IT Business Analyst - IT Analyst Job Listing at City of Edmonton in Edmonton, AB (Job ID 51728)

Description

This posting is for one (1) Permanent position and one (1) Temporary position that may continue until June 14, 2027

The Information Technology Division of the Edmonton Police Service requires two (2) experienced Business Analysts who are curious, self-motivated and organized with exceptional strategic business analysis, communication and interpersonal skills. These skills will be used to perform comprehensive enterprise analysis on requests for IT projects/software as well as organizational business projects. 
Responsibilities will include: 

• Providing expert enterprise analysis to optimize business processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness across the organization.
• Proven expertise in achieving alignment and consensus amongst diverse stakeholders.
• Demonstrate and explain how proposed solutions are aligned to business goals through the creation of project requests and define the impacts and risks, including organizational readiness for the change.
• Conduct thorough, methodological investigations to identify key stakeholders impacted by an enterprise or business area strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to articulate high level strategic initiatives and how they help justify investment decisions while aligning them with organization objectives.
• Demonstrated proficiency in applying critical thinking to analyze complex problems and drive informed decision making.
• Prepare, coordinate, and lead divisional management meetings to present project investment requests and answer questions from committee members.
• Develop and maintain business models and processes that illustrate the organization's structure, processes and information flows.
• Assist the Planning and Delivery Branch in defining portfolio/project scope, resource demand, benefits and risks during the discovery phase, may lead discovery efforts.
• Organize and facilitate meetings and/pr workshop sessions with stakeholders.
• Prepare pre-project documentation such as  business cases, request for proposal (RFP), vision/scope, project investment requests, briefing notes, business analysts plans, etc.
• Author, review and assist in the creation of deliverables such as business requirements, conceptual prototyped designs, process models (swim-lane), functional specifications and detailed designs using a variety of techniques and methods as defined in the Business Analysts Body of Knowledge (BABOK).  
• Assist in the selection and implementation of software solutions, including market scans and gap fit analysis of a selected solution to EPS requirements.
• Participate in the governance, oversight and maintenance of the business analysis practice and center of excellence within the Information Technology Division (ITD).
• Performing other related duties as required.