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Senior Business Analyst - GFT

Royal Bank of Canada>
TORONTO, Canada
$60 an hour (estimated)
Full-time

Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

Are you a talented, creative, and results-driven professional who thrives on delivering high-performing applications? Come join us!

Global Functions Technology (GFT) is part of RBC’s Technology and Operations division. GFT’s impact is far-reaching as we collaborate with partners from across the company to deliver innovative and transformative IT solutions.

Our clients represent Risk, Finance, HR, CAO, Audit, Legal, Compliance, Financial Crime, Capital Markets, Personal and Commercial Banking and Wealth Management.

We also lead the development of digital tools and platforms to enhance collaboration.

We believe that innovation should drive all that we do, in challenging assumptions and being big and bold with our ideas.

We support our people in developing the technical, business and professional skills needed to be successful. You will work with partners from across the company, participate in networking events, and have access to a wide variety of supports including mentorship.

You will work directly with leaders who believe in celebrating successes and sharing learnings with other teams to promote progress.

The Business Analyst will be based in Toronto, working mainly with Finance to analyze, understand, translate and document Finance requirements into business and functional specifications for IT Development team

What will you do?

Lead the analysis effort on multiple initiatives impacting the EPM application.

Develop effort estimates for analysis and requirements activities including BRD preparation and Functional Interface specifications.

Drive requirements discovery and elicitation from Finance and stakeholders from backlog of internal and external requests.

Plan and Lead requirement discussions, capturing data and business rules requirements.

Pro-actively communicate and collaborate with Finance and business line clients to analyze functional requirements and deliver the appropriate documentation and explanations

Work with project managers, developers, quality engineers and other business analysts, to ensure that projects are delivered on time and within budget.

Identify relevant upstream and downstream dependencies and follow up with stakeholders for input or sign-offs on a timely basis.

Provide hands-on support during various cycles of testing including Functional Testing, Quality Assurance, Systems Integration Testing, and User Acceptance Testing.

Ensure that testing, configuration / release management, deployment, and post implementation verification are completed in desired timelines

Investigate data gaps / issues raised by Finance

Actively contribute t o process re-engineering and process improvements

What do you need to succeed?

Must Have :

At least 3 years of experience in Financial or Regulatory Reporting with a focus on delivering both large-scale programs and product enhancements

Understanding of finance, including the role of the subledger and the financial control closing processes.

Self-starter with the ability to break down assignments and follow through with minimal guidance.

Strong Problem Solving and Analytical Skills .

Strong Data Analysis and Data Manipulation Skills.

Strong GAP Analysis and Data Reconciliation Skills

Strong attention to detail and ability to generate high-quality product (low re-work / errors).

Strong Business Analysis skills - elicitation, synthesis, evaluation and communication of results.

Strong communication skills the ability to write clearly; know your audience; one on one verbal communications; the ability to give presentations and run a meeting is critical.

Advanced knowledge of MS Office tools including Excel

Experience working on cross-business and technology data programs.

Proficient experience with Software Development LifeCycle process, Agile, Iterative Waterfall and IT terms and methods.

Ability to collaborate effectively with various business and technical teams, including offshore.

Excellent interpersonal / communication skills and leadership abilities to lead integrated teams in project activities.

Experience using business analysis and requirements modeling tools, such as data flow diagrams, relationship data models and business process modelling.

Ability to understand the business requirements and translate it to technical requirements

Provide hands-on support during various cycles of testing including Functional Testing, Quality Assurance, Systems Integration Testing, and User Acceptance Testing.

Nice to Have :

Accounting Designation

Experience in Cognos TM1

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper.

We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable

Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

Ability to make a difference and lasting impact

Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

A world-class training program in financial services

Flexible work / life balance options

Opportunities to do challenging work, take on progressively greater accountabilities, and build close relationships with clients

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Job Skills

Agile Methodology, Business Data Analysis, Business Model Analysis, Business Process Analysis, Critical Thinking, Data Reconciliation, Problem Solving

Additional Job Details

Address :

RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W : TORONTO

City : TORONTO

TORONTO

Country : Canada

Canada

Work hours / week : 37.5

37.5

Employment Type : Full time

Full time

Platform :

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type : Regular

Regular

Pay Type : Salaried

Salaried

Posted Date : 2024-09-04

2024-09-04

Application Deadline :

2024-09-27

I nclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work.

We are taking actions to tackle issues of inequity and systemic bias to support our diverse talent, clients and communities.

We also strive to provide an accessible candidate experience for our prospective employees with different abilities. Please let us know if you need any accommodations during the recruitment process.

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