - Participate fully as a member of the team and contribute to a positive work environment
  - The successful candidate will have a positive attitude and interact well with colleagues
  - Keep others in the immediate team informed and up to date about the status/progress of projects, and all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities
  - Support the team by continuously developing knowledge in your own area

Responsibilities

- - Understand the business issues and data challenges of the client’s organization and industry.
  - Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis.
  - Identify the client organization’s strengths and weaknesses and suggests areas of improvement.
  - Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts/gaps, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
  - Review and edit requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations related to proposed solution.
  - Develop functional specifications, user stories, and system design/technical specifications for client engagements.
  - Apply knowledge of industry trends and developments to improve service to our clients.
  - Recognize system deficiencies and implements effective solutions.
  - Assist with or Lead testing efforts.
  - Ensure issues are identified, tracked, reported on and resolved in a timely manner.
  - Works with client personnel to identify required changes.
  - Document needed changes for development.
  - Keep the project manager well informed of status of development effort
  - Train client users to work with computer systems and programs.
  - Consistently delivers high-quality services to our clients
  - Assists in/leads the facilitation of team and client meetings.
  - Delivers informative, well-organized presentations.
  - Resolves and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion.
  - Identifies opportunities for improvement and makes constructive suggestions for change.
  - Develops relationships with client personnel that foster client ties.
  - Communicates effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions with project management.
  - Continually seeks opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships.
  - Perform Other Duties as deemed required for continued development and corporate support.

What We Offer

Competitive salary
Health benefits
Annual company retreat (past retreats include Vancouver, Banff, Halifax, Montreal, Kelowna, New Orleans, Austin, Tx, Cabo, Mexico)
Free coffee, lattes, snacks and drinks (Toronto office)

Next Steps

Please forward applications via email to msnell@burstingsilver.com. Include a cover letter and resume. In the e-mail subject line, please indicate the position title “Senior Business Analyst”. We thank all applicants for their interest, but we will only be able to contact individuals being invited for an interview.

Senior Business Analyst

Bursting Silver Background

You are an ambitious and accountable person, who is driven by serving clients, have a passion for technology, and love to find creative solutions to solve tough problems.

You are smart, agile, and self-motivated and can take an assignment head-on and run with it.

You are a strong communicator (English) with a friendly and helping personality.

You have a disciplined “get it done” work ethic that will allow you to work productively in a variety of environments – whether at the office, a client’s office, at your home office desk/couch…or Starbucks.

You are all about Team. Although we may not always be at the same place or working on the same project at the same time – we are always connected and communicating with one another to support each other. We leverage technology to the max.

You care. About your clients, your team, and your community. Giving back is such an integral part of what we do.

If this list describes you, please read on:

Job Description

You will be responsible for the Solution Analysis, Definition, Development, and Delivery of software solutions to solve business problems.

Requirements, Technical Skills And Qualifications

Attributes

Focused, with the ability to stay on task until completion.

Organized, with the ability to prioritize responsibilities and tasks.

Participate fully as a member of the team and contribute to a positive work environment

The successful candidate will have a positive attitude and interact well with colleagues

Keep others in the immediate team informed and up to date about the status/progress of projects, and all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities

Support the team by continuously developing knowledge in your own area

Responsibilities

Understand the business issues and data challenges of the client’s organization and industry.

Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis.

Identify the client organization’s strengths and weaknesses and suggests areas of improvement.

Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts/gaps, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.

Review and edit requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations related to proposed solution.

Develop functional specifications, user stories, and system design/technical specifications for client engagements.

Apply knowledge of industry trends and developments to improve service to our clients.

Recognize system deficiencies and implements effective solutions.

Assist with or Lead testing efforts.

Ensure issues are identified, tracked, reported on and resolved in a timely manner.

Works with client personnel to identify required changes.

Document needed changes for development.

Keep the project manager well informed of status of development effort

Train client users to work with computer systems and programs.

Consistently delivers high-quality services to our clients

Assists in/leads the facilitation of team and client meetings.

Delivers informative, well-organized presentations.

Resolves and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion.

Identifies opportunities for improvement and makes constructive suggestions for change.

Develops relationships with client personnel that foster client ties.

Communicates effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions with project management.

Continually seeks opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships.

Perform Other Duties as deemed required for continued development and corporate support.

What We Offer

Competitive salary

Health benefits

Annual company retreat (past retreats include Vancouver, Banff, Halifax, Montreal, Kelowna, New Orleans, Austin, Tx, Cabo, Mexico)

Free coffee, lattes, snacks and drinks (Toronto office)

Next Steps