Senior Business Analyst

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst - Front Office

Location: Mississauga – Hybrid – 3 days/week

Term: Long term contract plus multiple extensions

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Business Analyst/Program Management Analyst to join our core Front Office Central Program Management Team. This is a hybrid role, combining the strategic oversight of a Project Manager with the analytical depth of a Business Analyst. The successful candidate will be instrumental in ensuring the timely and effective execution of strategic, long-term deliverables, as well as managing fast-paced, BAU-style changes across various workstreams. The role requires a proactive individual who can navigate complex banking environments and drive outcomes in a dynamic setting.

Key Responsibilities

Program & Project Management Support

>Support Program Initiative Leads in the execution of strategic deliverables, ensuring alignment with program objectives.

>Manage project plans, including tracking milestones, deliverables, and tasks, while ensuring adherence to PMO standards.

>Oversee and manage project risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies (RAIDD), proactively identifying challenges and escalating risks/issues in a timely and well-articulated manner.

>Facilitate and manage project meetings, including scheduling, agenda preparation, minute-taking, and tracking action items.

>Produce accurate, insightful, and tailored project update materials and artifacts for various forums and committees.

>Manage and maintain project documentation, including holiday calendars and other relevant project data.

>Liaise with Project Leads and Stakeholders to cascade guidance and requirements, ensuring compliance with established PMO standards.

>Manage queries and requests from the ICG/Markets Transformation PMO, providing prompt and accurate information.

>Leverage project tracking tools to provide ad-hoc updates and reports as required.

'Stakeholder Management & Communication:

>Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, fostering a collaborative and joined-up approach to program execution.

>Create materials and coordinate various governance forums (e.g., SWG, STC, OPCO, DWG), ensuring effective communication and decision-making

'Business Analysis & Operating Model Design:

>Contribute to operating model design work, analyzing current states and defining target state processes, tools, and controls.

>Assist in the socialization and approval of target state tools, processes, and controls at appropriate governance forums.

>Conduct testing activities, with a preference for experience in Front Office or Finance (Capital) contexts, to ensure solutions meet business requirements.

>Review Change Request Forms and confirm required signoffs, ensuring changes are properly documented and approved.

Key Skills Preferred

'Banking Domain Expertise: Proven experience in the banking sector, combining both Business Analyst and PMO skill sets.

Project Management Acumen: Strong PMO capabilities, including managing project plans, RAIDD logs, status updates, presentation decks, meeting management, and holiday calendars.

Operating Model Design: Practical experience in operating model design work.

Testing Experience: Experience in testing, with a preference for Front Office or Finance (Capital) systems/processes.

Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to identify challenges, analyze root causes, and proactively seek resolutions or escalate effectively.

Communication & Presentation Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to produce accurate, insightful, and tailored project updates.

Tool Proficiency: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint is essential, VBA, SQL, Python an advantage.

Relationship Building: Demonstrated ability to build strong, collaborative relationships across different teams and seniority levels.

Adaptability: Capability to manage both strategic, long-term initiatives and fast-paced, BAU-style changes.'

Exposure to Front Office Trading preferred