Senior Business Analyst
Senior Business Analyst will play a pivotal role in understanding and translating business needs into actionable requirements, ensuring the successful delivery of digital transformation initiatives. This role involves working closely with stakeholders, including business users, developers, and project managers, to drive business analysis activities on medium to large size projects.
We’re looking for a Senior Business Analyst to join our team! This position is integral to the function of our organization, playing a critical role in our Project Management team. The key responsibilities for this role include:
- Elicit, analyze, and document detailed business and system requirements for digital transformation projects.
- Facilitate collaborative sessions with diverse business stakeholder groups to drive requirements discovery, analysis, and review.
- Develop plans and accurate estimates for completion of requirements, continuously improving the level of detail and accuracy of estimates.
- Lead requirements prioritization and leverage techniques to drive out business priorities.
- Verify requirements for quality and validate requirements with impacted stakeholders.
- Build and maintain a repository of reusable requirements documentation to support future initiatives.
- Provide guidance and support to junior business analysts and participate in knowledge-sharing activities.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and implement digital strategies that align with business goals.
- Identify opportunities for process optimization and automation to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- Coach leaders in the organization on effective business analysis processes, champion and evolve IFCU business analysis disciple and methodologies by providing processes, structures and tools.
Some things we would like to see in our successful applicant:
- Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related filed
- Certification in business analysis (e.g., CBAP, PMI-PBA), CBAP® (Certified Business Analysis Professional) or CCBA® – IIBA , PMP® or CAPM® – PMI (for project work), Agile certifications (e.g., CSM, SAFe Agilist)
- 5 – 7 years of experience in business analysis, preferably within the financial sector
- Attention to detail and strong organizational skills with ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Strong understanding of business analysis principles and methodologies.
- Proficiency in Agile practices and tools (e.g.,Azure DevOps).
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
- Experience with data analysis and reporting tools.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Use and comfortability with a variety of Microsoft 365 applications (Excel, Teams, Viva, Power Automate, PowerBI)
- Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma is a strong asset
About Us
Hi! We’re Innovation Federal Credit Union. Our purpose is to simplify banking for all Canadians. We like to keep it simple. We have three values – Accountability, Integrity, and Respect – and we are constantly striving to improve our organization to make it better for you (our member and prospective employee)!
How are we different from other financial institutions? We’ve put in the work to become a federal credit union – just one of three in Canada – to secure the future of our organization and continue to grow across Canada. Made in Sask, Built for Canada!
We care about our communities and our impact – $1.1 million was given to local organizations last year who are making a difference! Nearly 22% of InnovationNation proudly identifies as part of a designated group, reflecting our strong commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion. We offer our full-time staff participation in our 7% employer-matched pension plan and extended health benefit plan from Day 1 (no waiting period!).
In the spirit of Truth and Reconciliation, we acknowledge that we are on the traditional territories of the many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit who have graced these lands for millennial. We are privileged to live on, work on and enjoy the benefits of these lands, now known as Canada.
