Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst

Salary: $50.33 – $57.75 per hour

Hybrid: Tues/Thurs onsite (local Candidates only)

Focus: Enterprise Systems | Data & Analytics | Cloud Transformation

About the Role

Seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to support complex enterprise IT initiatives involving business applications, data integration, reporting, analytics, and cloud-based solutions.

This is a senior, hands-on individual contributor role responsible for leading business and systems analysis throughout the full project lifecycle, from initial project evaluation and requirements gathering through implementation and transition to operations.

Key Responsibilities

Business & Systems Analysis

• Lead requirements gathering, analysis, documentation, validation, and traceability.
• Develop business and functional requirements, process flows, use cases, and gap analyses.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements, automation, and operational efficiencies.
• Support Waterfall and Hybrid project delivery.

Solution Evaluation & Project Planning

• Evaluate business needs, project proposals, and technology solutions.
• Develop business cases, feasibility studies, cost-benefit analyses, and solution recommendations.
• Support vendor evaluations, RFI/RFP processes, and fit-gap assessments.
• Assess impacts on enterprise systems, integrations, and business processes.

Data & Technical Analysis

• Support initiatives involving data integration, reporting, analytics, data quality, and governance.
• Define data flows, integration requirements, and interface specifications.
• Work with technical teams on cloud platforms, enterprise applications, and system modernization.
• Support user acceptance testing (UAT), data validation, and implementation readiness.

Stakeholder Engagement & Delivery

• Facilitate workshops with business, IT, and other stakeholders.
• Collaborate with project managers, technical teams, vendors, and business leaders.
• Identify and communicate project risks, dependencies, and change impacts.
• Support change management, training, and operational transition.
• Provide guidance to other Business Analysts and contribute to BA standards and best practices.

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of recent senior-level Business Analysis experience within IT and enterprise applications.
• Strong experience in business and systems analysis within complex enterprise environments.
• Experience working on Waterfall and Hybrid projects, using BABOK-aligned methodologies.
• Strong background in data integration, reporting, analytics, data quality, or data governance.
• Experience with enterprise data platforms, data warehouses, data lakes, or reporting solutions.
• Experience with cloud migration, digital transformation, or enterprise system modernization.
• Understanding of APIs, middleware, and enterprise system integrations.
• Experience with business cases, solution evaluations, vendor assessments, and requirements documentation.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, workshop facilitation, and communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Nice to Have

• Experience in public sector, post-secondary education, or large enterprise environments.
• Experience with ERP or Student Information Systems such as Workday Student or Banner.
• Knowledge of Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online, and Teams.
• Experience with legacy system decommissioning and system transitions.
• Familiarity with privacy, security, accessibility, records management, and compliance requirements.
• Experience with Visio, Jira, Jama, Azure DevOps, Power BI, or similar tools.
• CBAP, PMI-PBA, or equivalent certification.