Senior Business System Analyst - Jobs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5X 1A9

Job Description

As part of the newly formed Business Analysis team in Corporate Treasury Technology, the Senior Business System Analyst will play a crucial role in advancing the business analysis practice and driving change to applications. This hybrid position requires 1 day in the office and offers a dynamic work environment with leadership opportunities. The team is currently focused on 2 major data-centric programs in the Corporate Treasury portfolio, providing first-hand experience of the data and applications in the portfolio.Location: GTA, ONStatus: Contract; 6 months with potential for extensionWorkplace Type: Hybrid 1-day required onsite.Description:Liaises with stakeholders to understand problems and opportunities and recommends solutions to enable the achievement of organizational goals. Builds exceptional relationships with business partners and internal stakeholders. Analyzes data and creates documents and plans in service of informing, advising, or updating stakeholders. Ensures the requirements map to a real business need, are approved by all relevant stakeholders, and meet essential quality standards. Participates in reviews or inspections, in collaboration with the project team, to ensure the quality of work products.

• Manages complexity across business value, technology, and interaction models.
• Possesses a deep understanding and problem-solving ability of various complexities.
• Develops innovative approaches to create solutions to resolve problems and significant issues.
• Recommends and implements solutions based on analysis of issues and implications for the business.
• Contributes to the development of the seed funding request by ensuring project scope and benefits are clearly articulated and risks are identified.
• Enables groups to successfully accept changes by informing stakeholders of their implications; recommends actions as appropriate.
• Audits the quality of reports submitted by analysts and provides related coaching and support.
• Supports the Request for Information (RFI) or Request for Proposal (RFP) with vendors if required.
• Leads the preparation of end user reference materials and prepares end-user training materials.
• Works with project stakeholders to validate their requirements and analysis models via techniques such as reviews and walkthroughs.
• Ensures system specifications meet expectations/requirements and negotiates solutions.
• Develops and implements data collection systems and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and data quality.
• Identifies, analyzes, and interprets trends or patterns in complex data sets.
• Interprets large data sets that cover all lines of businesses. Ability to filter and “clean”/normalize data.
• Remains alert to new techniques for insights, analytics, and data visualization, and devises new ways of applying them.
• Interprets data, analyzes results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports.
• Recommends approaches to streamline and integrate technological processes in the organization to improve overall efficiency.
• Facilitates discussions and follows a structured approach to plan, elicit, analyze, document, communicate and manage requirements with stakeholders.
• Identifies opportunities to strengthen business analysis capability, such as: sharing expertise to promote technical development, mentoring employees, building communities of practice and networks.
• Acts as the key technology contact in day-to-day interactions with business and other stakeholders.

• Typically between 5 - 7 years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Possesses analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Extensive experience working with large data sets. Any/all financial sector experience is an asset.
• Demonstrates applied knowledge of one or more analysis and problem decomposition techniques.
• Understands complete Software Development Life Cycle and can apply the applicable portions of the ‘Feasibility,’ ‘Requirements,” and ‘Analysis’ phases.
• Understands and can explain to others the core processes involved in their area of support.
• Deep knowledge and technical proficiency gained through extensive education and business experience.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills - In-depth.
• Data driven decision making - In-depth.