Business Analyst

ABOUT GOWLING WLG

At Gowling WLG, our dedication to excellence and quality service begins with our people. As a global law firm with offices across Canada, the U.

K., Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we pride ourselves on sourcing and retaining top talent who bring energy, passion and commitment to the delivery of outstanding client service.

Employee satisfaction is important to us. We work hard to ensure that our people are motivated, engaged and empowered. We are guided by our firm's Core Values - The Power of Teamwork, Always Striving to be Better, We all Bring Something Different - in all that we do.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are an integral part of our firm's core values. We are always striving to build a more equitable, engaging and rewarding workplace by attracting and retaining talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences.

Our aim is to help everyone reach their full potential and achieve their personal and professional goals.

Our diverse group of legal professionals, law students, law clerks, paralegals, legal administrative assistants and business services team members work together, and are respected and valued for their individual contributions.

PROFILE

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 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.

This role can be based out of our Toronto, Waterloo or Ottawa office.

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.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 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.

Gowling WLG employees benefit from a hybrid work environment.

Not sure if you meet all the requirements? If you are excited about this opportunity but your experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Gowling WLG is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please let us know.

While we appreciate all applications received, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.