Associate Business Analyst

IBM; Halifax; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM is seeking a Business Transformation Consultant to drive large-scale change and contribute to ongoing transformation. This role involves business analysis, stakeholder management, and supporting clients in the banking and healthcare sectors. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills and experience in managing business requirements, ensuring industry-leading solutions.

Qualifications

• Prior Business Analysis or relevant BA experience is required.
• Experience in migration from legacy core systems to modernized cores is a plus.
• Understanding of the lending lifecycle is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Create overall application roadmap and coordinate with stakeholders.
• Utilize business analysis experience to manage business requirements.
• Assist clients in identifying current product offerings and understanding the product suite.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Critical-thinking skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decision-making

UX/UI principles

Education

Experience in Business Analysis

Experience in banking, financial services, or healthcare

Tools

Agile methodologies

Jira

Confluence

Product management tools

Job description

Introduction

At IBM, we know that transformation drives change, and it is in our DNA to continuously transform. Our Business Transformation Consultants help drive large-scale change that spans IBM business units and geographies. As part of this team, you will have the unique opportunity to contribute to IBM’s ongoing transformation as a company that continually innovates and leads the market.

Your role and responsibilities

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Proficiency in Agile methodologies, Jira, Confluence, and product management tools.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience with data-driven decision-making and product analytics.
• Knowledge of UX/UI principles and technical architecture is a plus.
• Create overall application roadmap.
• Coordinate with stakeholders (business, other applications, product modeling team) regarding timelines, dependencies, and plan interlocks.
• Experience in technical requirements definition, analysis, and documentation.
• Ability to analyze technical documents for legacy systems and assist with their consolidation if possible.
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to set priorities and multitask.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.

Required technical and professional expertise

Utilize your experience in Business Analysis to plan, gather, elicit, design, organize, and manage business requirements, providing industry-leading solutions for our clients. Experience in banking, financial services, or healthcare industry is preferred.

Understanding of the lending lifecycle or knowledge of Business Analysis is beneficial.

Support the development of business requirements for banking or healthcare systems.

Assist clients in identifying current product offerings, understanding the product suite, and distinguishing between different offerings.

Experience in migration from legacy core systems to modernized cores is a plus.

Prior Business Analysis or relevant BA experience is required.

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM also complies with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.