| Job Description |
A bank in Downtown Toronto is looking for a Senior BA. The main function of a Business Analyst is to perform the analysis, design, implementation, modification, and daily functional support of all applications.
Have solid capital market product knowledge and very solid knowledge in Payments domain, prefer to have experience with BESS application (from CGI).
• Understand what is required for DFS 504 regulatory requirement.
• 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
This BA will be working on a high priority project dealing with DFS544 (Department of Financial Services Regulations) regulatory changes, dealing with data processes, data lineage. Some of the responsibilities will include requirement activities (talking to users, being able to come up with requirement specifications, writing specs. They will be responsible for partaking in testing (assisting with UAT testing, facilitating, coordinating but ideally, this candidate should have done some integration testing, or IST (Integration system testing). This role is also client facing (in person, on call). A BSA profile should be fine, this isn’t a business BA but a BA sitting on the technology team. Communication skills are important.
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| Job Requirements |
• 10+ years’ experience required as a BA
• Basic knowledge of programming languages in order to comprehend reading code and basic functions
• Ability to create business solutions that increase competitive advantage
• Ability to exercise good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
• Project management skills in order to handle diverse projects, often times simultaneously, and meet aggressive deadlines
• Ability to solve technical problems/ processes and understand complex details
• Ability to increase operating efficiency with produce high quality technical solutions
• A high level of interpersonal and verbal communication skills necessary to relate to other people at their systems knowledge level
• Ability to analyze complex situations and problems and do the necessary research using multiple sources of information to arrive at innovative solutions
Must Have Skills:
1) BA 8-10 + years of experience
2) Payment domain experience (within capital markets)
3) back office (know about systems, high level processes, how payment is operated in wholesale banking.
4) Preferred to have BESS or similar
5) Preferred coming from bank
6) Nice to have: testing (automation testing,
Degrees or certifications:
• Bachelor's degree or Post-Secondary education
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