Company: Our Client

Location: Remote

Engagement Period: February 2025 - March 31, 2025 (with possible extension)

Position Type: Full Time, 40 hours a week

Business Hours: 7:00 am to 5:00 pm (Central Time), Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays and mandatory vacation time off as specified by client)

Position: Senior Business Architect

Candidates must collectively meet the following mandatory requirements to be considered for this role (any responses that do not meet these criteria will be disqualified):

1. A minimum of 10 years experience working in Information Technology roles
2. Experience in modeling and graphical representation using the Enterprise Framework (EACOE) and Business Architecture Framework (BACOE)

Responsibilities:

• Document current state, define future state, and determine the activities required to move from current to the future state for a set of processes and/or business and technical requirements.
• Identify project stakeholders and determine the impact of implementing technology and automation on business areas and staffing levels.
• Perform cost-benefit and return on investment analysis for proposed systems.
• Prepare and present reports, recommendations, or alternatives to senior and executive-level management.
• Perform objective analysis of organizational challenges and related efficiency opportunities.
• Translate conceptual user requirements into functional requirements in a clear manner that is comprehensible to Solution Architects and the project team.
• Develop models that provide the mechanism to clearly explain how strategy, processes, business structure, and staff can best be utilized to deliver reliable and cost-effective operations.
• Create future state business process models that define future activities, roles, and changes to organizational structure in support of the change.
• Using critical, objective, and established analytical approaches, frameworks, and models, identify areas where efficiencies and cost savings opportunities can be achieved.
• Develop business unit and staff roles and responsibilities in support of business and IT operational requirements.
• Create process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to technical subject matter experts and teams.
• Develop new procedures for the purpose of enhancing business processes, operations, and information process flow.
• Coordinate and perform in-depth tests, including end-user reviews, for modified and new processes, and other post-implementation support.
• Perform cost-benefit and return on investment (ROI) analyses for proposed changes to support management in making implementation decisions.
• Identify and establish scope and parameters of process analysis to define impact, outcome criteria, and measure-taking actions.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Completion of a recognized degree or diploma program in the field of computer science, business administration, or information systems, or an equivalent combination of experience, education, and certification.
• A minimum of ten (10) years of Information Technology-related experience.
• A minimum of five (5) years of domain experience in business analysis, systems analysis, and process analysis.
• Proven experience with business and technical requirements analysis, elicitation, modeling, verification, and methodology development.
• Experience in creating systematic and consistent requirements specifications in both technical and user-friendly language.
• Experience leading small teams.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills, meeting facilitation, and influencing.
• Experience overseeing the design, development, and implementation of software and hardware solutions, systems, or products is an asset.
• Industry credentials in Business Analysis and/or Architecture Frameworks are considered an asset.
• Project Management training is an asset.
• Experience in, or knowledge of, gaming, retail, or distribution industries is an asset.

Additional Requirements:

• Must have a Windows laptop configured for Microsoft Teams meetings and capable of connecting to Client's Microsoft 365 environment and applications such as Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive.
• Must possess own communication device.
• Must have licenses for all software products required to perform the above responsibilities (e.g., Visio, MS Project, etc.).