Senior Business Analyst

A leading Canadian Financial services organization is seeking a Business Analyst to join its Program Management Office on a 12-month contract. This role will support a portfolio of strategic, technical, regulatory, and enterprise transformation initiatives across multiple business domains.

This is an opportunity to work closely with business stakeholders, technology teams, SMEs, and external vendors to deliver solutions that improve advisor and client experiences, enhance operational efficiency, and drive enterprise-wide transformation priorities. The ideal candidate has experience navigating complex environments, gathering and documenting requirements, leading stakeholder workshops, and translating business needs into practical technology solutions.

Candidates must have experience supporting Digital Transformation, Business Transformation, Modernization, or Enterprise Transformation initiatives within banking, wealth management, financial services, or fintech environments.

Contract Duration: 12 Months

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of Business Analyst experience within wealth management, banking, financial services, or fintech environments
• Proven experience supporting digital transformation, business transformation, enterprise modernization, platform migration, or conversion initiatives
• Experience leading requirements gathering, discovery sessions, stakeholder interviews, and workshops
• Strong experience creating business requirements, process maps, workflow diagrams, user stories, acceptance criteria, use cases, and data mappings
• Experience conducting gap analysis, feasibility assessments, impact analysis, and future-state process design
• Experience supporting solution design, testing, implementation, change management, and post-implementation activities
• Strong understanding of Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies
• Experience documenting complex end-to-end business processes and workflows
• Ability to identify dependencies, risks, and impacts across multiple teams and workstreams
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Visio, and Microsoft Office
• Strong analytical skills with experience using Excel, SQL, or similar tools
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience supporting front-office, middle-office, or back-office wealth management functions
• Exposure to onboarding, account servicing, portfolio management, trading platforms, financial reporting, or regulatory workflows
• Experience working on workflow automation, process improvement, or ServiceNow-related initiatives
• Previous experience within large enterprise financial institutions

The Offer

You will receive the following benefits:

• Hourly Rate
• Hybrid work model with 2-3 days on-site in Vancouver
• Opportunity to work on high-profile enterprise transformation programs
• Exposure to business, technology, and operational stakeholders across multiple lines of business

Current Vacancy: Yes
Use of AI in Hiring: No

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.