Sr. Business Systems Analyst - Core Platform

Work Location:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:

37.5

Line of Business:

Technology Solutions

Pay Details:

$81,600 - $115,200 CAD

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description:

If you have an engineering mindset and a passion for deeply engaging with Journey partners to fully understand and drive forward their goals, then the Core Platform's Investment Management(IM) Business Systems Analyst team is the place for you!

IM applications form the backbone to Canadian Banking's investment platform at TD. Our customers use this facility for a variety of their day to day investing needs through GIC's, Mutual funds and a variety of registered and non-registered accounts.

The ideal candidate brings a solid IT background—preferably in Mainframe—exceptional communication skills to bridge Journey needs with technology solutions, and thrives in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment. Working with external vendors would also be a preferred skill.

As a key member of the Pod Agile delivery team, you will be actively involved in many features to enhance and deliver new functionalities supporting Journey-sponsored and Infrastructure initiatives. You will translate complex requirements into clear JIRA user stories using the Behavior-Driven Development methodology to ensure delivery outcomes meet customer and stakeholder expectations. You will work in close collaboration with Journey partners, Product Owners, Architects, Software Engineers, and Quality Engineers to drive clarity, test, and support deployment.

If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding technology career, we welcome your application.

Primary Purpose of the Role

Translate business needs into technical concepts for technical teams and technical constraints into business language for stakeholders.
Plan, manage, and lead the delivery of system requirements in alignment with standards and frameworks. Provide technical leadership and work in close partnership with various partners and stakeholders to plan, elicit, analyze, document, communicate and manage functional and non-functional requirements.

Key Accountabilities

• Leverage specialized domain, product, and systems knowledge to have a thorough understanding of the business, product, and vision; provide business-technology interaction subject matter expertise as well as recognize and drive the focus toward business value.
• Identify, document, and validate current state technology capabilities/ecosystem and support stakeholders to design the desired future state; provide recommendations and/or direction based on the end-to-end customer experience when making decisions.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to determine solutions, assess impact to existing work processes and systems, and how to manage the integration
• Translate business requirements into detailed functional specifications taking into account non-functional requirements
• Own and manage the traceability of system requirements through design and development, testing, and deployment; ensure the acceptance criteria demonstrates the changes to systems that will meet stakeholder expectations.
• Support testing teams in translating requirements and use cases into test conditions and expected results for product, performance, user acceptance, and operational acceptance testing
• Provide support/oversight and guidance in the delivery of technology requirements with focus on quality, reusability, scalability, and innovation.
• Promote innovation by applying subject matter expertise to generate forward-thinking ideas as well as critical thinking to find opportunities for improvement.
• Provide operational and process-related analysis and support as needed.
• Adhere to existing processes and standards, including requirements management, technology delivery practices and standards, and business technology architecture, escalating issues as require.
• Continuously enhance knowledge/expertise in own area and keep current with leading-edge technology trends/developments and develop expertise in TD services, applications, infrastructure, analytical tools and techniques that can contribute to effective solution development/delivery.
• Continuously enhance knowledge of business domains and their products/services.
• Support and contribute to change management planning and activities, including those that ensure operational readiness.
• Support implementation and post-implementation planning and activities.
• Support the development of business cases, including benefits identification, RFI/RFPs, and service level agreements with vendors/suppliers, consistent with technology requirements/guidelines.
• Adhere to the TD code of conduct.
• Participate fully as a member of the team, support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork, and ensure timely communication of issues/ points of interest.
• Provide thought leadership and/or industry knowledge for own area of expertise in own area and participate in knowledge transfer within the team and business unit.
• Keep current on emerging trends/ developments and grow knowledge of the business, related tools and techniques.
• Participate in personal performance management and development activities, including cross training within own team.
• Keep others informed and up-to-date about the status and progress of projects and / or all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities.
• Contribute to team development of skills and capabilities through mentorship of others, by sharing knowledge and experiences and leveraging best practices.
• Lead, motivate and develop relationships with internal and external business partners and other stakeholders to develop productive working relationships.
• Contribute to a fair, positive and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce.
• Act as a brand ambassador for your business area/function and the bank, both internally and externally.

Experience and/or Education

Required

• Undergraduate degree or Technical Certificate
• 6–8 years of experience as a BSA or similar Business Analyst/Systems Analyst role.
• Advanced knowledge of Mainframe capabilities, limitations, and best practices. Hands-on experience preferred.
• Proficiency in writing detailed user stories with acceptance criteria in JIRA using Gherkin language and in creating and maintaining documentation in Confluence.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Proven ability to engage, enable and lead stakeholders to consensus on requirements and related issues/questions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to perform root cause analysis for complex issues and propose effective solutions.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, presentation, and documentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and coach and guide team members within area of expertise.

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Who We Are:

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are client facing. Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.

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Additional Information:
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

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Colleague Development

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you’d like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Language Requirement (Quebec only):

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