Title:  Technical BQA-Core Banking Technology

Requisition ID: 262450 

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

Scotiabank continues to be an industry leader for Payments technology and innovation. We have a history of safely leveraging new tools to enable new experiences for our customers, focusing on ensuring we protect their interests and goals. The result of this leads to modernization programs which aim to offer enriched information and transparencies to support the rapidly evolving payments community.

The Role

Contributes to the overall success of the Core Banking Engineering globally ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

What You’ll Do:

As a Technical Business Analyst Advisory, you will independently resolve complex business problems for the assigned Lines of Business. Your responsibilities will include:

• Works with key stakeholders within all business functions to align technology solutions with business strategies
• Lead the discovery, analysis, and documentation of business requirements that drive strategic transformation.
• Lead the integration efforts with channels and SaaS platforms, helping define secure end-to-end solution flows leveraging SSO, SAML, and OIDC protocols.
• Partner with UX/UI and engineering teams to deliver intuitive, scalable user experiences, ensuring alignment with usability standards and consistent cross-channel design.
• Define and help manage entitlements within the application, including role-based access, permissions, and governance aligned with enterprise security policies.
• Support data, reporting, and integration initiatives across the platform, with familiarity in event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka) and cloud engineering principles.
• Translate complex concepts into clear user stories and functional specifications that guide implementation.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to ensure readiness for delivery, testing, and post-implementation success.
• Demonstrates an informed knowledge of business functions to resolve problems and capitalize on improvement opportunities
• Champion continuous improvement by identifying new ways to work smarter and deliver better outcomes for customers.
• Contributes to an inclusive, high-performance culture where diverse perspectives drive better solutions.
• Challenge assumptions and bring forward creative ideas to simplify, automate, and improve processes.
• Providing training and mentorship to team members to maintain high standards of performance and continuity.

What You'll Bring:

• You have 4+ years of experience in a Business System Analyst role
• Technical knowledge of network infrastructures, cloud computing platforms (i.e GCP) , event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka), API and database (i.e Mongo DB testing
• Experience in the Banking or Financial with a background in Accounting is preferred.
• Experience in Liquidity and Virtual Account Management is an asset, along with exposure to channel integrations, UI/UX considerations, and security protocols.
• A strategic and analytical mindset — you see the big picture, connect patterns, and anticipate what’s next.
• Curiosity and courage to ask why, challenge assumptions, and explore innovative solutions.
• Proven experience in business process mapping, system analysis, and requirements documentation.
• Excellent communication skills — able to translate between technical and business perspectives.
• Experience conducting gaps and impact analyses for large-scale systems or modernization programs.
• Adaptability in fast-paced, evolving environments, balancing short-term execution with long-term vision.
• A recognized under-graduate degree in programming/computer science or a related discipline
• Availability to work on-site 4 days per week.

What's in it for you?

• You’ll join a team focused on building cloud platforms as products, enabling delivery teams across the enterprise rather than acting as a centralized gatekeeper or operating within a narrow delivery focus. This role offers exposure to a wide range of technologies, problem domains, and stakeholders.

• 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 - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs.

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.