Senior BA

BMO • Chicago, IL

121d • $63,300 - $117,200

About The Position

The Senior Business Analyst (BA) position at BMO involves investigating and identifying strategies to optimize business operations and services, informing business decisions. The role requires defining business requirements to inform technology build and operations by sourcing and analyzing relevant data, reviewing and documenting business processes, and collaborating with business stakeholders. The Senior BA will source business and market data to evaluate the effect of projects on business results and assess the efficiency and performance of technology (software, hardware, and the wider IT system) to deliver expected business results. Responsibilities include identifying and analyzing malfunctions, system workflow, and troubleshooting issues raised by the business. The Senior BA will elicit requirements and analyze feasibility to ensure solutions/initiatives achieve the expected business outcomes, supporting various project teams across the project lifecycle to ensure development aligns with business requirements. The role also involves developing informative, coherent, and usable project documents for multiple stakeholders covering functional and non-functional business requirements. The Senior BA applies depth of domain and functional expertise for the assigned portfolio to drive expected business value, breaking down strategic problems, analyzing data and information to provide insights and recommendations, and building test cases to validate business requirements and End-User Testing results. The focus is primarily on business/group within BMO, with a potential broader, enterprise-wide focus. The Senior BA exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules, working independently on a range of complex tasks, which may include unique situations.

Requirements

• Typically between 4 - 6 years of relevant experience.
• Post-secondary degree in related field of study or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Foundational proficiency in Agile Delivery and Development.
• Data analysis and learning agility.
• Process improvement and optimization skills.
• Business architecture frameworks knowledge.
• Stakeholder analysis and management skills.
• Digital fluency and systems thinking.
• Intermediate proficiency in business requirements definition and analysis.
• Insights development and reporting skills.
• Application functional design and functional analysis.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Collaboration and team skills.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Data-driven decision-making abilities.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and identify strategies to optimize business operations and services.
• Define business requirements to inform technology build and operations.
• Source and analyze relevant data, reviewing and documenting business processes.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to evaluate the effect of projects on business results.
• Assess the efficiency and performance of technology to deliver expected business results.
• Identify and analyze malfunctions, system workflow, and troubleshoot issues.
• Elicit requirements and analyze feasibility to ensure solutions achieve expected outcomes.
• Support various project teams across the project lifecycle.
• Develop informative project documents covering functional and non-functional requirements.
• Apply domain and functional expertise to drive expected business value.
• Break down strategic problems and analyze data to provide insights and recommendations.
• Build test cases to validate business requirements and End-User Testing results.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Accident and life insurance
• Retirement savings plans

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree