Senior Business Analyst to gather business requirements and produce key business artifacts for a major banking operations portfolio

Job Type: Contract
Positions to fill: 1
Start Date: Nov 01, 2022
Job End Date: Nov 01, 2024
Pay Rate: Hourly: Negotiable
Job ID: 123397
Location: Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Regina, Toronto, Winnipeg
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Our valued financial client is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to gather business requirements and produce key business artifacts for a major banking operations portfolio!

Initial 2-year contract (100% Remote), with a strong possibility of an additional 1-year extension. 

Responsibilities:
  • Support the project team and stakeholders across multiple departments to gather business requirements and produce key business artifacts using best practices
  • Participate in the project analysis phase by gathering, documenting, and managing user needs and requirements as they relate to the deployment of various project phases
  • Ensure consistency and continuity by participating and contributing to the detailed design phase
  • Provide analysis by undertaking information gathering and analysis and by eliciting the details of user requirements in discussion with internal and external users
  • Partner with key stakeholders across ITS, the Bank and external stakeholders to support the execution of specific engagement strategies and plans
  • Assess the impact of the proposed business requirements on the systems and collaborate with technical specialists to propose solutions
  • Develop and improve business processes within the technology and business departments
  • Prepare and deliver presentations and status reports to project team and stakeholders
  • Facilitate presentations and provide training to end-users, as required
  • Support the transition of the solution to operations using a hybrid project delivery methodology
  • Participate in functional and user experience testing with the project stakeholders
Must Have Skills:
  • 5+ years of demonstrated experience as a Business Analyst or similar role (e.g. Business Systems Analyst, Project Manager, etc.) 
  • Demonstrated experience working in the financial markets/banking or retail industries
Nice-to-have Skills:
  • International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) - Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) designation
  • Demonstrated experience in participating/contributing to RFP processes
  • Demonstrated experience with Operational Risk Management concepts, principles, policies, appetite, frameworks, models and practices