Category: Business Analysis (functional and technical)
Main location: Canada, Nova Scotia, Halifax
Position ID: J0625-0137
Employment Type: Full Time

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

We are seeking a dedicated and innovative Business Systems Analyst to join our team working for one of the Big 5 Canadian banks. If you are eager to contribute to a dynamic, collaborative development environment, we would love to hear from you. This is a hybrid position where you will interact with teams both in person and virtually.

SKILLS:

• Business Analysis
• Data Modeling
• Data Quality Management
• Systems Analysis

YOUR FUTURE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Systems owners and business users to define data, business and operations requirements and goals, and identify and resolve issues for a large data platform team
• Lead requirements sessions with stakeholders for data centric projects for the purpose of enhancing business processes, operations, and information process flow
• Review and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems and develop strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems
• Identify and establish scope and parameters of systems analysis in order to define outcome criteria and measure-taking actions
• Design and implement short-term tactical plans for managing and maintaining corporate systems and software
• Ensure that proposed and existing systems architectures are aligned with organizational goals and objectives
• Ensure compatibility and interoperability of in-house computing systems
• Meet with business users to gather, analyze, produce, validate and obtain approval of the Business Requirements Specification
• Model business and systems processes based on findings through use case scenarios, workflow diagrams, and data models
• Create systems models, business requirement specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to Application Developers
• Coordinate definition of test cases for Quality Assurance and UAT

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE:

• College diploma or university degree in the field of business administration, computer science or management information systems
• 5+ years work experience in the Insurance industry & 5+ years work experience as a business analyst
• Data Governance and Data Quality Experience
• 3 years of experience with hands-on business and data analysis in data warehousing and with leading enterprise data projects throughout the project life cycle
• Knowledge of data modeling techniques, database design and concepts is mandatory
• Working technical knowledge of SQL programming languages including relational databases and an understanding of ETL processes and tools
• Experience with design, development, and support of business intelligence tools such as Qlikview, Tableau or Power BI for enterprise data warehouse
• Experience with core software applications, including Policy Management Systems, Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Project Professional
• Proven experience in the operation and analysis of database hardware, software and standards, as well as data retrieval methodologies and mainframe applications
  

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