Business Analyst

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Duties may include but are not limited to:
Apply detailed knowledge of standard documentation processes, business system architecture and associated technologies.
Write and review complex documents. Provide testing solutions to see that business needs are effectively met, and provide functional
application support as needed.
Formulate and define systems scope and objectives based on both user needs and a thorough understanding of business systems and
industry requirements.
Draw out complex or hidden relationships, analyze business and user needs; document requirements and translate into proper system
requirement specifications.
Lead others to articulate additional possibly hidden needs, while working in multiple business/technical areas. Contribute to quality assurance process improvement; complete assignments with limited direction utilizing expertise.

Provide day to day support to GTRI labs and units to trouble shoot and provide support for: 
- Accounting / Finance (Deltek Costpoint)
-Time Recording (Deltek Time Capture)
- Project Scheduling (Primavera )
- Proposal Costing (Propricer)
- Reporting (Cognos)
Other internal developed application eg. Research Property Tracking ,
Day to day support involves receiving trouble tickets, assigning work to junior team members or working to find solutions
Meet with users to understand their business systems needs and to document requirements. Plan and schedule buy vs build analysis. Manage internal development or external procurement of solutions, through all stages of analysis, design, development, implementation and support for wide range of systems all focused around accounting/finance, project management , proposal production.
Plan and coordinate across all impacted departments upgrades , enhancements and bug fixes for all ESD supported applications. This
involves requirements gathering and scope setting, defining and agreeing the implementation timeline, and executing on the agreed project plan.
Business Process identification. Working with GTRI departments work to understand and document their business processes
Work to discover systems interface requirements, write specifications at a detailed table and column level for the interfaces. Working with the
database administration systems team to develop and implement interfaces. Debug interface issues between systems
Manage small to medium size projects from inception to completion.
Quality Assurance – working to ensure systems are fully and comprehensively tested prior to implementation/go live
Perform other related duties as assigned.