Senior Business Analyst

WHAT IS THIS OPPORTUNITY?

Global Functions Technology (GFT) is part of RBC’s Technology and Operations division. GFT’s impact is far-reaching as we collaborate with partners from across the company to deliver innovative and transformative IT solutions. Our clients represent Risk, Finance, HR, CAO, Audit, Legal, Compliance, Financial Crime, Capital Markets, Personal and Commercial Banking and Wealth Management. We also lead the development of digital tools and platforms to enhance collaboration.

The GPE (Global Posting Engine) team is responsible for generating General Ledger Postings out of ICI and ADP (Broadridge) settlement systems and making them available to be reported in the Enterprise General Ledger. We work closely with Financial and Product Control for Capital Markets, New York  Broker Dealer and other large legal entities in RBC. GPE is built on HIVE/HADOOP and leveraging Scala code to transform large datasets in order to achieve our mandate.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Investigate, resolve, and report on medium- to - complex technical issues requiring business application understanding.

• Elicit, analyze and document business requirements, business rules and data sources.

• Pro-actively communicate and collaborate with Finance and business line clients to analyze functional requirements and deliver the appropriate documentation and explanations as needed.

• Act as the first line of contact to interface with Finance business users on your specific products and projects.

• Work with upstream Data Provider Teams to trouble shoot, provide requirements and coordinate end to end solution implementation.

• Work with downstream Data Consumer Teams to provide interpretation for GPE data and coordinate end to end solution implementation.

• Work with project managers, developers, quality engineers and other business analysts, to ensure that projects are delivered on time and within budget.

• Make recommendations on process improvements and enhance system and support documentation

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCEED?

Must-have:

• Around 5 years of experience in Financial Services with a focus on delivering both large-scale programs and product enhancements.

• Good understanding of Data Models, Experience data analysis and experience in Database systems like SQL, Excel, other analytical tools.

• Understanding of finance, including the role of the subledger the general ledger and the financial control closing processes.

• Strong Business Analysis skills - elicitation, synthesis, evaluation and communication of results.

• Strong experience and proficiency in creation of Requirement artifacts such as Use Case, Use Case Diagrams, Business Rules, Data Catalog, and Data Lineage Mapping.

• Experience using business analysis and requirements modeling tools, such as data flow diagrams, relationship data models and business process modelling.

• Strong understanding of the Capital Markets lines of business plus at least one other business line such as retail, commercial, insurance.

• Strong communication skills – the ability to write clearly; know your audience; one on one verbal communications; the ability to give presentations and run a meeting is critical.

• Ability to understand the business requirements and translate it to technical requirements

• Excellent interpersonal/communication skills and leadership abilities to lead integrated teams in project activities.

• Team player known for providing creative thought leadership while also listening to and engaging others.

• Ability to work independently, apply critical and strategic thinking to issues, and manage deadlines while multi-tasking amongst different priorities.

• Superior relationship building, communication & presentation skills, organizational knowledge and leadership skills with a proven ability to work effectively in a cross-functional and complex environment.

• Relational databases: an intermediate knowledge of relational database concepts and how to interact with databases using SQL is required.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with Broadridge Systems including ICI and ADP, RBC Finance IT application ecosystem.

• Understanding of IT methodologies, change management & audit requirements, segregation of duties requirements.

• Business Analysis certification and/or completion of BA training courses.

• Experience on Financial Products – Cash Equities, Bond, Futures, Forwards, Interest Rate Derivatives, Foreign Exchanges Currency and OTC Derivatives (Swaps, Structured Debt products etc).

• Understanding of Trade Life Cycle and working experience with Front, Middle and Back office teams of Asset Management, Wealth Management, Portfolio Management, Brokerage Institutions, Prime Brokerage Services of various asset class such as Fixed Income, Equities, Derivatives, Money Market Instrument and OTC Derivatives.

What's in it for you?

• We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact

• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

• A world-class training program in financial services

• Flexible work/life balance options

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Job Skills

Agile Methodology, Business Data Analysis, Business Process Modeling, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Group Problem Solving, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Requirements Analysis

Additional Job Details

RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTOTorontoCanada37.5Full timeTECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSRegularSalaried2025-09-102026-01-31

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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