Business Architect
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About the Role
BDO Canada cherche un architecte d'affaires pour aligner les systèmes d'entreprise (Microsoft Dynamics, Workday, etc.) avec les capacités stratégiques. Le rôle implique la modélisation des processus, la collaboration avec les parties prenantes et le développement d'artefacts d'architecture.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Partner with senior stakeholders to define business capabilities, value streams, and target operating models across departments.
- Model current and future state processes to drive system alignment and operational improvement.
- Collaborate with solution architects, product owners, and technical teams to ensure platforms are designed with business outcomes in mind.
- Develop business architecture artifacts such as capability maps, integration models, process flows, and business requirements.
- Provide insight and recommendations on system integration, automation, and data flow improvements.
- Facilitate stakeholder workshops and interviews to support requirements gathering and design consensus.
- Support program planning through initiative prioritization, benefits realization, and requirements traceability.
- Support development of integrated business and technology roadmap strategies while researching emerging technologies.
- Contribute to governance processes related to enterprise systems and architectural standards.
- Promote a shared understanding of business goals and foster collaboration between technical and non technical teams.
Requirements
- Minimum 2–3 years of experience in business analysis, business architecture, or solution design within a complex or enterprise setting.
- Experience with task management, workflow, case management, or work orchestration platforms, including process redesign, system transition, integration requirements, reporting, controls, and change adoption.
- Strong knowledge of CRM, ERP, financial systems, workflow platforms, and ITSM platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics, Workday, iFirm, QuickBooks, ServiceNow, or comparable enterprise systems.
- Proficient in business capability design, process modelling, including BPMN.
- Demonstrated experience in process optimization and digital transformation.
- Practical fluency with AI enabled productivity and analysis tools.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Certifications in Business Architecture, Business Analysis, or Project Management considered an asset.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and drive decision making.
- Adept at navigating both business and technical environments, with the ability to influence and challenge constructively.
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Your Opportunity
- The Business Architect will play a pivotal role in aligning enterprise systems, such as Microsoft Dynamics, Workday, iFirm, QuickBooks, and ServiceNow, with strategic business capabilities to enhance operational efficiency and client service delivery.
- This replacement role is ideal for a systems thinker and skilled collaborator who thrives in cross functional environments.
- The successful candidate will act as a bridge between business strategy and solution delivery, leveraging architectural frameworks to guide system integration.
Responsibilities
- Partner with senior stakeholders to define business capabilities, value streams, and target operating models.
- Model current and future state processes to drive system alignment and operational improvement.
- Collaborate with solution architects, product owners, and technical teams.
- Develop business architecture artifacts such as capability maps, integration models, process flows, and business requirements.
- Provide insight and recommendations on system integration, automation, and data flow improvements.
- Facilitate stakeholder workshops and interviews.
- Support program planning through initiative prioritization, benefits realization, and requirements traceability.
- Support development of integrated business and technology roadmap strategies.
- Contribute to governance processes related to enterprise systems and architectural standards.
- Promote a shared understanding of business goals and foster collaboration.
Your Experience and Education
- Minimum 2–3 years of experience in business analysis, business architecture, or solution design.
- Experience with task management, workflow, case management, or work orchestration platforms.
- Strong knowledge of CRM, ERP, financial systems, workflow platforms, and ITSM platforms.
- Proficient in business capability design, process modelling, including BPMN.
- Demonstrated experience in process optimization and digital transformation.
- Practical fluency with AI enabled productivity and analysis tools.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Certifications in Business Architecture, Business Analysis, or Project Management considered an asset.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and drive decision making.
- Adept at navigating both business and technical environments.
Additional Information
- Expected annual compensation: CAD 77,000 CAD 112,000.
- All BDO personnel are expected to spend some of their time working in the office, at the client site, and virtually unless accommodations or alternative work arrangements are in place.
- Our model is a blended approach designed to support the flexible needs of our people, the firm and our clients.
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