Business Consultant (Technology / Commercial Banking)

at  BMO Financial Group

33 Dundas Street West Toronto Ontario,M5G 3C2

Provides management consulting services and technology/industry expertise in support of Commercial Banking Technology. Managing Pre-Initiation stage of the projects. Identifying problems or working on problems to bring in solutions. Work on opportunity statements and write use cases. The consultant must have the ability to understand the current state and future state of the business process. Also, understanding the current state technology flow and impact analysis. Having technical background to work with Solution Architects to come out with solution options. To be able to identify business capabilities and work with impacted teams to gather estimation for each capability. Must be able to present solutions regarding the estimations to business partners. Work on transition to project mode when approved.

• Work closely with business partners & other stakeholders to understand / derive the problem & opportunity statements and help to define key user stories to be addressed.
• Help business partners to prioritize requirements and identify the scope for Minimum Viable Product (MVP).
• Work with Solution Architects & Technology teams to arrive at solution(s) that would address all the requirements.
• Compare pros and cons of each solution option and support in choosing one solution over the other.
• Work with all impacted systems/teams to explain the requirement & solution to gather effort & cost estimations.
• Consolidate estimations gathered from all impacted teams and document them.
• Review the estimations and publish them.
• Builds exceptional relationships with business partners and internal stakeholders.
• Elicits requirements and analyzes feasibility to ensure solutions/initiatives achieve the expected business outcomes.
• Develops informative, coherent, and usable project documents (project artifacts) for multiple stakeholders covering functional and non-functional business requirements.
• Applies depth of domain & functional expertise for the assigned portfolio to drive the expected business value.
• Breaks down strategic problems, and analyses data and information to provide insights and recommendations.
• Provides specialized consulting, analytical and technical support.
• Exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules.
• Works independently and regularly handles non-routine situations.
• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Digital Fluency.
• Verbal & written communication skills.
• Collaboration & team skills.
• Systems Thinking.
• Business & System architecture frameworks.
• Business requirements definition and analysis.
• Stakeholder Analysis and Management.
• Process improvement and optimization.
• Application functional design.
• Functional / Technical Analysis.
• Typically between 5 - 7 years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Deep knowledge and technical proficiency gained through extensive education and business experience.

Please refer the Job description for details