Business Systems Analyst
Contractor
contractor
11 Dec 2024
Toronto
Verified by Turrior
Content + Source + Freshness • 12 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
82 / 100
Offer value
High value opportunity due to critical need for data analysis in the banking sector, appealing to analysts with a finance background.
- Involvement in critical banking data processes.
- Opportunities for growth in financial analytics.
- Focus on analytical and reporting capabilities.
Pros
- Involves critical data processing for banking applications.
- Potential for professional growth in finance-oriented roles.
- Engagement with innovative technology such as SQL and BI tools.
Cons
- Requires extensive experience (10+ years), limiting the candidate pool.
- Potentially high workload and pressure due to financial reporting timelines.
Who it's for
Senior • Contractor, possible hybrid
Good fit
- Experienced analysts with strong SQL skills.
- Candidates looking to specialize in banking analytics.
- Individuals interested in leading data analysis projects.
Not recommended for
- Entry-level applicants without analytics experience.
- Individuals lacking financial background.
Motivation fit
Desire to work in banking analytics.Interest in ETL processes and financial data management.
Key skills
SQL database managementFinancial reportingData visualization (e.g., Tableau or Power BI)
Score: 82/100 AI verified analysis
About the job
Typical Day in Role:
• The incumbent acts as technical business/data analyst resource in projects, providing detailed technical data analysis, testing, investigations, recommendations, program specifications and business requirements for development of technical solutions for the sourcing, delivery, and processing of required monthly/daily data sources within the distributed technical architecture to support client profitability and analytics for wholesale customers.
• Supported by knowledge of wholesale business products and detailed understanding of Bank source applications, the incumbent uses technical knowledge and business/data insights to design and build specifications for operationally stable processes that extract, transform, and map raw data to organized/structured schemas for the purpose of consistent reporting and analytics.
• The incumbent supports technical peers in the team and collaborate with business partners, data engineers and cross functional IT teams to deliver complex, creative, cost-effective, and robust operationally stable data solutions. This includes development of complex queries against big data that are required to ensure data are accessible for analytics and reporting by the data teams, as well as providing oversight of reporting solutions using Tableau, and/or other industry standard BI tools.
• The incumbent provides acceptance testing and verification to help verify complex technical/business solutions for the assigned tasks. They will share the results with users for confirmation and sign-off to proceed with implementation to release the solution in production environment. The incumbent may be required to perform operational support after hours from time-to-time to support late hours implementation and operational processes.
• The incumbent drives the implementation of new processes, improving methodologies and utilizes cutting-edge technologies to expedite delivery of new and enhanced products to our customers on a daily basis. They drive adoption of modern testing approaches and techniques to both ensure excellent quality standards while delivering with velocity.
• The incumbent is expected to function independently combining technical expertise and business knowledge to recommend, develop and implement technical solutions and identify opportunities for automation or efficiency in ETL processes.
• The incumbent may receive general direction from Director/Senior Manager/Project Managers/Business Analysts for the projects assigned.
Collaborate with data architects, modelers, and IT team members on project goals.
Must Have Skills
• 10+ years of experience working in a similar capacity as a BA/BSA
• Recent project experience writing intermediate to advanced queries using SQL.
• 3+ years' finance/accounting background (experience with revenue reporting and P&L)
Nice-To-Have Skills
• Power BI is a strong asset.
• Fluency in Spanish
• Experience with automated testing.
• Agile/Scrum methodology understanding / worked in an Agile environment
Education
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field required.
• Financial courses or certification completion is an asset.
• Prior courses taken in Mathematics (statistical analysis and discreet mathematics)
• The incumbent acts as technical business/data analyst resource in projects, providing detailed technical data analysis, testing, investigations, recommendations, program specifications and business requirements for development of technical solutions for the sourcing, delivery, and processing of required monthly/daily data sources within the distributed technical architecture to support client profitability and analytics for wholesale customers.
• Supported by knowledge of wholesale business products and detailed understanding of Bank source applications, the incumbent uses technical knowledge and business/data insights to design and build specifications for operationally stable processes that extract, transform, and map raw data to organized/structured schemas for the purpose of consistent reporting and analytics.
• The incumbent supports technical peers in the team and collaborate with business partners, data engineers and cross functional IT teams to deliver complex, creative, cost-effective, and robust operationally stable data solutions. This includes development of complex queries against big data that are required to ensure data are accessible for analytics and reporting by the data teams, as well as providing oversight of reporting solutions using Tableau, and/or other industry standard BI tools.
• The incumbent provides acceptance testing and verification to help verify complex technical/business solutions for the assigned tasks. They will share the results with users for confirmation and sign-off to proceed with implementation to release the solution in production environment. The incumbent may be required to perform operational support after hours from time-to-time to support late hours implementation and operational processes.
• The incumbent drives the implementation of new processes, improving methodologies and utilizes cutting-edge technologies to expedite delivery of new and enhanced products to our customers on a daily basis. They drive adoption of modern testing approaches and techniques to both ensure excellent quality standards while delivering with velocity.
• The incumbent is expected to function independently combining technical expertise and business knowledge to recommend, develop and implement technical solutions and identify opportunities for automation or efficiency in ETL processes.
• The incumbent may receive general direction from Director/Senior Manager/Project Managers/Business Analysts for the projects assigned.
Collaborate with data architects, modelers, and IT team members on project goals.
Must Have Skills
• 10+ years of experience working in a similar capacity as a BA/BSA
• Recent project experience writing intermediate to advanced queries using SQL.
• 3+ years' finance/accounting background (experience with revenue reporting and P&L)
Nice-To-Have Skills
• Power BI is a strong asset.
• Fluency in Spanish
• Experience with automated testing.
• Agile/Scrum methodology understanding / worked in an Agile environment
Education
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field required.
• Financial courses or certification completion is an asset.
• Prior courses taken in Mathematics (statistical analysis and discreet mathematics)
