BUSINESS ANALYST (Budget Tool Revitalization Project)

• Job ID: 57212
• Job Category: Finance, Modernization, Budgeting, Financial Planning
• Division & Section: Chief Financial Officer's Office, Strategic Enterprise Integration & Mod
• Work Location: Metro Hall, 55 John Street Toronto (Hybrid)
• Job Type & Duration: Full-time, 1 Temporary Vacancy (12 months) 
• Salary: $87,800.00-$116,745.00, TM1897 and wage grade 6
• Shift Information: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week 
• Affiliation: Non-Union
• Number of Positions Open: 1 
• Posting Period: 06-JUN-2025 to 20-JUN-2025 
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The Strategic Enterprise Integration and Modernization Division within the City of Toronto, Office of the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer provides business transformation and modernization across Finance and Treasury Service Area.

In this temporary role, reporting to the Senior Project Manager, the Business Analyst (Budget Tool Revitalization) will be responsible for implementing project plans, conducting data collection and analysis supporting project and stakeholder management, reporting on project mandates, as well as providing consultation services to support divisional projects and programs.

The position will support the collection of business requirements collection and analysis.  This includes conducting interviews with subject matter experts, preparing documentation of business processes, systems and data requirements, as well as hold review and re-engineering sessions with stakeholders.

Major Responsibilities

• Oversees one or more projects associated with business systems or processes.
• Develops options for policies, procedures, business process reviews, management practices and recommends changes to support management functions and improves efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery.
• Interviews, documents and facilitates business process, systems and data requirements. Holds review and re-engineering sessions with stakeholders.
• Develops and documents standard operating policies and procedures.
• Conduct a thorough analysis of existing budgeting processes to identify inefficiencies, process bottlenecks, and opportunities for automation and optimization
• Gather and document business requirements from subject matter experts, finance stakeholders and translate them into functional specifications.
• Develop and document detailed, industry-standard process flow diagrams to support transformation initiative and ensure alignment across stakeholders.
• Leads and/or liaises with and participates in inter-divisional teams and staff working groups, committees and external groups.
• Assists in building and managing cooperative relationships with other divisions to ensure adequate resources are available to achieve the project goals.
• Prepares business cases, feasibility (including economic, organizational, operational, technical impact) studies, project charters/plans, business/functional/technical requirements, design documents, training strategies/plans and user documentation.
• Prepares reports for the Manager, Director and Deputy City Manager, making recommendations on changes in business methods and processes including appropriate staffing levels and resource allocation.
• Support the development of data models and interactive dashboards to enhance financial planning, decision-making and performance tracking.
• Lead data mapping and validation efforts across legacy and target systems to ensure data integrity, consistency, and readiness for migration.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive Data Dictionary, defining key data elements, formats, transformation logic, validation rules, and ownership to support system integration and reporting accuracy.
• Prepares visual presentations, briefing materials and other documentation as required.
• Provides presentation support and gives presentations as required.
• Develops terms of reference and methodologies for review.
• Works in support of the goals of the Project Sponsor Committees and the Project Team.
• Collaborate with IT teams and external vendors to ensure proposed solutions align with business needs.
• Assist in solution testing, including test case execution, defect identification, tracking, and resolution in collaboration with technical and business teams.
• Act as a change agent to drive adoption of new tools, processes, and mindsets across the finance organization.
• Provide training support, walkthroughs, and support to SMEs and finance teams during and after transitions.Conducts financial analysis and determines key indicators to measure the effectiveness and efficiencies of service delivery methods and design processes to track those indicators.

Key Qualifications:

1. Post-secondary education in relevant field, such as Business Administration, Public Administration, and Project Management etc., or equivalent combination of education and experience.
2. Considerable experience in effectively gathering business requirements using a variety of methodologies, including interviews, surveys, workshops, and document analysis and an ability to facilitate stakeholder discussion to translate complex needs into clear, actionable requirements that drive project success.
3. Extensive experience using Microsoft Office products to create reports, and presentations (e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Visio) as well as other relevant application products to create consolidated database (e.g. SharePoint, WordPress) and business intelligence and data visualization tools (e.g. Excel, PowerBI, Tableau)
4. Considerable experience conducting and executing business process reviews to streamline and improve work efficiencies including preparing business process mapping.
5. Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) or PMI-PBA Preferred.
6. Ability to research, conduct analysis and prepare reports to support policy development activities and to conceptualize and develop options and recommendations to support decision making.
7. Ability to work independently and as a member of a high performing business analyst team in a demanding, fast paced and constantly changing environment.
8. Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate both orally and in writing to all levels of the organization.
9. Ability to establish effective working relationships with employees, management and with both internal and external stakeholders and clients.
10. Ability to perform statistical data analysis and reporting.
11. Familiarity with Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, collective agreements, Ontario Statues, including Occupational Health and Safety Act, employment standards, labour and human rights, and other applicable government legislation.

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