Business Analyst – IT – Expert

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Hybrid  (Downtown, Toronto)

Duration: 12 months

Our client a leading financial institution in Downtown Toronto, is looking for a Business Analyst – IT – Expert to perform requirements stakeholder analysis to identify impacted or influencing groups and stakeholder requirements responsibilities. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with one of the Top 5 Banks in Canada.

Typical Day in role:

  • Develop plans and accurate estimates for completion of requirements, continuously improving the level of detail and accuracy of estimates
  • Lead & Manage various Agile ceremonies, alongside the Product Owner
  • Manage risks, assumptions and constraints for requirements, and communicate to appropriate parties
  • Facilitate collaborative sessions with large and diverse business stakeholder groups to drive requirements discovery, analysis, and review
  • Build and maintain a repository of reusable requirements documentation to support future initiatives, following the enterprise standards in Confluence
  • Prepare requirements for review, applying various communication techniques, and lead requirements walkthrough
  • Work collaboratively with Product, Strategy and the UI/UX Design team to design and build application UI pages
  • Provide ongoing requirements/build/testing support to the developers and QA team
  • Apply advanced coverage analysis techniques to ensure the relationship between the scope, detailed requirements, and testing through to implementation
  • Provide consulting services to business partners on new initiatives
  • Continually enhance skills and build knowledge in all aspects of the organization, the business, and information technology
  • Provide guidance and support to build the capabilities of the junior Bas

Must-Have Skills:

  • 8-10 years professional BA/BSA experience in a project-based Agile environment. Expert at requirements gathering, documentation, testing and developing high level plans.
  • Brokerage /Investments, Personal Finance, and Wealth Management industry knowledge/experience
  • Prior project experience in client facing web application development, preferably from a major FI
  • Proven experience in Agile methodology- Kanban/Scrum
  • Proven ability to gather Business and Systems requirements independently, having strong business analysis and systems analysis skills.
  • Proven experience in Requirements analysis and quality documentation: Scope Modelling, Business Process Modelling, Data Requirements, Business Rules Analysis, Non Functional Requirements, User Stories, Story Decomposition, and Story Mapping, Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria Definition
  • Experience working on medium to large projects – over $1 million.
  • Knowledge of requirements documentation and modeling tools (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, JIRA/Confluence)

Nice-To-Have Skills:

  • Experience in large enterprise and digital projects
  • Knowledge of current Accessibility standards (AODA and WCAG 2.0/2.1)

Soft Skills Required:

  • Excellent communication skills required; will be working with BU stakeholders and IT stakeholders
  • Experience facilitating a large roomful of stakeholders (15–20 or more).
  • Excellent collaboration skills, attention to detail, gap analysis, and ability to work on multiple deliverables at the same time.

Education:

  • University bachelor’s degree
  • Master’s Certificate in Business Analysis

Finance professional is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. We advocate for you and welcome anyone regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.