Business Analyst

TekStaff IT Solutions; Toronto; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

TekStaff IT Solutions's client in Toronto is seeking aBusiness Analyst with 5-7 years in banking/financial services to drive value through agile product delivery and clear backlog management.

The role requires strong communication with stakeholders, leadership of the pod, and proven experience with Scrum/Kanban practices, Jira, and Confluence to support iterative product increments and continuous improvement within a banking context.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in banking/financial sector.
• Experience applying Scrum/Kanban frameworks for 5-7 years.
• Proficient with JIRA and Confluence for project work.

Responsibilities

• Ensure value delivery by aligning with Product Owners and leadership.
• Maintain and prioritize the product backlog with clear user stories.
• Lead and participate in Scrum or Kanban events and ceremonies.
• Identify and remove delivery blockers to enable rapid progress.
• Communicate with stakeholders at all levels to manage expectations.
• Support risk and quality management within the Agile delivery.

Skills

Banking/Finance domain

Scrum/Kanban

Communication with stakeholders

Leadership

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

TekStaff's Client has a current vacancy for a \"Business Analyst\"

Job Description

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE:

• Typical Day-to-Day Responsibilities : check below in detail
• How much time is being spent in meetings: 3 hours a day!
• Who are they interacting with (internal/external) Both
• Will the contractor have access to any customer data? YES!

MUST HAVE Hard Skills:

• 5-7 years of experience banking/ financial
• Prior experience using Scrum/Kanban project management frameworks: 5-7 years
• JIRA and Confluence: 5-7 years

SOFT SKILLS:

• Strong Communication skills- communicating with stakeholders at all levels
• Strong organizational skills
• Leadership mindset- leading the pod

NICE-TO-HAVE

• Understanding of Architectural Design
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification and project management experience considered an asset
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certifications or experience operating in scaled agile delivery considered an asset

Job Description Summary

Responsible for ensuring that a development team (pod) is creating value for the organization through the delivery of customer-focused product increments. This entails aligning with other Product Owners and senior management to follow a product vision, creating and maintaining a prioritized product backlog, managing delivery blockers, continuously assessing customer feedback. Additional responsibilities include considering how to maximize value, assessing how the product or the delivery process can be continuously improved, contributes to a positive work environment and ensures that work embodies the Agile principles of transparency, collaboration and engagement.

CUSTOMER

• Partner with management to support the delivery of a product vision
• In alignment with the product vision, create and maintain a product backlog and continuously re-prioritize user stories that will provide the most customer or end user value
• Continuously align with senior management on the product delivery roadmap, defined Minimum Marketable Features or Minimum Viable Products and release cadence
• Review performance analytics; recommend and champion strategies to enhance the customer or end user product experience
• Participate in scrum or Kanban events (e.g. stand-ups, retrospectives), express new ideas for improving product value or delivery efficiency, sharing with leadership as appropriate
• Proactively engage established business process partners to ensure customers or end users are prepared for application changes and establish Day 2 processes
• Create a value-focused product backlog and continuously iterate, ensuring there are user stories scoped and prioritized
• Provide user story design, development and completion oversight; accepting / rejecting user stories based on the agreed upon Definition of Done and Acceptance Criteria
• Manage delivery initiatives and oversee development team (pod) backlogs
• Proactively raise issues that impede the efficient delivery of customer-focused increments
• Responsible for defect management and prioritization

SHAREHOLDER

• Adhere to enterprise frameworks or methodologies that relate to activities for own business area / journey
• Ensure on-going strategic alignment with senior management, providing feedback as appropriate
• Consider development team and stakeholder feedback in backlog management, facilitating conversations with multiple stakeholders representing competing priorities
• Understand the internal business and technical environment, proactively defining, aligning or integrating with relevant stakeholders, shared services control groups (or platform as appropriate
• Lead the submission and discussion on the Quarterly Business Review, with respect to their product
• Proactively manage business stakeholders to obtain inputs needed for product development in a timely manner
• Monitor the regulatory environment and partner with the senior management to consider changes to product strategy as needed
• Actively coordinate and engage in risk, quality and/or business testing management
• Empowered to make product delivery decisions, escalating to senior management as appropriate
• Actively communicate to business, technology and senior management regarding product changes and backlog priorities
• Single point of escalation for development team, providing guidance and decisioning as needed
• Work cohesively with peers to reinforce Agile processes
• Compile performance metrics and share with relevant stakeholders
• Define the OKRs in partnership with numerous stakeholders across the organization
• Protect the interests of the organization- identify and manage risks, and escalating non-standard, high risk activities as necessary
• Keep abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assess potential impacts
• Maintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite

EMPLOYEE / TEAM

• Participate fully as a member of the team, support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues/ points of interest
• Provide thought leadership and/ or industry knowledge for own area of expertise in own area and participate in knowledge transfer within the team and business unit
• Keep current on emerging trends/ developments and grow knowledge of the business, related tools and techniques
• Participate in personal performance management and development activities, including cross training within own team
• Keep others informed and up-to-date about the status / progress of projects and / or all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities
• Contribute to team development of skills and capabilities through mentorship of others, by sharing knowledge and experiences and leveraging best practices.
• Lead, motivate and develop relationships with internal and external business partners / stakeholders to develop productive working relationships.
• Contribute to a fair, positive and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce
• Act as a brand ambassador for your business area/function and the bank, both internally and/or externally

BREADTH & DEPTH

• Key subject matter expert professional role requiring substantial knowledge / expertise in a complex field and knowledge of broader related areas
• Accountable for specialized product development support based on sound product expertise and knowledge of Agile/Scrum processes, roles and practices
• Integrate knowledge of the enterprise sub-function’s or business line’s overarching strategy in developing solutions across multiple functions or operations
• Interpret internal/external business challenges and the industry environment, recommends course of action and best practices to improve products, processes or services
• Lead and integrate cross-function understanding within their own field of specialty, and /or projects with significant resource requirements, risk and / or complexity
• Solve or may lead others to solve complex problems; leads efforts or partners with others to develop new solutions
• Use sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgement and identify solutions
• Impact the achievement of sub-function or business line objectives within the area they are accountable for
• Communicate difficult concepts; converts information to compelling business context and advice; influences and gains alignment across increasingly senior stakeholders
• Work autonomously as the lead and guide others within area of expertise

Typically reports into a Product Group Owner

TekStaff may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of the applicant screening process. However, applications will also be reviewed by a member of our Recruitment team to ensure a fair and thorough assessment.