Business Systems Analyst (BSA) - Commercial

Skills Required

Mandatory Keywords

Interac, eTransfer, API Integration, e-Transfer upgrade

Job Description

Business System Analyst / Analyst Digital Platform

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?

Vancity is the largest private sector Living Wage Employer in Canada and have been consistently recognized as one of the Top Employers in Canada. Come join our team of 2,600 diverse individuals and access competitive rewards & benefits, all while knowing you are a part of a greater movement.

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, here is what we have for you:

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, Banking Applications, Application Technology.