Business Analyst

Key Responsibilities - Serve as Technical Systems Analyst on agile software development projects, developing and maintaining the application integration architecture and leading proof of concept activities - Serve as a lead systems analyst in the development team to plan, coordinate, analyze, design, document and implement application integrations efforts to meet current and future needs - Facilitate conversations with the business and technical support teams to document capability needs and outcomes - Manage the flow of user requirements from the product backlog to the planning meetings, providing a joined-up overall view of the solution requirements at a detailed level - Work with the Product Owner to maintain the product backlog, providing assistance in adding, removing, estimating and prioritizing work - Help specify acceptance criteria and facilitate the translation of those criteria into test cases with the test team - Prepare and co-ordinate the required materials to facilitate successful backlog prioritization and planning meetings - Provide leadership to project teams in identifying root cause of issues and directing troubleshooting efforts - Develop solution architecture models and documentation (key project deliverables) and/or oversee and approve the creation of necessary documentation, specifications to be testable, measurable and definitive - Orchestrate overall technical activities including design reviews, defect resolution processes across project teams - Collaborate with the broader architecture community to ensure alignment with IT strategies and standards - Provide leadership in the development and adherence to all application standards, application portfolio strategy, service level agreements, and processes - Evaluate business unit and IT decisions to ensure they are in the best interest of customers and company goals and escalate as needed - Provide inputs to executive level presentations for project stakeholders - Work with third party vendors as part of tendering processes and assist with specifying and managing deliverables Required Knowledge and Experience - Strong analysis background, with at least 3 years spent working with agile methodologies preferably in banking - Familiarity with industry standard integration patterns such as webservices (REST and JSON), batch, publish & subscribe, API etc. - Experienced in enterprise application integration, middleware technologies, data migrations and conversions, database technologies and backend interfaces - Demonstrable experience working in a highly collaborative environment, with focus towards delivering real business results. - Hands on experience with application development, architecture and software maintenance. - Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken evidenced by the ability to communicate across all levels of an organization - Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills - lead, collaborate, facilitate, and negotiate as necessary - Demonstrated experience with problem solving outside-the-box to find solutions that mitigate risks/issues, rather than blindly following process - In-depth understanding of application development, technologies and software development lifecycles (both legacy and current) - Experience in a large-scale IT organization with complex systems environment & infrastructure - Strong organizational skills required, project or program management skills Desirable Knowledge and Experience - Experience working within the financial services industry - Working with 3rd party vendors and specification of deliverables - Hands-on experience working with multi-component, high availability systems and enterprise applications - Experience with nCino implementation in financial institutions - Knowledge of Salesforce configuration and data model Other requirements - High level of writ en and oral communication in the English language - Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint - Proficient in Azure DevOps and Agile Sprint Planning - Experience in SQL - Experience in meeting deadlines in a high pressure environment - Demonstrated ability to solve problems with a sense of ownership, enthusiasm and innovation - Strong team working skills, with ability to draw the best out of technical and non-technical people to create a collaborative environment - Demonstrated poise, confidence and professional maturity to interface with senior-level executives - Highly organized, self-starter requiring minimal supervision A combination of education and experience may meet qualifications.