City : Vancouver

Category : Other

Industry : Real estate and rental and leasing

Employer : BC Housing

BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST (2 POSITIONS):

($84,795 - $99,759 Annually)

POSITION SUMMARY

Reporting to a Manager in the IT Enterprise Business Systems (EBS) or Analytics and Systems Development (ASD) units, the Business Systems Analyst is responsible for providing business analysis and functional support for core BC Housing business systems. He/she/they provides applications support to Business Support resources, leads business process modeling, proposes new/enhanced business processes, documents requirements, collaborates on technical requirements and specifications, liaises with various IT development and support teams, supports development of business cases, manages assigned projects, chairs project meetings, monitors new installs and services, resolves problems, coordinates release notes documentation and training programs, participates in post implementation reviews and performance analyses.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

The successful candidate will have the following:

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• University degree in Information Technology or other related discipline from a recognized post-secondary institution.

• Considerable IT industry experience specifically focused on IT solutions and services, with experience in business analysis.

• Considerable experience in supporting enterprise-wide business systems and working with interfaces including troubleshooting issues.

• Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience acceptable to the employer.

 KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Extensive knowledge of Oracle technology including database and middleware

• Considerable knowledge of project lifecycle concepts and the ability to apply them to small projects such as business process changes and data cleansing

• Considerable knowledge of IT standards, system development life cycle, and IT development environments

• Sound knowledge of business processes in a social housing environment, including finance, procurement, asset maintenance, project development and property management, and good knowledge and understanding of the Commission’s structure and business operations.

• Demonstrated familiarity with a variety of information systems programs and business processes pertaining to accounting, procurement, maintenance and real estate management.

• Familiarity with Microsoft’s Office365 and SharePoint technologies

• Familiarity with hardware technologies (i.e. servers, workstations, networks and operating systems)

• Good knowledge of feasibility, risk assessment, impact and cost-benefit analysis techniques and processes

• Good knowledge and understanding of systems technology trends and the ability to critically assess and evaluate those trends as they apply to the organization.

• Ability to plan and manage moderate-sized projects, or portions of larger projects, manage teams of staff and contractors in the development, change management and implementation of systems, and work cooperatively in a team environment.

• Ability to take ownership of tasks and drive them through to completion

• Strong skills in business requirements gathering, process modelling and solution architecting including writing business requirement documents and/or polish business documents

• Well-developed communication, analytical, problem solving, decision-making, organizational and time management skills.

• Strong project management, leadership and facilitation skills and some negotiation and influencing skills.

• Proficiency in productivity applications such as MS Excel, MS Word, MS project and MS Visio