Business Analyst

Contract Duration 12 Months

Summary of Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

ThBusinessss Analyst will plan, manage, lead and oversee the end-to-end delivery of requirements throughout the lifecycle of the project in alignment with the business and/or enterprise needs and strategies.
The Business Analyst will provide leadership and work collaboratively with stakeholders including business, technology, and finance partners to support project benefits and changes to business processes, policies, and systems across single or multiple Lines of Business (LoB).

Customer:

Recognizing the importance of our customers - anticipating and meeting their evolving needs, as well as providing the kind of Legendary Customer Service that reflects TD's standards and Guiding Principles.
Lead a diverse range of stakeholders; communicates effectively by adapting style and technique to a diverse audience Analyze impacts on customers, stakeholders, employees, process, and technology solutions to achieve business results
Understand and clarify work packages of each assigned initiative/project inclusive of constraints (time, cost, people resources) and maintain a customer-centric approach
Provide recommendations and direction based on the end-to-end customer experience when making decisions
Lead and own the project deliverables related to business requirements to meet the needs of the customer, employee, and business
Assess and ensure that customer and employee experience/stakeholder impacts are appropriately managed
Engage appropriate stakeholders to identify and manage the required outcomes of projects for the business
Provide ongoing communication to key stakeholders, including the project sponsor, business project owner, and project/program / portfolio manager to ensure they are aware of significant changes which impact requirements delivery against the overall project
Respond to inquiries and escalate concerns from stakeholders and partners at all levels in the organization Identify and lead problem resolution to ensure customer needs are met
Contribute to the application of change management best practices (e.g. stakeholder analysis, gap analysis, change planning, etc.)
Collaborate with the project manager and business sponsor to identify and ensure required resources are assigned to the project's successful delivery of requirements
Ensure timely notification and escalation of possible issues/problems while assessing options and recommendations for prompt resolution.

Shareholder- Business Operations:

Focused on executing better constantly reviewing our processes and finding ways to improve them; collaborating with internal and external business partners to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
Lead requirements management on the project(s) which are based on complexity, size, and budget as defined by the project governance levels Provide leadership/guidance and support in defining the business need or problem statement based on strategic drivers and identifying potential solutions
Identify scope changes and complete analysis to determine the impact to project benefits and risks
Facilitate and follow a structured approach to plan, elicit, analyze, document, communicate, and manage business requirements with stakeholders by applying a variety of elicitation techniques to probe, challenge, and understand requirements according to the requirements management discipline
Identify, document, and validate current state processes and work with the business and stakeholders to design the desired future state
Establish and maintain full requirements traceability and work with the business to prioritize requirements and scope changes to ensure business needs are met
Collaborate with technology partners and provide recommendations to support the development of system requirements and design, testing plans, artifacts/deliverables to ensure business needs are met Ensure project issues and concerns are addressed for clear articulation of business requirements (eg. Business Systems Analyst)
Proactively identify and track requirements risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and constraints and anticipate and effectively manage risks related to requirements.
Align decisions to TDs risk appetite Develop mitigation plans or lead/contribute to the completion of necessary compliance/new process assessment templates
Contribute to Quality Assurance activities by supporting the development of test scripts and testing of developed solutions, including communication of issues and resolution Adhere to Enterprise project governance controls to ensure projects meet all performance, quality, and compliance standards and conform to appropriate disciplines
Contribute to the development of the project plan and high-level work breakout session (WBS), identify and manage key risks and decisions
Own and complete relevant work packages through collaboration with multiple stakeholders to prepare for operational readiness, manage deadlines and adjust to changing work priorities
Take ownership and communicate progress on work packages, including requirements management, in a concise and timely manner, escalating issues to the project manager, partners, and manager where appropriate
Assess project change requests and their impacts on requirements, checking for alignment to project benefits at all phases
Develop efficient and effective solutions through analytical problem solving
Support implementation / post-implementation activities as defined in the project plan.

Shareholder- Financial:

Banks' commitment to financial responsibility and operating our businesses with excellence.
Own the delivery of high-level requirements that drives successful cost estimation for the project and requirements changes due to any project change requests
Forecast, define, and manage the requirements effort including cost and timeline
Support the Request for Information (RFI) or Request for Proposal (RFP) with vendors if required
Contribute to the development of the seed funding request by ensuring project scope and benefits are clearly articulated and risks are identified Identify risks or issues with technology solutions or design that may impact the realization of project benefits and provide guidance and support to stakeholders in making good decisions to pro-actively resolve or mitigate potential risks/delays to the project
Ensure the accuracy of the business requirements documentation to mitigate against project changes and reduce/manage costs to the project
Critique and analyze requirement change requests to challenge impact to original business need as defined by the project charter
Solidify business needs including problem statements, business objectives and strategic alignment to ensure accurate delivery of business requirements in support of the business case
Deliver detailed level requirements to support downstream estimates and delivery of business case anchored to business requirements
May contribute with the s owner to define measures of success as defined in the project charter.

Must-Have

Banking & M&A experience
Cyber Security experience is required
Process standards and documentation experience
BA experience

Nice to Have:

Banking experience

About The Company:

As a top 10 North American bank, our client aims to stand out from its peers by having a differentiated brand – anchored in a proven business model and rooted in a desire to give its customers, communities, and colleagues the confidence to thrive in a changing world. Our client engages in providing financial products and services. They offer various financial products and services, telephone, Internet, and mobile banking services, retail and commercial banking services, and wealth management services. The Wholesale Banking segment provides capital markets, investment banking, corporate banking products, and investment needs to companies, governments, and institutions in financial markets.

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