Business Consultant, Data Analysis

100 King Street West Toronto Ontario,M5X 1A1

As the Business Consultant, Data Analysis, you will be at the nexus of technology and business, contributing to regulatory compliance initiatives and ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial data crucial to our operations.

Key Responsibilities:

- Independence and Growth: Drive independent analysis, representing the team in meetings, and driving conclusions through expert data analysis.
- Technical Proficiency: Utilize advanced SQL skills for data querying, analysis, and collaboration with technical teams to ensure seamless integration.

Minimum Qualifications:

- Experience: Years of experience in a related role emphasizing data analysis, business consulting, or a combination of technical and business responsibilities.
- Background: Ideally, a background in computer science or finance, showcasing a mix of technical and business understanding.
- Industry Knowledge: Familiarity with regulatory processes, particularly BASEL, and exposure to commercial banking products.

Skills and Competencies:

- Advanced proficiency in SQL for data querying and analysis is a must.
- Strong analytical skills, independence, and the ability to understand and analyze complex data.

This position is located in Toronto and offers a hybrid work arrangement with at least 2 days per week, while other days remote.

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Investigates and identifies strategies to optimize business operations and services, and inform business decisions. Defines business requirements to inform technology build and operations by sourcing and analyzing relevant data, reviewing and documenting business processes and collaborating with business stakeholders. Sources business and market data to evaluate the effect of projects on business results. Also assesses the efficiency and the performance of technology (software, hardware and the wider IT system) to deliver expected business results. Identifies and analyzes malfunctions, system workflow, and troubleshoots issues raised by business.
- Elicits requirements and analyzes feasibility to ensure solutions/initiatives achieve the expected business outcomes.
- Supports various project teams across the project lifecycle to ensure development is aligned with the business requirements.
- Develops informative, coherent, and usable project documents (project artifacts) for multiple stakeholders covering functional and non-functional business requirements.
- Applies depth of domain & functional expertise for the assigned portfolio to drive the expected business value.
- Breaks down strategic problems, and analyses data and information to provide insights and recommendations.
- Builds tests cases in order to validate business requirements and End-User Testing results.
- Focus is primarily on business/group within BMO; may have broader, enterprise-wide focus.
- Provides specialized consulting, analytical and technical support.
- Exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules.
- Works independently and regularly handles non-routine situations.
- Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

**Qualifications**:
Foundational level of proficiency:

- Agile Delivery and Development.
- Data analysis.
- Learning Agility.

Intermediate level of proficiency:

- Process improvement and optimization.
- Organization process optimization.
- Business architecture frameworks.
- Stakeholder Analysis and Management.
- Digital Fluency.
- Systems Thinking.
- Verbal & written communication skills.
- Collaboration & team skills.
- Analytical and problem solving skills.
- Data driven decision making.

Advanced level of proficiency:

- Business requirements definition and analysis.
- Insights development and reporting.
- Application functional design.
- Functional Analysis.
- 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.
- Deep knowledge and technical proficiency gained through extensive education and business experience.

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As a member of the BMO team you are valued, respected and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. We strive to help you make an impact from day one - for yourself and our customers. We’ll support you with the tools and resourc