Analyst Digital Platform (12-month contract)

Vancity; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 64,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking credit union that champions inclusion and social justice. As a Business Analyst, you will thrive in a dynamic IT environment, translating complex business needs into effective technology solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance applications that support strategic initiatives, ensuring a customer-centric approach. With a commitment to making a positive impact, this role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to innovative projects while enjoying competitive rewards and benefits. Embrace a culture of diversity and inclusion, and be part of a team dedicated to driving meaningful change in the financial sector.

Benefits

Flexible vacation allowance

Attractive benefit packages

Care days for personal illness

Retirement programs

Additional statutory holidays

Qualifications

• 1+ year experience as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, or similar role.
• Proficiency in statistics and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex business requirements into technology specifications.
• Analyze data sets to diagnose data quality and integrity issues.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Customer Centricity

Critical Thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Business Analysis or IT certifications

Tools

Excel

SPSS

SAS

SQL

Job description

About Vancity

Vancity is a member-owned credit union built on the principles of inclusion and social justice. A relentless commitment to their values has helped them challenge the status quo and break down barriers since day one in 1946. They have bold commitments to make Vancity net-zero by 2040 across all mortgages and loans and are pursuing strategies on Indigenous banking and to improve the financial resilience of their members.

Vancity is the largest private sector Living Wage Employer in Canada and has been consistently recognized as one of the Top Employers in Canada. If you’re interested in joining their team of 2,700 diverse individuals and accessing competitive rewards and benefits, all while knowing you are part of a greater movement, then apply today!

About the workplace

Are you someone who thrives in a highly complex work environment and has the industry expertise, business acumen and strong team leadership experience to deliver? Do you thrive in a highly technical, fast-paced and integrated IT environment that’s continuously evolving?

If you look out to translate complex business requirements into technology specifications and feel excited to a part of ongoing enhancements of applications to support the strategic business initiatives, this role is for you!

Please be aware that this is a full-time temporary contract for 12 months with possibility of extension.

A typical day would involve:

• Reviewing current backlog items, prioritizing the pipeline, and sharing relevant updates on current tasks at hand to raise awareness and remove roadblocks or configuring applications.
• Employing analytical and problem-solving skills to reported issues and work requests related to the Core Banking System that supports Vancity’s Financial Products and Services as well as our back-end payments, financial and accounting processes.
• Identify, analyze and interpret patterns and trends in complex data sets to diagnose data quality and integrity issues and properly assess financial impact/risks to the customers and the organization.
• Active participation in collaboration sessions with cross functional teams of business and IT professionals to explore potential solutions and recommend best approach through thorough analysis of impact and value delivered.
• Inform and engage stakeholders as required on product development so that communication is current, complete, and timely and to manage risks during development with clear direction from IT leaders.
• Review and assess system capabilities and translate complex business requirements into technology specifications to inform the development or configuration of new applications and/or systems.

You are:

• Customer-Centric: You define and measure success through the eyes of your internal customers and anticipate, understand, and respond to their evolving needs. Demonstrate strong follow-through: Consistently keep commitments to customers and team members.
• Results-Oriented: You have a demonstrated ability to engage stakeholders to elicit requirements gathering, analyze findings, generate appropriate solutions, and build deliverable's all while securing team's commitment to these solutions.
• Technology Savvy: You have education and/or experience supporting technology development/ implementation efforts.
• Critical Thinker: You seek to facilitate data-driven decision making, including “rolling up your sleeves” to elicit requirements, research, analyze data and build models.
• A Problem Solver: Your skills to diagnose challenges and issues, develop innovative business solutions, and assess risks and opportunities that may affect the business have been put to good use.
• Curious & innovative – you always do your research and analyze it to assess and recommend course of action on industry, political and economic trends, and to identify risks and opportunities that may impact the business unit and or designated area.
• Team Player: You are able to engage with members of your team as well as cross-functional teams and are willing to take on responsibilities that may be outside of your normal day to day tasks to promote progress in projects and initiatives.

You have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related field.
• Min of 1 year experience as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, Data Analyst or similar role.
• Willingness to work in a highly flexible environment, balancing competing priorities and multiple deliverables.
• Exceptional attention to detail and excellent verbal and written communication skills. Experience in formal documentation of functional and non-functional requirements are a major asset.
• Proficiency in statistics and statistical packages like Excel, SPSS, SAS to be used for data set analyzing.
• Proven working experience in data analysis and adept in writing SQL queries.

Bonus points, if you have:

• Business Analysis or IT certifications would be an asset (CBAP, AAC, TOGAF, ITIL).
• Experience in Finance and Accounting Systems (Assets and Liabilities Management, P&L Reporting, Income Tax Reporting, Accounts Payable, etc.)
• Knowledgeable in financial services and regulations (OSFI, FINTRAC, PCI, IFRS, BCFSA).
• Knowledge of various project lifecycle methodologies (waterfall, agile, etc.)

The team:

In this role, you will report into Manager, Application Technology.

Salary Range: $64,500.00 to $ 96,500.00

We offer:

• We are the largest private-sectorLiving Wage Employerin Canada and have been consistently recognized as one of theTop Employers in Canada
• Our permanent employees qualify for attractive benefit packages that can be customized and changed each year to meet their evolving needs
• New employees receive between three and four weeks of vacation allowance per calendar year, and the number of vacation days grows — to a maximum of six weeks per year — as their length of service increases. In addition, full-time, permanent staff can purchase up to six extra days of vacation through our flexible benefits package.
• In addition to the 10 statutory holidays in British Columbia, Vancity provides an additional three statutory holidays. We offer care days for periods of short-term personal illness or emergency family illness, plus opportunities to take unpaid leave for a variety of reasons.
• We understand that retirement means different things to different people and at Vancity we offer retirement programs to meet diverse needs

At Vancity we’re committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace to help our people and communities thrive and prosper. Diversity in our workforce is integral so that we can truly represent, understand and respond to our community needs and deliver on our member experience.

As part of this commitment we are taking action to learn more about our applicants and ask that you complete a short and anonymous Diversity Survey that will influence the design and execution of Vancity’s overall DEI initiatives and programs, one of which aims to advance our commitment to become a financial force for change and build a fair world. Please click this hyperlink to complete the Diversity Survey. Your responses are collected anonymously and will never be linked to your job application.

At Vancity we’re dedicated to being an inclusive, anti-racist organization with a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. If you're interested in this role, we encourage you to apply even if your past experiences don't perfectly align with the skills we've listed.

Vancity is an inclusive and equitable employer and actively seeks to advance racial equity, inclusion and belonging across the organization. Vancity offers required accommodations in all stages of the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please advise us, and we will work with you to meet your needs.