Business analysts identify business areas that can be improved to increase efficiency and strengthen business processes. They often work closely with others throughout the business hierarchy to communicate their findings and help implement changes.

Tasks and duties can include:

• Identifying and prioritizing the organization’s functional and technical needs and requirements
• Using SQL and Excel to analyze large data sets
• Compiling charts, tables, and other elements of data visualization 
• Monitor regional and local trends
• Maintain knowledge of regulatory landscape
• Creating financial models to support business decisions
• Understanding business strategies, goals, and requirements
• Planning enterprise architecture (the structure of a business)
• Forecasting, budgeting, and performing both variance analysis and financial analysis

A business analyst has to possess quality of anticipation, assumption, and analytical view of statistical data from the historical records, business at macro level and at micro level. The analyst is expected to be a specialist in a specific business and has to possess vast knowledge of industry trends and changes.

The candidate should understand the multicultural society, especially of Canada. Where a new immigrant faces many hurdles to understand the local laws and culture of the land. Also, provide technology-based solutions for improvising the processes and systems. A business analyst is a bridge between the IT services and the actual business and also internal departments and the external stakeholders.