Senior Business Analyst

Title: Senior Business Analyst Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite) Duration: 12 + Months Job Description: As a senior business systems analyst, you’re the orchestrator between business needs and technical delivery. You’ll own the complete requirements lifecycle on medium to large-scale projects—from discovery through validation—while managing competing priorities, resolving blockers in real-time, and keeping stakeholders aligned under pressure. This is a role for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments and takes pride in delivering quality outcomes despite tight deadlines. Daily Responsibilities: Requirements & Discovery • Define the business analysis approach, tasks, and deliverables aligned with project and delivery methodology • Perform stakeholder analysis to identify impacted groups and map their requirements • Facilitate collaborative discovery sessions with large, diverse business stakeholder groups • Apply advanced elicitation techniques to extract requirements from complex stakeholder environments • Lead requirements prioritization using proven frameworks to align on business priorities Project Management & Problem-Solving • Manage risks, assumptions, and constraints; communicate proactively with key parties • Resolve blockers and dependencies that impact delivery timelines • Manage multiple competing projects and deadlines with expert time management • Work independently and take full ownership of complex initiatives Testing & Quality Assurance • Analyze and document detailed business and system solution requirements using enterprise standards • Perform solution testing to validate requirements are met and quality standards are achieved • Build and maintain reusable requirements documentation repository for future initiatives Communication & Stakeholder Engagement • Provide ongoing communication support to keep stakeholders informed and aligned • Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership with clarity and confidence • Demonstrate excellent stakeholder management skills across diverse audiences What You’ll Bring (Must-Haves) • Experience: 5+ years as a Business Analyst with progressively increasing responsibilities in requirements management on large, complex projects • Technical Skills : Expertise in requirements planning, prioritization, stakeholder analysis, and effort estimation; proficiency with Waterfall, Iterative, and/or Agile methodologies • Analytical Capability : Proven experience working with datasets and data analysis • Core Competencies: Knowledge of JIRA, Confluence, Microsoft Forms, Sharepoint and other collaboration tools • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills; expert organizational and time management abilities • Work Style : Demonstrated ability to work independently, take ownership, and thrive under pressure with competing deadlines What Sets You Apart (Nice-to-Haves) • Knowledge of Palo Alto’s XSOAR system • Experience in the financial services industry • Physical Security and Cybersecurity domain knowledge or project experience • Advanced facilitation and consensus-building skills • Exposure to enterprise architecture or solution design methodologies Mindlance is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to inclusive, equitable, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes, and work environment in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). We will be happy to work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the hiring process. “We use AI in our Hiring processes”