Business Analyst – Intermediate

5 days ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Iconma Portal Full-time $50 - $54 Permanent

Our Client, a Commercial Banking company, is looking for a Business Analyst – Intermediate for their Toronto, ON / Hybrid location.
 
Responsibilities:

  • Works with key stakeholders within all business functions to align technology solutions with business strategies
  • Gathers requirements from business units and translates those to programmers and developers
  • Prepares cost-benefit and return-on-investment analyses to aid in decisions on system implementation
  • Demonstrates an informed knowledge of business functions to resolve problems and capitalize on improvement opportunities
  • Supports one or more highly complex business processes
  • Works on multiple projects as a project team member
  • Serves as a liaison between the business community and the IT organization in order to provide technical solutions to meet user needs
 
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in a business or technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required.
  • MBA or other related advanced degree preferred
  • 5-7 years experience required
  • Ability to create business solutions that increase competitive advantage
  • Ability to exercise good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
  • Project management skills in order to handle diverse projects, often times simultaneously, and meet aggressive deadlines
  • Ability to solve technical problems/ processes and understand complex details
  • Ability to increase operating efficiency with produce high quality technical solutions
  • A high level of interpersonal and verbal communication skills necessary to relate to other people at their systems knowledge level
  • Ability to analyze complex situations and problems and do the necessary research using multiple sources of information to arrive at innovative solutions
  • Must Have Requirement:
  • Understanding of Agile and Waterfall methodologies
  • Experience leading stakeholder discussions and facilitating working sessions with cross-functional stakeholders to elicit user stories
  • Strong documentation skills
  • Experience with Confluence and Jira
  • Proficiency with MS Office suite
  • Experience documenting user stories and participating in Agile ceremonies
  • Experience supporting QA and UAT
  • Banking or insurance industry experience
  • Strong written and verbal communication; ability to manage difficult stakeholders
  • Nice to Have:
  • Experience with Third-party management lifecycle, including sourcing, contracting, finance, and supplier management, procurement system implementations
  • Advanced degree (MBA or similar)
  • Client experience
  • Soft Skills:
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Strong storyteller, able to effectively connect insights from working sessions to senior leadership audiences.
  • Skilled at navigating difficult conversations, managing challenging situations, and minimizing conflict while maintaining positive relationships.
 
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