Business Analyst/AVP

Business Analyst/AVP

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience
• Experience developing business requirements to solve complex problems in consultation with business partners
• Experience writing detailed business requirements and functional requirements
• Effective use of collaboration tools
• Effective communication, presentation, and documentation skills.
• Good organization, planning, and interpersonal skills
• Strength in interpersonal and problem-solving skills with the ability to continually learn new concepts and technologies and effectively apply them
• Demonstrated ability to create a positive and professional business relationship with internal and external clients
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated ability to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience as Business Analyst
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in banking or finance industry

Responsibilities

• Translating clients’ requirements to functional documentation; participating in technical designs and test planning
• Developing documents for IT applications, system specifications and test plans, according to existing standards and methodologies
• Designing, prototyping, coding, and testing new or enhanced applications
• Eliciting the requirements needed to carry out business processes including interviews, intelligence analysis and survey assessments
• Performing customer support processes and activities for the implementation of new or existing applications
• Translating business needs, processes and procedures into a workable system, and articulating on specific software requirements by communicating about these requirements with technology experts and business stakeholders
• Monitoring the efficiency and effectiveness of application operations and troubleshooting problems, as necessary
• Working closely with business architects and other technology staff to deliver project results while implementing risk analysis and meeting required deliverable
• Work with project teams, technology stakeholders, and/or vendors to ensure that the design, development, and implementation of applications programs and services meet organization’s information security, risk, change management and other policies
• Participate in the analysis of client needs
• Advise clients in the choice of functionalities
• Support clients in validating and understanding the analysis
• Communicate client requirements in functional specifications to the development team
• Participate in quality control and ensure the integrity of information
• Participate in the implementation of the solution
• Document the different solutions implemented (business rules, flow rules, schematics, user documentation, operating procedures, etc.)
• Train and support clients in the use of the solution
• Align with the project delivery life cycle, completing required outputs as assigned
• Escalate compliance concerns and advise on possible solutions
• Refine proposed solutions and estimate resource requirements in consultation with technology developers
• Build wire frames, report layouts and other artifacts to help FCOA and business and technology stakeholders understand proposed solutions and refine business and functional requirements
• Review and create/edit WBS, Business Requirement Documents, Project Planning Documents, Functional Requirement Documents and Detailed Design Documents
• Act as an expert resource during project initiation and execution to ensure that the project meets business objectives
• Perform system administrative, configuration, and reporting functions
• Run database queries or create reports in support of management information needs
• Formulate and define moderately complex system scope and objectives through research and fact-finding combined with an understanding of applicable business systems and industry requirements
• Work on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situation or data requires a review of identifiable factors
• Ensure that process maps and documentation remain current, and that process changes are effectively led from a control perspective
• Create Unit test plan and test cases; participate and provide input to SIT and UAT test plans and test cases
• Participate in daily triages on testing and defects management with IT teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep experience in the banking or finance industries preferred
• Deep experience working in commercial banking operations is preferred
• Understanding of regulatory environment and compliance concerns preferred
• Experience with focus on risk management, risk modelling, and/or knowledge of regulatory requirements of institutional banking highly desired
• Experience working closely with business teams to understand requirements
• Experience working in a systematic project management delivery process
• Experience presenting to senior stakeholders
• Proven ability to solicit, define, and deliver business requirements
• Experience defining creative solutions to meet business needs