Business Analyst, Financial Markets

**Business Analyst, Financial Markets**

**Take a central role**
The Bank of Canada has a vision to be “a leading central bank—dynamic, engaged and trusted—committed to a better Canada.” No other employer in the country offers you the unique opportunity to work at the very center of Canada’s economy, in a diverse and inclusive organization with significant impact on the economic and financial well-being of all Canadians. You will be challenged, energized and motivated to excel in an environment where we are reinventing central banking, renewing ways of doing business and reinforcing a culture of innovation.

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**The Business Analysis and Systems Support (BASS) Team**:
Within BASS, you will join a diverse and collaborative Scrum team in the Financial Markets Department, tasked with developing new features to the Bank’s internal solutions and supporting day to day critical operations by providing expert second level support.
Further
- you will also have the full support of your leader and team to learn, grow, and further your career through the Bank’s customizable Learning & Development programs across various domains (IT, Business Analysis, Data Analytics, etc..) and certifications.

**What you will do**
As a Business Analyst, you will be the voice of the Business within the Scrum Team including facilitating communication with, as well as eliciting requirements from the business stakeholders, leading, and coordinating all activities related to the clarification and understanding of the requirements from your team members and leading the investigation and resolution of issues during critical operations.

More specifically you will:

- Play a strategic role by reviewing and analyzing options to improve the Bank’s business solution capabilities to meet its evolving needs in response to domestic and global economic conditions.
- Work closely with all business lines to ensure that the end-state solution meets the Bank’s expectations.
- Work within with your assigned Agile Scrum team to contribute to completing the team’s tasks, including test preparation and testing.
- Continuously learn the business processes and functionality of the Financial Markets Department to acquire the knowledge required to support your colleagues.
- Provide strategic and analytical expertise about our different business unit processes and operations to detail, validate and more importantly clarify requirements and their potential impacts.
- **We have two positions to fill: one regular/permanent and one 2-year term**_

**What you will need to succeed**
- You are an analytical thinker, capable of identifying the root causes of inefficiencies in business processes and IT solutions. You are also a change contributor, self starter, and effective communicator with the ability to collaborate, ask the right questions, and transcribe answers so that they are understandable.
- You will demonstrate a solid proficiency in the underlying competencies as described in the BABOK® Guide.

In addition, you have:

- Experience as a Business Analyst in a technology / IT environment including being comfortable with technical discussions and having experience in System Development Lifecyle (SDLC) and solution delivery.
- Experience working in an Agile / Scrum environment with shifting priorities

**Nice-to-have skills**
- Experience in a financial/banking environment including the understanding of front, middle and back-office operations, treasury/portfolio management tools, and macro-economic concepts including the role of central banking.
- Experience working on Business Intelligence or Data Analytics initiatives, including the ability to analyze and understand large datasets, working with tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and Qlik.
- Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®), Certification of Capability in Business Analysis (CCBA), Certified Financial Analyst (CFA), or any relevant certification/designation.

**Your education and experience**
This position requires a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with a minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional experience

**What you need to know**
- Language requirement: English and French essential (bilingual) with a minimum starting level of functional (level 4) in second official language. Training may be provided to help reach the required level of fully functional (level 5) in second official language.
- Priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents
- Security level required: Be eligible to obtain Secret
- Please save a copy of the job poster. Once the closing date has passed, it will no longer be available.
- In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and further to public health guidelines, preventative measures are being taken to ensure health and safety during the recruitment process. All interviews are conducted virtually.

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