Sr. Business Analyst to support a Canadian Mortgages and MBS project for a large banking client - 135242

Our financial client is looking for a Sr. Business Analyst to support a Canadian Mortgages and MBS project  - 135242

Duration: 6 months, possibility of extension
Location: Hybrid, Downtown Toronto

Department: QTS
Business Unit: CMIG
 Project: Canadian Mortgages and MBS

Key member of a small team, responsible for ensuring system stability through appropriate prioritization of defect and enhancement initiatives and day-to-day business support.
Developing key partnership with Canadian Mortgage desk, Operations, Finance and other back office teams, as well as with product vendor

Daily Responsibilities:

•  Leading detailed requirement gathering to identify, track, and resolve systems defects and address small to medium enhancement requests
• Together with the developers, determining the best mix of development, interfacing applications, and third party vendor solutions to meet business requirements and project objectives
• Proactively identifying risks and developing/recommending mitigation strategies, as well as continually exploring and assessing options for adding value for clients
• Effectively communicating and building rapport with team members, stakeholders and business partners
• Designing test plans and test cases, implementing and maintaining automated testing tools and validations, and managing testing process through to implementation
• Debug SQL stored procedures, investigate and analyze them for Prod issues as well as for future requirements gathering.
• Working as hybrid role that connect business analysts as well as supports business and regression/UAT

Program/technology/software knowledge essential for this role:

Strong Microsoft Excel experience and knowledge of SQL.
Mortgage and MBS Vendor Based Application 
JIRA, Confluence

Must-have Skills:

• 3 years of experience in a similar capacity as a Business Analyst 
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, MIS/IT, or a related field
• Knowledge of financial accounting, risk management, and operational processing concepts.
• Knowledgeable on requirement methodologies and project management approaches

Nice-to-have Skills:

• Knowledge of other scripting, VBA or programming languages
• Experience with mortgages, securitization, and swap products 
• Experience dealing with Canadian mortgage industry regulators like OSFI, CMHC, BOC

Interview Process: 2 Webex interviews