Senior Business System Analyst

Senior Business System Analyst
Requisition Term: 12 months 
Requisition Service: Hybrid, Toronto

Job Requisition Details:
Reason for request: Open Banking
Candidate Value Proposition

• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to gain valuable experience at a top 5 Canadian bank with the opportunity for extension
• The candidate will be working with our Business and Technology partners – an extremely fast-paced, forward-thinking and constantly changing environment
• Opportunity to work on the regulatory initiatives at a business level and have insight and input into overall project deliverables

Typical Day in Role

• Champions a customer-focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
• Effectively work remotely by providing continued/ongoing visibility, updates and level-setting expectations
• Participate (drive) Discovery / Intake stage of program initiatives. Deliver on high-level requirements and potentially be part of delivery team responsible in analyzing as well as developing technical requirements based on solution documentation
• Ensure integrity of the business and technical requirements in the end-to-end customer journey
• Drive joint application design solutioning sessions with our architecture, development, and security architecture teams that inform high-level estimates for large and medium-sized incoming initiatives
• Facilitate requirements gathering and design sessions with multiple stakeholders to extract requirements, and turn them into use cases, user stories, sequence diagrams, etc. to meet development and stakeholder needs
• Participate in enterprise process engineering development across infrastructure.
• Create, refine and maintain the product backlog and associated deliverables; release backlog with forecasted delivery timelines
• Bridge the gap between business and IT, ensuring common understanding and IT/Business alignment of both functional (for business needs) and non-functional requirements (such as reporting, performance, interfaces, and constraints.)
• Help improve and drive our engineering practices by providing valuable inputs and suggestions as to what works well and what can be done better
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas in accordance with our Values, its Code of Conduct, and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to, and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions, and conduct risk.
• Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

• 5+ years BA / BSA experience
• Well-versed in delivery frameworks (Traditional Waterfall, Full Agile, and Hybrid – both waterfall and agile)
• Technical knowledge in delivering technology advancement (previous SA experience desirable)
• System Integration / API working knowledge
• Vendor / external partnership expertise
• Digital/Web/Mobile banking experience

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Experience in Product Owner, Scrum Master/delivery lead capacity
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Engineering or Computer Science degree

Soft Skills required to succeed in this role:

• Detail Oriented: You notice all the little details for every document/requirement/conversation that comes across you, and it drives you crazy that others cannot keep everything consistent.
• Self – Motivated: You do good work, and lots of if; the drive to deliver quality work is just a part of you. You are also able to simplify complex situations and navigate ambiguity.
• Communicator/Negotiator: You are great at making sure everyone’s speaking the same language and are on the same page, and sometimes that involves some give and take.
• Multi-tasker: You are able to multi-task and work on multiple initiatives at the same time.
• Learning is breathing mentality: You stay current on the tools and approaches that work best. And you are excited about working on new projects because every project is a new learning opportunity!
• Team Player: You enjoy collaborating with, learning from, and teaching others so we all become better.
• Dedication: pride yourself on analysis, logical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Think outside-the-box: you have a pool of approaches / tactics to lean on and not afraid to customize nor find artistic ways to solve a problem