Business Systems Analyst – AI, Data & Risk Compliance

Equality Street; Toronto; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Equality Street in Toronto seeks a highly adaptable Business Systems Analyst to bridge business stakeholders, data engineers, AI specialists and software developers on an active project to consolidate enterprise project data for advanced progress reporting, risk analysis and AI-enabled automation.

You will own elicitation, UAT leadership, governance, and dashboards, ensuring traceability from regulatory standards to production.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years as a Business Systems Analyst in banking, financial services, or capital markets.
• Strong knowledge of financial risk analysis frameworks, PMO governance, and regulatory reporting (OSFI, AML/KYC).
• Experience specifying functional requirements for data consolidation, ML models, NLP, or predictive risk algorithms.
• Proficiency in reporting and analytics tooling and data structures within enterprise platforms such as RSA Archer, Jira/Confluence, and Tableau/Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Elicit and translate complex financial business needs into functional specs and user stories.
• Act as daily SME for technical teams; triage questions and clarify rules to maintain velocity.
• Design and coordinate end-to-end UAT and define test criteria.
• Document decision logic, data governance rules, and reporting workflows for AI use cases and RPMO reporting.
• Define specifications for operational dashboards with KPIs, risk indicators, and drill-down analytics.
• Maintain end-to-end traceability from regulatory standards through production testing.

Skills

Banking/Financial sector

Risk management

Regulatory expertise

AI & Data solutions

Data consolidation

Tools

RSA Archer

Jira

Confluence

Tableau/Power BI

Job description

Business Systems Analyst – AI, Data & Risk Compliance

Location:DowntownToronto(Hybrid:4days/weekOnsite)

Term:1-YearContract(ImmediateStart)

PositionOverview

AleadingfinancialinstitutionindowntownTorontoisseekingahighlyadaptable,proactiveBusinessSystemsAnalysttostepintoanactiveprojectteamwithimmediateimpact.Inthis"SwissArmyKnife"role,youwillbridgethegapbetweenbusinessstakeholders,dataengineers,AIspecialists,andsoftwaredevelopers.Youwilldrivethedevelopmentofaninternalprojectrepositorydesignedtoconsolidateenterpriseprojectdataforadvancedprogressreporting,riskanalysis,andAI-enabledautomation.

KeyResponsibilities

• Elicitation&TechnicalDelivery:Facilitateworkshopstoelicit,analyze,andtranslatecomplexfinancialbusinessneedsintofunctionalspecifications,technicaluserstories,processflows,BRDs,anddatamodelsforAIanddevelopmentteams.
  
• DevelopmentPartnering:Actasthedailysubjectmatterexpertfortechnicalteams;triagedevelopmentquestions,clarifyrules,andresolvescopequeriestomaintainrapidbuildvelocity.
  
• UATLeadership&QualityAssurance:Design,coordinate,andexecuteend-to-endUserAcceptanceTesting(UAT).Defineteststrategy,buildacceptancecriteria,facilitatestakeholderwalkthroughs,andmanagedefectresolutionthroughdelivery.
  
• Risk&RegulatoryCompliance:Documentcomplexbusinessdecisionlogic,datagovernancerules,andreportingworkflowstosupportAIusecasesandautomatedRegulatoryProgramManagementOffice(RPMO)compliancereporting(e.g.,OSFIguidelines,operationalriskcontrols).
  
• Dashboards&VisualAnalytics:Definedetailedspecificationsforoperationaldashboards—includingKPIs,metriclogic,riskindicators,calculations,security/accessfilters,anddrill-downanalytics.
  
• Traceability&Governance:Managechangecontrolprocessesandmaintainstrictend-to-endrequirementtraceabilityfromregulatorystandardsthroughtechnicalarchitectureandproductiontesting.
  

Requirements

Requirements&Experience

• Banking&FinancialSectorExperience:Minimum5+yearsasaBusinessSystemsAnalystwithinbanking,financialservices,orcapitalmarketsenvironments.
  
• RiskManagement&RegulatoryExpertise:Strongworkingknowledgeoffinancialriskanalysisframeworks,PMOgovernance,andregulatoryreportingstandards(OSFI,AML/KYCconcepts,orinternalGRCframeworks).
  
• AI&DataSolutions:Demonstratedexperiencespecifyingfunctionalrequirementsfordataconsolidationprojects,machinelearningmodels,naturallanguageprocessing(NLP),orpredictiveriskalgorithms.
  
• Reporting&AnalyticsTooling:Hands-onproficiencydefiningreportingspecsanddatastructureswithinenterpriseplatformssuchasRSAArcher,Jira/Confluence,andTableau(orPowerBI).
  
• TechnicalAgility:SolidSQLskillstoquerydatabaserepositories,validateconsolidatedprojectdata,andauditpipelineoutputs.