Business Analyst- Enterprise Project Management Office

Gowling WLG • Toronto, ON

26d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) team is currently looking for a Business Analyst to join our team. As a Business Analyst, you will report to the Senior Director, Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) and will be empowered to work on business-driven transformation projects across all Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP offices. The Business Analyst will bridge the gap between functional areas and the business using data analytics to assess processes, determine requirements and deliver data driven recommendations and reports. The EPMO is a high performance team that drives collaboration with project stakeholders to help achieve the Firm’s business objectives through quality project delivery.

Requirements

• 5-7 years working as a project management Business Analyst on a variety of technologies preferably in a professional services environment.
• Business Analysis certificate training.
• Strong stakeholder/relationship management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational, prioritization and time management skills.
• Ability to deliver exceptional client service.
• Strong Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Project or any PPM tool.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering efforts and conduct Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions, focus groups and personal interviews to capture business and technical requirements.
• Capture, define, document, and maintain clear and accurate detailed process diagrams and documentation including business requirements, and use case documentation.
• Ability to lead the application of agile methods of eliciting and documenting User stories and facilitate the process of business prioritization and User story selection for agile timeboxes and sprints.
• Manage feature delivery with scrum boards and facilitate development scrum meetings.
• Effectively elicit and document concise business driven requirements with Business Process Management (BPM) workflow specifications.
• Manage established requirements and testing signoff procedures throughout the project lifecycle and report on and track project testing milestones/deliverables.
• Manage project requirements development and execution from beginning to end, while monitoring the dependencies on the critical path with Project Managers.
• Proactively manage issue logs including changes in requirements while identifying potential crises, and devise contingency plans with Project Managers.

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid health, dental, and mental health coverage, plus an annual lifestyle spending allowance
• Benefits coverage for Firm members and their dependents from day one!
• 15+ vacation days and remote work flexibility
• Parental leave top-up for 26 weeks (after 12 months of full-time employment)
• Group Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
• Financial protection through short & long-term disability, life, accident & critical illness insurance
• Employee & Family Assistance Program, guided CBT, and an internal network of 120+ trained Mental Health First Aid responders
• Recognition awards, appreciation events, and a supportive, collaborative work culture
• Perks and preferred pricing programs, referral bonuses and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees