Title:  Senior Business Systems Analyst

Requisition ID: 257486 

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

We are investing heavily in order to become the leader in digital banking space, and we are launching multiple initiatives to do so. You will have a unique chance to help one of the fastest-growing business units become a leader. You will help scale, enable, and drive online & mobile development excellence as our team continues to deliver innovative solutions to Scotia customers. 

What will you do?

• Champion a customer‑focused culture, ensuring end‑to‑end integrity of business and technical requirements across digital banking journeys.
• Analyze and develop functional and technical requirements based on solution documentation.
• Facilitate requirements gathering and design sessions with multiple stakeholders, translating outcomes into user stories, use cases, sequence diagrams and process flows.
• Drive joint application design and solutioning sessions with architecture, development and security teams to inform high-level estimates for large and medium-sized initiative intake.
• Create, refine, and manage product and release backlogs, supporting prioritization, dependency management, and delivery forecasting.
• Bridge the gap between Business and IT, ensuring shared understanding and alignment on both functional and non-functional requirements (such as reporting, performance, interfaces, and constraints).
• Lead enterprise process engineering initiatives across Infrastructure, Security, DevOps, and Cryptography teams.
• Maintain high quality documentation within centralized Confluence and SharePoint sites.
• Provide input to improve engineering and delivery practices, identifying what works well and where improvements can be made.
• Contribute to a collaborative team environment through information sharing and cross team cooperation.
• Demonstrate strong personal values and a commitment to the Bank’s mission and customers.
• Apply the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture in day-to-day analysis and design decisions.
• Actively support effective and efficient operations in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, Code of Conduct, and Global Sales Principles, ensuring appropriate business controls across operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk.
• Champion a high-performance and inclusive work environment.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We’d love to work with you if you have:

• 3+ years of hands-on technical experience as a Business Systems Analyst in a challenging IT system solution agile or lean environment.
• Degree in Engineering or Computer Science
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to simplify complex situations and navigate ambiguity.
• You naturally notice every detail in documents, requirements, and conversations, and you help the team maintain clarity and consistency across everything we deliver.
• You take pride in doing great work, and your drive to deliver high‑quality outcomes is simply part of who you are.
• Excellent understanding and experience with microapps and microservices architecture, as well as RESTful and SOAP (XML & JSON), OpenAPI, and OAuth2.0.
• Proficient with delivery and collaboration tools, including JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, MS Office, and Postman
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across business, technology, and cross‑functional teams.
• Work closely with Design, Development, and Testing teams across all phases of the SDLC to ensure requirements clarity, alignment with business objectives, timely issue resolution, and successful delivery of high quality solutions
• Proven ability to author detailed user stories, translating business needs into functional requirements for client applications and technical requirements for APIs, including data contracts, validations, error handling, and acceptance criteria.
• A proactive and dependable team player who communicates across teams to quickly resolve issues and keep initiatives on track.
• Experience working with mobile applications (iOS/Android) is an asset.
  
  

What's in it for you?

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.

• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements. 
• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.
• Community Engagement – We offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

Location(s):  Canada : Ontario : Toronto 

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.  

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our  Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.