A career in IT at National Bank means contributing to the Bank’s transformation and having a direct impact on clients. As a Senior Business Analyst, you will carry out and help carry out various large-scale IT projects with a significant impact on the Bank’s profitability and efficiency.

Your role

Working for the Bank’s IT department means working in a team of experts and helping to deliver leading-edge IT solutions to meet our clients’ needs.

National Bank is undergoing a cultural and technological transformation to foster an environment where talent can be expressed and flourish. Embark on an exciting career with our delivery teams and help build the Bank of tomorrow.

You will act as an expert advisor for senior management and provide them with information to guide the Bank’s strategic decisions. You’ll need to understand business issues, identify stakeholders’ needs and propose strategies, taking into account the varied nature of files, to support the completion of activities.

Your role will also involve influencing strategic orientations and the development of policies and practices related to your field of expertise to ensure they are in line with the orientations of the organization as a whole. You’ll intervene strategically with stakeholders in the sector, supporting the completion of activities by providing high-level expertise.

More specifically, you will:

• Oversee and coordinate business analysis activities for large-scale projects
• Ensure deliverables are top quality
• Use several techniques to specify the requirements and various presentation techniques to communicate these requirements
• Act as a strategic business analyst for stakeholders and executives in your sector and support activities by offering high-level expertise
• Serve as a liaison between business executives and the IT sector
• Identify all stakeholders and establish connections between operational projects, current programs and new initiatives
• Collect, analyze and document information in order to validate and prioritize the business needs of clients and all stakeholders, and ensure that they are in line with National Bank's strategic orientations
• Carry out various analyses (context, scope, issues, impacts, stakeholders) to identify solutions to make the business sectors aware of the efforts required for change management
• Support business lines and IT throughout the various steps to achieve mandates
• Identify business solutions while ensuring that they are in line with and relevant to the organization's business objectives and challenges
• Act as a coach and resource person for colleagues
• Contribute to the business analyst community of practice

Your profile

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and 6 years of relevant experience OR master's degree in a related field and 4 years of relevant experience
• Solid command of the business analyst's areas of knowledge
• Experience with solutions delivery in Agile mode
• Disciplined, detail-oriented and able to work in a team
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills
• Bilingualism, both spoken and written (English and French)

Your benefits

Upon hiring, you will be eligible for a wide range of benefits. In addition to competitive compensation, we offer attractive benefits for you and your family:

• Health and wellness program, including many benefits
• Flexible group insurance
• Defined benefit pension plan
• Employee Share Ownership Plan
• Employee and family assistance program
• Preferred banking services
• Volunteer program
• Telemedicine
• Virtual sleep clinic

These are just a few of the many benefits we offer. We've rolled out a number of additional measures to ensure your health, safety and wellbeing during the pandemic.