Business Analysis Specialist

Requisition ID: 244051

Thanks for your interest in ScotiaTech, Scotiabank's new and innovative Technology hub in Bogota.

Join a purpose driven winning team that promotes creativity and innovation in a fast-paced environment, where we're always committed to results, in an inclusive, diverse, and high-performing culture.

 

Purpose

Contributes to the overall success of the Global Fraud Technology team in Canada ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team's business strategies and objectives.  Ensures all activities conducted comply with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

Accountabilities 

•    Daily basis

- Assist the Product Owner/Project Manager by conducting research and analysis, and accurately and clearly defining user requirements and processes to assist in the resolution of highly complex, multi-faceted problems to meet the needs of the supported Line of Business. This may involve participation in rapid prototyping, with requirements and solutions developed on an iterative basis, that provides interim deliverables until a final production solution is created.

- Participate in the systems implementation process by developing test cases, performing testing, defining user procedures and workflows, assisting in the development of conversion and implementation strategies, and providing user documentation, and user training.

•    Data management

- Performs any necessary data mapping and data lineage activities and documents information flows to support specific business requirements.

- Builds the metadata model and business glossary by gathering information from multiple sources: business users, existing data sources, databases and other relevant documents and systems.

•    Support

- Support the team on day-to-day activities such as coordinating stakeholders, managing and updating project management artifacts. 

•    Understand how the Bank's risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.

•    Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

Position: Business Analysis Specialist  

Reporting Relationships

Primary Manager:  

•    Software Engineer Lead

•    Director Fraud Technology

Direct Reports:

•    N/A

Shared Reports:

•    N/A

Dimensions

Some of the key accountabilities include: 

•    Serves as a liaison between the business community and the IT organization in order to provide technical solutions to meet user needs 

•    Gathers requirements from business units and translates those to programmers and developers  

•    Demonstrates an informed knowledge of business functions to resolve problems and capitalize on improvement opportunities 

•    Help analyze current system to identify opportunities to improve system reliability 

•    May need to do User Acceptance testing from time to time 

•    Work in a cross functional Agile team to deliver core business and regulatory solutions

The Workplace (This section is standardized, no additions required) 

•    We are technology partners who help the business transform how our employees around the world work  

•    We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success  

•    You will get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world  

•    We foster an environment of innovation and continuous learning 

•    We care about our people, allowing them to design how they work to deliver amazing results  

•    We offer a competitive total rewards package, including a performance bonus, company matching programs (on pension & profit sharing), and generous vacation  

Education / Experience / Other Information

•    Post-secondary degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar degrees. Certification in Business Analyst preferred.

•    4+ experience working with analysis and design of new features.

•    Working knowledge of project management lifecycles and methodologies (including Agile).

•    Advanced knowledge of financial instruments, including market conventions and valuation methods, risk management methodologies and models, including best practices, current and anticipated regulatory requirements, back-office processes, and transaction workflows. end to end between Front, Middle and Back Offices, within at least one financial market area (e.g. foreign exchange, interest rate derivatives) and a very good knowledge of at least one other financial market area.

•    Good understanding of current IT practices, and systems development techniques including requirements specification and testing methodologies, formal and real-time analytical modeling tools and keeping up to date with rapidly changing technology.

•    You are excellent in written and spoken English to clearly communicate complex issues and interface with all levels of the organization with ease.

Working Conditions

•    Work in a standard office-based environment; non-standard hours are a common occurrence.

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Location(s):  Colombia : Bogota : Bogota 

ScotiaTech is a business unit within ScotiaGBS, a Scotiabank Group company located in Bogota, Colombia. The ScotiaTech hub was created to support different technology systems and processes of the Bank. We offer an inclusive, positive work environment, and competitive benefits.

At ScotiaTech, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at ScotiaTech; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.

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