Job Description

Requisition ID: 244295



Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.



Contributes to the overall success of the Deposits Engineering Banking / Business Area in Canada / ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team's business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

The Business Systems Analyst (BSA) acts as a bridge between business stakeholders and technology teams, ensuring that deposit-related products and systems meet business objectives and regulatory requirements. This role focuses on analyzing, documenting, and translating business needs into functional and technical specifications for deposit accounts, transactions, and related services.

Is this role right for you? In this role, you will:

Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge. Understand how the Bank's risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions. Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank's Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk. Champions a high performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment. Provide estimates for the incoming projects at both high level and detailed level requirements for small to medium sized projects In waterfall projects: you will analyze business requirements, and ensure consistent and accurate translation of requirements through all SDLC phases In Agile projects: you will be responsible for creating, refining and maintaining EPICs & user stories and associated deliverables such as process flow to meet development and stakeholder needs Facilitate requirements gathering and design sessions with multiple stakeholders to extract requirements, and turning them into use cases, user stories, sequence diagrams, cheat sheets, etc, whatever is suitable - to meet development and stakeholder needs Bridge the gap between business and IT, ensuring common understanding and IT/Business alignment of both functional (for business needs) and non-functional requirements (reporting, performance, interfaces, constraints, etc.) Facilitate problem-solving discussions and general communications between the business and IT and within IT itself Help improve and drive our engineering practices by providing valuable inputs and suggestions as to what works well and what can be done better Contribute to a collaborative team environment by information sharing and team cooperation Demonstrate strong personal values and a commitment to our mission and customers

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:

You have 4+ years of experience involving in progressively more challenging responsibilities as a Business Systems Analyst in IT system solution development. You are also an agile and lean evangelist. Ideally, you have an Engineering or Computer Science degree, and pride yourself on analysis, logical thinking, and problem-solving skills. You notice all the little details for every document/ requirement/conversation that comes across you, and it drives you crazy that others cannot keep everything consistent. You do good work, and lots of it ...the drive to deliver quality work is just a part of you. You are also able to simplify complex situations and navigate ambiguity. You are great at making sure everyone's speaking the same language and are on the same page, and sometimes that involves some give and take. You are able to multi-task and work on multiple initiatives at the same time. You stay current on the tools and approaches that work best. And you are excited about working on new projects because every project is a new learning opportunity! You enjoy collaborating with, learning from, and teaching others so we all become better.

What's in it for you?

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans. Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements. Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance. Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one. Dynamic Ecosystem - Free tea & coffee, universal washrooms, and lots of space for team collaboration. Community Engagement - No matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs.


Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto



Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.




At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.