Business Analyst - SME

Story Behind the Need

• Business group: GWO – Operations Change
• The GBM&T Compliance – Global Central team provides support to Global Banking & Markets (GBM) and Group Treasury (GT) Compliance programs globally, working with GBM and GT senior management teams and their first line of defence teams, GBM&T Compliance regional teams, different Enterprise Compliance teams, and various other stakeholders within the bank.

Candidate Value Proposition:

• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to gain experience within Global Banking & Markets, as well as Treasury, Compliance and have a chance to network with senior and international stakeholders within one of the big 5 Canadian banks.

Typical Day in Role:

• Partnering with business process SMEs to identify, document, and memorialize existing process
• Preparing and maintaining action log and tracking delivery schedule for assigned body of work
• Regular project updates and escalations to senior management and program manager

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

• 10+ years experience with requirements gathering and design methodology and building test cases
• Knowledge of Compliance standards and best practices, with use of analysis tools for monitoring
• 8+ years experience with data management and governance
• 8+ years of experience with project management, able to drive initiatives from planning through execution.

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Background in Trade Reporting, Regulatory Reporting, Position Reporting and Tax Reporting
• Experience working in a Capital Markets Operations Environment
• Experience working with Data or within a Data remediation oriented project
• Ability to convert compliance and regulatory language into actionable delivery tasks for Operations
• Financial industry experience

Soft Skills Required:

• Ability to multi-task, communicate well, and manage various work streams relating to Data Management
• Able to troubleshoot data related issues and support in the authorization in maintenance and modifications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication / presentation skills to maintain relationships with various teams and business partners
• Excellent team player by working with cross-departmental business & IT stakeholders.
• Highly motivated and committed; capable of working in a dynamic environment with aggressive timelines and multiple work streams running in parallel.
• Detail oriented, analytical, and capable of investigating complex / technical issues.
• Experience with eliciting and provided requirements and design – detail oriented, analytical, and capable of investigating complex / business issue.

Education/ Experience:

• A recognized under-graduate degree in business, mathematics, computer science, or a related discipline.
• Data Management and Data Governance experience

Best vs. Average Candidate

• The best candidate would have a strong background in data management (critical data elements, knowledge of data steward)

Candidate Review & Selection

• 2 rounds:
o 1st – HM + Senior Manager – 1 hr – MS Teams Video (Behavioural and Situational questions)
o 2nd – peer review – 1 hr – MS Teams video (Behavioural and Situational questions)