Business Analysis Specialist

Requisition ID: 177142

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

The main functions of the Business Analyst is to lead the end to end analysis across operational, business processes and systems to ensure the technical solution meets or exceeds the business needs, while maintaining adherence to Scotiabank’s enterprise architectural and security standards.

What will you do?

• Work collaboratively with Business and IT staff to develop and maintain thorough knowledge of product, system and process capabilities, ensuring precise communications between IT and stakeholders, technical compatibility and user satisfaction.
• Thoroughly understand and communicate stakeholder requirements and distribute relevant information, documentation and artifacts to project stakeholders.
• Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, use cases, scenarios, business analysis and workflow analysis.
• Translate high-level business and user requirements into functional & IT specific requirements with appropriate level of detail suitable for use by those who must base their work & development on the requirements.
• Responsible for data analysis, profiling, data mapping, data lineage activities to support business requirements, and data governance requirements.
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze information needs.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Champions a high performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.
• Self starter, and passion for driving teams towards high performance and a deep pride in providing high quality results.
• Detail oriented, methodical and has ability to translate business ideas into automated solutions.
• Effective organizational skills, with working knowledge of project planning and project management to assume end-to-end ownership of a project and responsibility for the related project deliverables.
• Critical thinker, investigating, analyzing, and resolving complex problems and thinks outside of the box to resolve issues, and propose solutions

What do you need to succeed?

• Background in financial systems and/or operations preferred
• Analytical, detail oriented, highly organized
• Very strong communication skills (written & verbal) required
• Microsoft Suite: Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Visio, Word. Power BI
• Data Mining/Modelling, Data Mapping
• Growth Mind-set

What’s in it for you?

We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity and curiosity and celebrates success!

• We provide you with the tools and technology needed to create meaningful customer experiences.
• You’ll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world.
• We hire you for your talent — not just a job — so you can grow with us. We’ll equip you for success not only in your role, but also in your career as a whole.
• Access to thousands of online and in-person courses so you can hone your current skills or learn new ones.
• A competitive rewards package that includes a base salary, a performance bonus, company matching programs on pension and profit sharing, paid vacation, personal & sick days, medical, vision, and dental benefits that start from day one and much more!

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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. 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.