Business Analyst – IT

Position Title: Business Analyst – IT
Location: Scarborough, ON
Duration: 2 months

Story Behind the Need
Business group: Client Services and Solutions
Customer support team, primary focus all types of products, corporate commercial and small business sides. The focus of this team is to have Wire as a product.
Project is to look for opportunities to improve the wire process and make it more effective. Project duration is till Spring 2025
Candidate Value Proposition:
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in a growing field in the banking industry.
Typical Day in Role

• Works with key stakeholders within all business functions to align technology solutions with business strategies
• Responsible for relationship management working to establish productive relationships between various leaders, departments and partners across the organization.
• Able to be flexible/adaptable in exercising judgment in a changing environment and to manage competing priorities.
• Gathers requirements from business units
• Visualize information depending on the stage of the project
• Perform different activities during the project lifecycle such as testing and a variety of task business analyses related
• Solutions-oriented and ability to develop and create innovative solutions to critical business or organizational data issues
• Strong analytical skills with amplitude for generating insights through an evidence-based thought process

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

• 8+ years – Experience as a BA driving end to end project delivery with a focus on data analytics, business and IT stakeholder management, and process improvement
• 3+ years – Experience in developing and producing KPI, KRI
• 3+ years – Experience with Power BI, SQL, and advance Excel skills
• Knowledge of SWIFT payment is mandatory

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Previous experience working in FI
• Buyer experience will be asset
• Previous experience in project management, tracking project progression,
• Previous Experience working with payments
• Previous experience with Confluence and JIRA

Soft Skills Required:

• Proven ability to learn business processes quickly and work well with business partners at different organizational levels.
• Exceptional leadership skills to review processes and procedures to create efficiencies, eliminate duplication and provide organizational support to achieve business objectives.
• Sound judgment, learning agility, and a high level of professional and personal integrity
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills

Education: Undergraduate degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, or another related field.
Best vs. Average Candidate
The best candidate is someone who can adapt and change very quickly and can demonstrate it during the interview phase.
Candidate Review & Selection
1 round of interviews potentially a 2nd round
1st round – HM and 1 or 2 managers – 45 mins – MS Teams Video – The first 15 mins is for Introduction, Role overview, and what we are looking for the rest of the interview the manager will ask abstract questions to review candidates’ mentality to see if they are able to switch quickly.