Business Analyst

On behalf of our public sector client, Affinity is seeking a Business and Functional Analyst to support the Budget Management Transformation project. This project includes establishing a routine forecasting practice, defining roles and responsibilities, improving organizational financial literacy, and defining and implementing accountability mechanisms.

Responsibilities:

• Review and evaluate end-to-end business processes and supporting policies with various departments to assess business problems, articulate business requirements and identify areas of improvement as part of the Budget Management Transformation effort.

• Lead the gathering, validation, and documentation of business and functional requirements related to budget management, cash flow forecasting, financial planning, financial reporting and accountability mechanisms.

• Facilitate workshops, interviews, and working sessions with business stakeholders to understand current state challenges and define desired future state procedures, polices and operations

• Conduct gap analyses between current and future state financial practices and procedures and identify areas of optimization

• Translate business needs into clear functional specifications and work closely with developers, testers, and configuration teams to ensure alignment.

• Support the development and update of budget management policies, financial accountability protocols, and procedures aligned with public sector best practices.

• Provide subject matter expertise on financial systems used for budgeting and forecasting (e.g., ERP, Dynamics, Oracle, SAP).

• Validate system configuration against documented requirements, identify enhancement opportunities, and contribute to issue resolution.

• Support user story development, test case design, and UAT coordination to ensure solutions meet user needs.

• Collaborate with the Project team and change team to define roles and responsibilities, required system enhancements, training gaps and process change recommendations in order to enable Budget Managers to fulfill their responsibilities.

• Act as a functional liaison between all stakeholders, ensuring effective and timely communication.

• Support the PM and CM in tracking requirements progress, functional risks, and interdependencies and incorporating communication and change management strategies to drive adoption and align outcomes with project goals.

Qualifications:

Must-Have:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in business analysis or functional analysis roles in large complex environments, ideally within public sector finance or budgeting environments.

• Experience in the use of business process systems, business reporting design and development, data management, and new systems implementation,

• Demonstrated knowledge of financial operations, cash flow forecasting, budgeting, and financial policy frameworks.

• Experience working with or implementing financial management systems (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, SAP, Unit4, JD Edwards).

• Strong analytical, facilitation, and process-mapping skills (e.g., Visio, Lucidchart, or similar tools).

• Knowledge of advanced analytics and business intelligence tools for financial reporting and decision-making.

• Experience contributing to organizational change initiatives, ideally in collaboration with change management professionals.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to communicate complex ideas clearly to diverse audiences.

• Strong stakeholder engagement and consensus-building capabilities.

• Deals comfortably with senior management and can present and converse with people in positions of authority

• Results-oriented with strong people and time management skills, highly organized, motivated, and driven to succeed

• Ability to work collaboratively with project managers, change managers, and cross-functional teams.

• PMI-PBA, CBA, or PROSCI certification is an asset.

Nice to Have:

• Experience working in or with public sector finance

• Experience with financial systems and tools, particularly those related to forecasting and budgeting

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About Affinity:

Affinity Group is a technology and business consulting and services company. We believe in creating long term relationships between clients and consultants that foster a mutually beneficial partnership. Affinity is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.

For more information on Affinity, please visit www.affinity-group.ca

Job Number: 12306