Appian BSA

Job Title: Appian BSA

Location: Toronto, London or Winnipeg (Hybrid)

Estimated Duration: 3 Months

Appian Business Systems Analyst
Role Overview
If you’re passionate about technology and driven by simplifying complex business problems to turn them into functional solutions, our IDP and RPA team is looking for top talent to join the team. This team is accountable for delivering automation solutions and operational support for a global roll out of all things IDP to help with our day to day operations, focusing on efficiency, quality, and client experience.  

As an Appian BSA, you will work collaboratively closely with our onshore teams, business leaders, senior architects, infrastructure engineers to design, develop, deploy modern solutions on low code automation platforms such as Appian. If you thrive in a fast-paced, ideas-led environment, you’re in the right place. 

What you will do 

• Bridge business requirements with systems design through all phases of opportunity ideation or problem resolution and systems enhancement.
• Work closely with onshore team and leadership to understand business needs, requirements, and strategic opportunities.
• Experience with Appian or similar low code automation platforms, with strong understanding of IDP , Process Modeling, Prompt engineering  
• Work in a team environment, taking responsibility for requirements, defining and designing the business functionality of the system in scope
• Ensuring that the system meets the defined business requirements.
• Participating and facilitating meetings, walkthroughs, workshops, and reviews of deliverables
• Understanding and defining a strategic vision for key systems based in line of business, their needs, known risks and dependencies in partnership with portfolio solutions architects.
• Applying knowledge to help implement solutions to resolve complex problems or capitalize on new ideas
• Helping to uncover and maximize the business / customer / user value of planned initiatives through facilitation, analysis and modeling techniques.
• Provide support to Developers and Quality Assurance Analysts during design and build phases.
• Direct own work through goal setting, time management and planning to meet project deadlines
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of work to maximize quality, build credibility, and avoid re-work
• Build effective relationships with colleagues and stakeholders quickly and confidently, to positively influence outcomes
• Identify and participate in implementing improvement opportunities
• Identify risks and escalate issues in timely manner

What you will bring 

• 3 to 5 years of work experience in systems analysis and / or design and programming 
• Familiar with Software Development Life Cycle
• Experience with Modern Technologies: Proficiency in delivering business process automation solutions on low code platforms such Appian. 
• Demonstrated strength in problem solving and analytical skills 
• Excellent communication abilities – written and verbal / presentation, including technical writing skills
• Strong customer focus and organizational skills with the ability to contribute to multiple projects under tight deadline constraints
• Able to operate within a team environment

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, and independently with teams at various levels to investigate and validate all aspects of business problem
• Accreditation in Business Analysis or equivalent credentials/experience is a nice to have.
• Must be self-motivated, organized and able to multi-task in an environment of changing processes and priorities
• Ability to rapidly acquire new knowledge and skills, and apply creative thinking to solve problems

• Agile / Dev Ops delivery experience; Working knowledge of Jira, Confluence and Gitlab an asset  – nice to have