Senior Business Analyst

PrecisionERP is seeking a Senior Business Analyst on a Dynamics 365 project. This work can be done remotely but hybrid is preferred for potential onsite meetings.

Any candidate located in Canada in a time zone other than EST must be willing to work core hours of the Ottawa team.

Projected start date is early January 2025

Contract Duration : Up to 2 years

Major Requirements :

• A valid SECRET clearance is required.
• Possess a minimum of two years’ experience working with D365 (Dynamics 365) Finance and Operations ERP

General :

Requirement to support a successful ERP implementation our client is looking to engage a Business Analysts (BA) to facilitate the process, bridge the gap between business needs and technical solutions, and drive the project towards successful completion.

The Business Analyst role includes :

Provide Support : To stakeholders across workstreams needing assistance in understanding and testing the new functionality.

Process Mapping : Analyze existing business processes and workflows to determine areas for improvement and ensure alignment with D365 and business goals.

Data Analysis : Evaluate current data sets and new data requirements that will be required to facilitate data migration activities.

Testing and Validation : Assist in the development of the Microsoft Business Process Catalogue to assist in the development of security roles, test cases and scenarios, ensuring that our solution meets business requirements from PI to PI.

Training and Support : Assist the People Pillar to develop training materials and conduct training sessions to ensure user adoption and proficiency.

Justification

Expertise : The resource, with experience in Microsoft D365 implementations, specifically Finance and Operations ERP . The consultant will bring valuable expertise in aligning business processes with technology, ensuring that the system implemented is tailored to our organization’s needs.

Efficiency : The BA will streamline the communication process between technical teams and workstreams, leading to faster decision-making and more efficient project execution.

We need more vocal BAs that will help our teams to make decisions surrounding the solution and how to test it.

User Adoption : By focusing on onboarding, training and user engagement, the BA will facilitate a smoother transition to D365 increasing the likelihood of successful user adoption and overall project success.

Increased Effort in Q4 2024 and 2025 : We are now starting to take on more Program tasks that will be adding to the workload of delivering the Application Solution.

The workstreams will need to complete Data Migration tasks, reporting tasks, and other tasks surrounding the business process catalogue.

Responsibilities :

• The Business Analyst will be responsible for :
• Participate in workstream workshops to gather requirements.
• Reviewing and approving solution designs, use cases, and functional design documents.
• Analyzing existing processes and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborating with IT teams to ensure system configurations align with business needs.
• Assisting our SMEs with user acceptance testing (UAT) and being available for support sessions.
• Assisting with the development of training for end-users.
• Develop and document ERP functional, business, and / or system requirements specifications
• Develop and document screen, report and interface requirements
• Develop functional, business, and / or system interface or capability interaction
• Gather and analyze information to establish the functional needs of a system or project
• Design methods and procedures for computer systems, and sub-systems of larger systems
• Develop, test and implement small computer systems, and sub-systems of larger systems
• Document forms, manuals, programs, data files, and procedures
• Coach, mentor and train the organization to perform any of the above

Specialties could include but are not limited to :

• Software knowledge in Process Mapping Software (e.g., MS Visio), SharePoint, Dynamics AX / D365 ERP, and Azure DevOps.
• Demonstrated functional knowledge with Supply Chain Finance, Manufacturing, Order Management, and Inventory.
• Knowledge of Cloud and networking in a hybrid environment

Deliverables may include :

Provision of documentation as requested to perform the above noted responsibilities such as ERP functional, business and systems requirements interface and specifications, screen, report and interface requirements, forms, manuals, programs, data files and procedures.