Business System Analyst

Job Title:   Business System Analyst

Location Address: Scarborough

Duration: 3 months (extension likely based on funding & performance, potential to convert to FTE)

 

Story Behind the Need

• Business group: Canadian Data Platforms group is seeking a Senior Business System Analyst to work on the CIDC (Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation) project. The prime responsibility for the BSA will be to translate requirements for the Developers to make changes to the existing CIDC regulatory product. The project is currently in the initial phases.

• Reason for request: Workload/Project

 

Candidate Value Proposition

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with a diverse and supportive team while working in a flexible work environment. The candidate will also have the opportunity for growth and the potential to transition into a different role within the Bank as this project involves different areas of the bank and can open different avenues.

 

Typical Day in Role

• Works with key stakeholders within all business functions to align technology solutions with business strategies • Gathers requirements from business units and translates those to programmers and developers • Prepares cost-benefit and return-on-investment analyses to aid in decisions on system implementation • Demonstrates an informed knowledge of business functions to resolve problems and capitalize on improvement opportunities • Supports one or more highly complex business processes • Works on multiple projects as a project team member • Serves as a liaison between the business community and the IT organization in order to provide technical solutions to meet user needs

 

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

1) Overall BSA Experience – 7+ years of experience

2) Strong experience translating requirements for developers– 7+ years

3) Extensive experience documenting (document changes, update old documents – EDD (Eternal design document) & BRD (business requirement document) & for development (TD) technical document) – 7+ years

4) Strong communication skills (written & verbal) – working closely with Developers, provide status updates, speak in meetings

5) Working knowledge of Jira – 5+ years of experience

6) Strong understanding of business process, application development and documentation

 

Nice-To-Have Skills:

– Technical background

– Regulatory background or worked on regulatory projects

– Agile experience

– FI/Banking experience (preferably one of the big 5 banks)