Senior Business Analyst with Wealth/Asset Management experience to support a major banking clients- 40555

Senior Business Analyst with Wealth/Asset Management experience to support a major banking clients- 40555

Location Address: Toronto - hybrid - onsite 4x/week

Contract Duration: 1 year (Possibility of extension and conversion to FTE)

Schedule Hours: 8:30am-5pm Monday-Friday; standard 37.5 hrs/week (Possible OT)

Story Behind the Need

Business group: Business Development

Project: SIP (Investment Project) offshore project

The Senior Manager, Strategic Business Analysis is a pivotal leader within the Transformation Office, serving as a strategic advisor and execution catalyst for enterprise-wide initiatives. This role transcends traditional analysis by integrating strategic planning, governance, and delivery oversight to ensure programs achieve measurable business outcomes. This role influences senior leadership decisions, shapes transformation priorities, and drives operational excellence across Global Wealth Management (GWM). Acting as a trusted partner to executives, this role ensures alignment between business priorities and execution, mitigates enterprise risks, and embeds a culture of continuous improvement.

Typical Day in Role:

• Translate enterprise strategies into actionable programs and detailed business requirements, influencing prioritization and investment decisions at senior leadership forums.

• Act as a senior-level integrator across business units, PMO, technology, and external vendors, ensuring clarity, alignment, and momentum on complex, cross-border initiatives and conduct interviews, workshops, and surveys to gather, analyze, prioritize, and validate detailed business and functional requirements from stakeholders.

• Map and document existing business processes, workflows, and systems to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and pain points.

• Design and document optimized processes, workflows, and solutions aligned with business objectives and strategic priorities.

• Elicit, validate, and prioritize business requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and data analysis.

• Compare current and future states to identify changes needed in processes, systems, and organizational structures.

• Evaluate proposed solutions for feasibility, alignment with requirements, and impact on business operations.

• Prepare detailed business requirements documents (BRDs), functional specifications, and process maps using industry-standard tools.

• Drive process optimization and embed best practices across programs and BAU, fostering a culture of efficiency, accountability, and client-centricity.

• Develop and present executive-ready insights, high-impact reports, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership and governance committees, enabling effective oversight and enterprise-level decision making.

• Identify inefficiencies in current workflows and recommend process changes or new systems to optimize efficiency and reduce costs.

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

1. 8+ years of progressive experience in strategic business analysis, program management, and transformation leadership

2. 5+ years of experience with enterprise-level initiatives, regulatory programs, and operational excellence

3. Deep knowledge of Wealth Management and/or Asset Management businesses, with a strong preference for candidates who have hands-on operational experience in these domains.

4. Expertise in Business Analysis, Portfolio/Program/Project Management, Agile methodologies

5. Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, negotiate complex decisions, and lead through ambiguity.

Nice-To-Have Skills:

1. MBA considered an asset

2. PMP, CBAP, and PMI-PBA

3. experience working on off-shore initiatives

4. Bilingual in Spanish

Education: Post-secondary degree/diploma

Best VS. Average Candidate:

-the ideal candidate would have strong BA experience, working on off-shore initiatives

Candidate Review & Selection

2 rounds

1st round - HM + Project Manager - 45 mins - in-person

2nd round - Managing Director - 30 mins - in-person