Title:  Technical Business Analyst

Requisition ID: 240783

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

Group Treasury and Risk Technology, Corporate & Commercial Banking Technology team provides project, change, and development management services for non-retail enterprise risk systems, supporting the Global Risk Management (GRM) business lines

The Role 

Our team is searching for Business Analysts who will provide L2 production support for our applications and will work closely with the business stakeholders to review and assess business needs for improved risk information and to help define new reporting and or system enhancements to respond to business, operational and compliance requirements. Business analysis activities include data analysis, business requirement solution determination and documentation, and supporting system enhancement development and implementation. To join our team, the candidate must be proactive and dynamic, demonstrate initiative, have an eagerness to learn, be adaptable to a high-paced environment, and thrive on challenge. The desire to provide exceptional customer service is required.

Is this role right for you? In this role you will:

• Provide L2 production support to end users
• Elicit, define, assess and document detailed business and system design requirements (functional, operational, transitional, information & non-functional) for new systems & systems enhancements and identify any gaps within current capability.
• Performs analysis and evaluation of options, alternatives, and system capabilities; Identify complex process and systems solutions to address major system needs.
• Provide strong subject matter expertise across multiple functional areas and across functional process flows or functional and cross functional teams.
• Understand complex system integrations including source and target systems and how they relate to each other and perform data analysis.
• Assist with managing projects and coordinate work with Stakeholders and Project Teams and provide post rollout support for system enhancements.
• Coordinate timing for development and testing if the change involves multi-systems to meet deployment date, provide support for developers and testers during the sprints and preparing release notes
• Participating and supporting the Intake process; ability to facilitate meetings, action plans and audit requests
• Ability to handle multiple projects and activities in a timely, organized manner & independently resolve complex, multi-faceted problems to meet the business needs.
• Effectively communicate with technical and non-technical audiences
• Collaborate closely with QA analysts, developers, end users, and business teams to understand requirements, perform gap analyses, assess business needs and drive  development effort estimates
• Participate and run SCRUM Meetings (as needed)
• Design test sets and automate where possible, including functional and non functional testing, regression testing as well as performance testing (as needed)

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

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering or relevant experience
• 2+ years experience in Business Analysis procedures and requirements, as well as technical analysis and design requirements.
• Highly experienced in writing business requirements for system development.
• Knowledge of enterprise applications and enterprise analysis.
• SQL knowledge and skilled and experienced in working with relational database structures
• Experience working in a project environment and SDLC methodologies.
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Creative problem solver, flexible, proactive and able to work in a fast paced, ever changing environment.     

Preferred Qualifications

• Working experience in the banking/financial services industry would be an asset
• Knowledge of Credit and Risk applications preferred
• Experience with Moody’s Analytics CreditLens application
• Fluency in Spanish is an asset
• Experience working in Agile environment

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 everyone 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. 
• Remote-friendly work environment will provide you with the flexibility to perform at your best. 
• 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 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.