Senior Business Analyst - GFT

Senior Business Analyst - GFT

Job Summary

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 Halifax, working with various Finance, Risk and IT teams to analyze, translate and document requirements, providing guidance, and recommending solutions.

What will you do?

• Lead the analysis effort on multiple initiatives impacting the CGID application.
• Drive requirements discovery and elicitation from Finance and Risk stakeholders from backlog of internal and external requests.
• Plan and Lead requirement discussions, capturing data and business rules requirements.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders and IT team members (incl. Developers, Architects, PM, QE’s, BA’s) to build consensus and drive towards delivery of the right solution.
• Analyse, translate and document Finance requirements into business and functional specifications for IT Development team.
• Identify relevant upstream and downstream dependencies and follow up with stakeholders for input or sign-offs on a timely basis.
• Develop effort estimates for analysis and requirements activities including BRD preparation and Functional Interface specifications.
• Effectively communicate and build rapport with team members and stakeholders across multiple projects and functions, including Risk Capital and Regulatory Reporting teams, Finance Shared Services and Controller teams, and source data providers and consumer IT teams.
• Provide hands-on support during various cycles of testing including Functional Testing, Quality Assurance, Systems Integration Testing, and User Acceptance Testing.
• Contribute to process re-engineering and process improvement as required.

What do you need to succeed?

Must Have :

• 3 years’ experience working as a Business Analyst supporting the delivery of Finance or Risk Reporting solutions, with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a Data Analysis capacity.
• Strong Data Analysis and Data Manipulation Skills.
• Self-starter with the ability to break down assignments and follow through with minimal guidance.
• Financial or Regulatory Reporting experience (from a BA or line perspective).
• Strong Problem Solving and Analytical Skills .
• Strong attention to detail and ability to generate high-quality product (low re-work / errors).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office tools including Excel and Access.
• Knowledge in writing SQL statements.
• 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.
• Strong time-management and organizational skills.
• Relevant university or post-graduate degree in Finance or IT-related discipline.

Nice to Have :

• Experience with Risk reporting and / or credit risk analytics.
• Experience at a large banking or financial services organisation.
• Experience with mainframe applications and DB2.
• Strong Knowledge of Capital Market products.

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.

Inclusion 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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