Job BSA - Axiom - Toronto or Vancouver or Halifax/ Canada

Job Title: Sr. Business Analyst

Location: Toronto or Vancouver or Halifax (Hybrid)

Job Type: Full Time Perm.

Key Skill set -

Strong excel skills, who has worked on finance projects,

Knowledge of products/accounting/balance sheet/income statement would be helpful and someone who has worked on large spreadsheets.

If has Axiom experience - that would be a huge plus

JD:

The business analyst responsibilities will include analyzing and documenting all Finance requirements for new project and/or modifications to existing system/process, liaise with IT developers to communicate those requirements and communicate to project leadership team on project status throughout the project lifecycle.

BA candidates should have representative experience in the following areas:

• Lead the requirements gathering and analytical efforts related to Regulatory Reporting and Financial Control initiatives.
• Ability to interpret Regulatory Regulations into development requirements/specifications as required for report development.
• Creation of business requirement documentation (BRD) and functional requirements documentation (FRD).
• Ability to lead the translation of Finance's regulatory requirements into data sourcing requirements/specifications as required for report development.
• Perform gap analysis on data, systems, processes and procedures as required for the project.
• Close alignment with the development teams to ensure realistic plans are developed, respective milestones tracked, met and reporting provided
• Contribute to process re-engineering and process improvement where applicable.

The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 5-7 years of experience in systems implementation, process improvements or systems re-engineering projects with a banking organization or consulting company with background in Regulatory or Financial Reporting. Specific experience includes:

• Lead engagement with US Reg Apps and Axiom development teams to translate current interface specification requirements to new interface specification requirements.
• Develop and document current state environment and processing flows.
• Seeks out industry trends and regulatory knowledge to understand alternative approaches and/or solutions.
• Contribute to process re-engineering and process improvement where applicable
• Analysis of systems should include identification of functionality gaps in system and/or process
• Reference data analysis and documentation-product and counterparty static.
• Ensure GAP analysis is done for all related changes to existing IT systems, processes, procedures and/or interfaces.
• Develop functional and technical specifications (where appropriate).
• Liaise with US RegApps and Axiom IT developers to communicate data sourcing / system requirements and current/future state architecture.
• Communicate project status as necessary to project manager.
• Knowledge of Investment banking products.
• Knowledge of project SDLC lifecycle

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in Business Analysis/Project management
• Experience in US or foreign banking organization (commercial bank or broker dealer), Bank Holding Company regulatory reporting
• Minimal requirements - MS Word, MS Project, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel, Visio
• Experience with Axiom preferred
• Proficient in data analysis using SQL
• Experience with logical and physical models, proof of concept to implementation.
• Experience in documenting Business Requirements, Functional Requirements and Interface Specifications
• Bachelor's Degree
• Highly analytical and willing to lead work through root cause analysis on process, capability, and data issues; and to effectively facilitate collaboration on resolution
• Experience in data analytics, control, reconciliation and remediation
• Driving excellence in his/her own projects and peers