Business Analyst - IT - Advanced

Mindlance; Toronto; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to manage product backlog, document business requirements, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in banking projects, a strong methodology background, and exceptional analytical skills. This role demands effective communication both with business and IT stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as a BA/BSA.
• 2+ years of experience on Agile projects.
• Recent Banking experience involved.

Responsibilities

• Identify and refine user stories for backlog management.
• Lead requirements gathering and refinement sessions.
• Provide guidance to junior BAs and manage sprint activities.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Gap analysis

Collaboration skills

Documentation methodology

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related discipline

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst
Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite)
Duration: 12 + Months

Daily Responsibilities:

• Product Backlog Management: Identify, document, and refine user stories to increase the degree of detail relating to acceptance criteria, assumptions, constraints, dependencies. Identify Business Rules and Data Elements associated with the user stories.
• Create and maintain Requirements repository – Business rules, API’s, NFR’s, Data requirements, etc.
• Lead and facilitate collaborative refinement sessions with your squad (tech, product and design team) to gather feedback and ensure common understanding of requirements
• Understanding of Current State: Understand current state from a business perspective and to a lesser degree, from a technical perspective. Operational impacts will be understood in coordination with the Product Owner and Journey Operations Lead.
• Assist Product Owner in decomposing Epics in to User Stories
• Build and maintain a repository of reusable requirements documentation in Confluence to support future initiatives, following the enterprise standards
• Assist Product Owner’s in managing risks, assumptions and constraints for requirements, and communicate to appropriate parties
• Provide guidance and support to build the capabilities of the junior BAs and participate in the BA Chapters, encouraging knowledge sharing and learning across the entire BA practice
• Sprint admin: Digital maintenance of sprint activities and user stories in JIRA

Must Have Skills:

• 6+ years of experience as a BA/BSA
• 2+ years of experience on Agile projects
• Experience with Mobile and Online banking projects
• Proven ability to gather Business requirements and Systems requirements independently
• Excellent attention to detail, analytical thinking, and gap analysis
• Demonstrated experience with user stories, business and systems specifications, business context diagrams and business process maps
• Experience working on large projects over $2 million
• Recent Banking experience
• Excellent communication skills required; will be working with BU stakeholders and IT stakeholders
• Excellent collaboration skills, and highly adaptable
• Strong knowledge of Requirements methodology (planning, elicitation, documentation)
• Bachelor’s Degree in related discipline

Mindlance is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to inclusive, equitable, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes, and work environment in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). We will be happy to work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the hiring process.