We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Business Analyst to join the client’s team. In this role, you will be responsible for analyzing business processes, identifying opportunities for improvement, and implementing solutions that enhance efficiency and effectiveness. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills and a solid understanding of data analysis tools and methodologies. You will work closely with stakeholders to gather requirements, develop reports, and support project management initiatives.

Requirement Analysis and Documentation

• Engage and partner with QTS application teams moving onto the Aperture platform to understand their analytical use-cases/ business goals and confirm product fit.
• Facilitate information gathering sessions including leading discussions, managing group dynamics, and maintaining group focus, to work towards accomplishing the stated goal(s) of the session within the context of the project objectives – From these information sessions, gather the requirements and documents them, along with business use cases, feasibility analysis and cross-functional diagrams as needed.
• Partner with the platform engineering teams to ensure technical capabilities and data requirements are well understood, identify dependencies and integration points.
• Work with senior stakeholders to validate their requirements and analysis via techniques such as reviews and walkthroughs.
• Ensures system specifications meet the business stakeholders’ expectations/requirements, and negotiate solutions when appropriate.

Data Analysis

• Analyze incoming data sets and develop detailed requirements around sourcing solutions, identify provisioning requirements, data transformations etc.
• Able to decipher compliance, information security guidelines and apply them in the context of the datasets/ business requirements.
• Identify data accuracy requirements, solution options, and remediation plans in case of a breach.

Communication and Planning

• Participate in reviews or inspections, in collaboration with the project team, to ensure the quality of the deliverables.
• Participate in the user acceptance testing, implementation planning, post-implementation validations and L2 production incident analysis as needed.
• Manage risks, assumptions, and constraints for requirements, and communicate to appropriate parties.

Minimum Requirements

• Strong business domain understanding of Financial Services/ Capital Markets, excellent data analysis, and solid background dealing with complex software products (preferably cloud/ data analytics focused)
• Ability to work independently, apply critical and strategic thinking to issues, and manage deadlines while multi-tasking amongst different priorities.
• 10+ years of experience working as a Business Analyst with progressively increasing responsibilities in the areas of requirements management on large and complex projects.
• Proven experience with various project delivery methodologies such as Waterfall, Iterative and/or Agile.
• Experience in requirements planning and prioritization including stakeholder analysis and effort estimation.
• Data analysis expertise (e.g., using SQL, Tableau, Python)

Nice to Have

Masters Certificate in Business Analysis.

Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA), or Project Management Institute –Professional in Business Analysis (PMI – PBA) Certification (Preferred)

Agile Certification (CSM, CPO)

Experience of working with Capital Markets division of a multi-national bank or a Consulting firm focusing on similar clients.

Location: Halifax, NS

Duration: 1-year contract

Job Type: 3 days onsite