Senior Business Analyst

Raise; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company in Montreal is seeking an experienced BA/BSA to execute all aspects of requirements delivery on medium to large scale projects within online banking. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience, strong knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, and excellent communication skills. This role offers a hybrid work environment and a competitive pay rate.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a BA/BSA.
• 2 years + experience on an Agile project.
• Proven ability to gather business and systems requirements independently.
• Strong knowledge of requirements methodology, both Agile and Waterfall.
• Excellent attention to detail and analytical thinking.

Responsibilities

• Execution of all aspects of requirements delivery.
• Document test scenarios for user stories.
• Lead and facilitate collaborative refinement sessions.
• Assist Product Owner in decomposing Epics into user stories.
• Build and maintain a repository of reusable requirements documentation.

Skills

Business analysis

Agile methodologies

Requirements gathering

Communication skills

Collaboration

Analytical thinking

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related discipline

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Address: Hybrid-4 days onsite in MONTREAL, QC

Duration: 12+ month contract

Schedule Hours: 8:30am-5pm Monday-Friday (37.5 hours per week)

Max Payrate: Inc -$75/hr OR T4 -$61/hr

Manager Note: I’m just looking for a good overall mix a candidate brings looking at their previous FI industry experience, depth of BA/BSA business/technical skills mix, certifications, types of projects worked on (preference obviously for this hire on personal lending/digital transformation projects needs).

Project Name(s), if applicable:

Online and/or Mobile banking projects.

Medium to larger size project

Executing all aspects of requirement delivery.

What is the Opportunity?

Execution of all aspects of requirements delivery- planning, elicitation, analysis and documentation, management, and support - for changes to Business Areas and Technology. Responsible for business analysis activities on medium to large size projects. Demonstrates advanced knowledge and ability, applying the competency in new or complex situations and guides other professionals.

• 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.
• Document test scenarios for user stories where necessary.
• 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 into 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 haves:

8+ years of experience as a BA/BSA

2 years + experience on an Agile project

Proven ability to gather Business requirements and Systems requirements independently.

Experience in Online banking / Mobile banking.

Strong knowledge of Requirements methodology (planning, elicitation, documentation) - both within Agile and Waterfall project frameworks

Excellent attention to detail, analytical thinking, and gap analysis

Demonstrated experience with user stories, business and system specifications, business context diagrams and business process maps.

Experience working on large projects over $2 million.

Excellent communication skills required; will be working with BU stakeholders and IT stakeholders; Experience facilitating a large roomful of stakeholders (15–20 or more).

Excellent collaboration skills, and highly adaptable

Bachelor’s Degree in related discipline