Banking Business Systems Analyst x2

Nexus Systems Group Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions firm in Toronto is seeking an experienced Business Systems Analyst to enhance their project delivery capabilities. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in business analysis within the banking sector, particularly with Agile methodologies. Responsibilities include requirement gathering, stakeholder communication, and bridging the business-IT gap. Candidates should be proficient in tools like JIRA and Confluence and possess Scrum/Agile certifications.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience as a Business Systems Analyst.
• 3-5 years of recent experience in banking as a BSA.
• 3-5 years of Agile experience with demonstrated story writing in JIRA/Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Estimate incoming project requirements and create user stories.
• Facilitate requirements gathering and design sessions.
• Bridge the gap between business and IT.

Skills

Business analysis

Agile methodologies

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder communication

Education

Scrum / Agile Certifications

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Figma

Job description

Typical Day in Role:
• Provide estimates for the incoming projects at both high level and detailed level requirements for small to medium sized projects
• In Agile projects: you will be responsible for creating, refining and maintaining EPICs & user stories and associated deliverables such as process flow to meet development and stakeholder needs
• Facilitate requirements gathering and design sessions with multiple stakeholders to extract requirements, and turning them into use cases, user stories, sequence diagrams, cheat sheets, etc, whatever is suitable – to meet development and stakeholder needs
• Bridge the gap between business and IT, ensuring common understanding and IT/Business alignment of both functional (for business needs) and non-functional requirements (reporting, performance, interfaces, constraints, etc.)
• Facilitate problem-solving discussions and general communications between the business and IT and within IT itself
• Help improve and drive our engineering practices by providing valuable inputs and suggestions as to what works well and what can be done better
• Contribute to a collaborative team environment by information sharing and team cooperation
• Demonstrate strong personal values and a commitment to our mission and customers

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

• 10+ years of progressive experience as a Business Systems Analyst
• 3-5 years of recent experience as a BSA in banking
• 3-5 years of Agile experience
• Demonstrated story writing experience in JIRA/Confluence

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Canadian banking experience
• Experience with Figma and design tools
• Refinement, story pointing experience
• Computer science background

Education:
Scrum / Agile Certifications an asset