Senior Business Analyst - 38371

Senior Business Analyst - 38371

Hybrid: 3 days in-office (will increase to 4 days in future) - Monday and Tuesday mandatory

Contract Duration: 6 months (possibility of extension or conversion)

Schedule Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; standard 37.5 hrs/week

Story Behind the Need

Business group: IRB

Project: IRB Small Business

RRAE (Retail Risk Analytics Engineering) Team is searching Senior Technical Business Analyst to liaison between business stakeholders and internal engineering and architect teams, ensuring solutions are developed and delivered on time, efficiently and with high quality for various projects within the team.

The successful candidate will have a results-oriented and curious mindset with strong technical skills. You will work closely with cross functional teams, including engineers, solutions architects, and business teams to develop and implement market leading solutions that are scalable and deliver excellence, and value to our business partners and customers.

Reason: Backfill for a resource that departed with bank.

Candidate Value Proposition:

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Key Accountabilities

- Analyze highly complex business requirements; generate technical specifications to design or redesign complex software components and applications

- An expert technical resource for automation, simulation, analysis and testing efforts

- Leverage industry best practices to automate, test, implement and support a solution

- Analyze and review different options for data integration and provide recommendations on the solution

- Manage the traceability of system requirements through design and development, testing, and deployment; ensure the acceptance criteria demonstrates the changes to systems that will meet stakeholder expectations

- Collaborate to evolve DevOps practices to ensure smooth deployment processes, continuous integration, and delivery

- Create technical system documentation, including process flows, use cases, and technical specifications.

- Be flexible and thrive in an evolving environment

- Adapt to change quickly and adjust work accordingly in a positive manner

Must have skills:

1) 8-10 years of relevant experience required

2) 3-5 years of Experience with scripting languages such as PowerShell or Python

3) 5+ years of experience with SQL

4) Experience supporting application databases

5) Experience supporting Linux-based systems

6) 5+ years of experience testing and validating (QA)

7) Experience working with tools like Jira & Confluence.

Nice to have:

1) Prior experience working in banking or financial institutions

2) Previous experience with Risk Management is highly preferred

3) Knowledge of financial instruments

4) Understanding of OSFI processes and requirements

5) Experience working with GCP is preferred

Soft Skills Required:

- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

- Strong Problem-solving skills

- Proven ability to work collaboratively with the team

Education:

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or related (technical) degree/diploma

Best VS. Average Candidate:

The ideal candidate will be an experienced Technical Business Analyst with strong exp working to technical requirements and leading testing results are highly preferred. Having recent exposure to retail credit risk is a very nice to have.

Candidate Review & Selection

Interview format:

- 1st round with over MS teams with HM and a senior team member - 30mins

Behavioral and Technical questions based on previous experience

- Potential 2nd round with HM and Technical Senior team member - in-person / MS Teams - 30 mins