Business Solutions Analyst III

Capital Markets Technology Solutions Expert

We are seeking an experienced Business Solutions Analyst to provide ongoing support and subject matter expertise related to Capital Markets technology solutions. The successful candidate will collaborate with business and technology teams to define and deliver projects, with a high level of complexity and stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct business and user analysis for assigned business client area applications and processes.
• Develop an in-depth understanding of client area goals, objectives, and needs, and create key business solution artifacts.
• Engage with business and technical stakeholders to elicit and capture business user needs and requirements.
• Design, lead, and facilitate stakeholder meetings, including conducting workshops, planning sessions, interviews, focus groups, demos, and/or conducting reviews of existing applications, processes, and artifacts.
• Develop key artifacts needed to enable application development and enhancements, including designs, prototypes, mock-ups, user analysis, user personas, user journey maps, user stories, etc.
• Perform system-specific analysis, low-code/no-code development, testing, configuration, production support, and provide technical guidance to others as needed.
• Contribute to the planning, development, and implementation of business capability roadmaps and application lifecycle roadmaps.
• Advances Agile delivery practices and continuously improves delivery performance through delivery reporting and tracking, backlog development and grooming, sprint or increment planning, and participating in retrospectives.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Up to 8+ years of experience in a similar role as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, Product Owner, or Technical Project Lead with hands-on experience producing business and user analysis in the capital markets space.
• Experience delivering technology solutions to the investment management industry, particularly in the public markets space, is essential.
• Technical competency in Bloomberg products (AIM, PORT, and other terminal functions), along with electronic trading and portfolio management platforms, is essential.
• Understanding of public trading workflows, products (including derivatives), and their lifecycle, is required.
• Experience working with and supporting the technology needs of portfolio managers is a major plus.
• Ability to design, lead, and facilitate meetings and workshops with stakeholders in the capital markets space and present technical details to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work through ambiguous situations and manage multiple and competing priorities to meet tight deadlines and operate in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to collaboratively engage multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience with Agile methods (Scrum and/or Kanban) and DevOps practices is an asset.
• Must have excellent communication (written and verbal), facilitation, presentation, listening, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with hybrid technical environments and foundational knowledge of cyber security, cloud platforms, and the software development lifecycle.
• Works independently, provides guidance and training to others, and has an advanced level of competency within the role.
• Professional certifications or training in Business Analysis (IIBA, PBA, etc.) or Agile methods (Agile Leadership, CSM, CSPO, etc.) is an asset.

What You Get to Do:

• Builds an in-depth knowledge of assigned business client area goals, objectives, needs, applications, and business processes.
• Engages both business and technical stakeholders to elicit and capture business user needs and requirements, and technical expectations.
• Designs, leads, and facilitates stakeholder meetings, including conducting workshops, planning sessions, interviews, focus groups, demos, and/or conducting reviews of existing applications, processes, and artifacts.
• Captures the results of stakeholder engagement efforts in a clear and concise form and validates needs, requirements, and expectations to ensure they meet desired outcomes.
• Develops the key artifacts needed to enable application development and enhancements, including designs, prototypes, mock-ups, user analysis, user personas, user journey maps, user stories, etc.
• Develops the key artifacts needed to enable business process development and enhancements, including capturing business rules, process workflows, process dependency maps, etc.
• Performs system-specific analysis, low-code/no-code development, testing, configuration, production support, and provides technical guidance to others as needed.
• Contributes to the planning, development, and implementation of business capability roadmaps and application lifecycle roadmaps.
• Advances Agile delivery practices and continuously improves delivery performance through delivery reporting and tracking, backlog development and grooming, sprint or increment planning, and participating in retrospectives.
• Acts as a capital markets subject matter expert and provides support, ad hoc training, and guidance to technology team members and business users.
• Proactively identifies risks and issues and proposes solutions to remove barriers to delivery.
• Ensures technical artifacts are accurate, accessible, maintained, and communicated.
• Undertakes special projects or assignments as required.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Where You Will Work:

• Work from our downtown Victoria office.

Salary Range:

BCI offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a performance-based incentive plan, comprehensive health & dental benefits, a defined benefit pension plan, and paid time off.

The annualized base salary range for this Victoria-based role is CAD $120,000 - $140,000.

The base salary offered to the successful candidate will consider a wide array of factors, including but not limited to, the individual's skill set, level of experience applicable to the role they are being offered, and consideration to internal equity.

We pay our people competitively in the markets in which we compete for talent and with consideration to internal equity and job structure. We aim for actual pay to be around the median of the market for target or expected levels of performance, and around the upper quartile of the market for excellent performance.

Actual salaries may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors, including, but not limited to, experience and expertise.

Why Apply to Join BCI:

With our values as our anchor, it's our people that help shape employee-focused initiatives and who create the environment we work in each day – all of which further strengthens our culture. BCI has been recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers – for the fifth consecutive year - and has built programs and benefits to support all our employees, including:

• Extended health and dental coverage, start on your first day of work. We have you covered.
• Our telehealth provider Dialogue connects you and your family to virtual healthcare appointments.
• Eligibility to the defined benefit BC Public Service Pension Plan providing you with a secure retirement income.
• Time off includes: 20 days vacation, 6 paid sick days, 6 paid personal days, and 2 paid days for volunteering – to support physical, mental, and community health.
• Four days in office, with the option to work from home once a week, promoting both a collaborative work culture and a healthy work-life balance.
• Annual wellness allowance to support an active lifestyle as well as physical well-being when working at home.
• On-going learning through our in-house mentoring program, professional dues support, tuition reimbursement, and online and in-house learning.
• Relocation support is available if a move to one of BCI's locations is required.
• Invested in your learning: BCI investment professionals lead a monthly Investment Club to share industry knowledge with employees who work in other departments.

To Apply:

Apply online with a copy of your resume. We encourage timely submissions of applications as candidates will be actively reviewed and the interview process may advance earlier.

At BCI, we value diversity and believe in fostering an inclusive culture where all employees can be successful.

We are performance and client-focused and value integrity; if you share these values, we want to know you.

We recognize that some skills can be learned on the job and encourage all to apply.

If you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations), contact us at .We would like to hear from you

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