Senior Business Analyst, Portfolio & Change Management

RBC•Toronto, ON

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves eliciting, analyzing, and documenting business requirements, business rules, and testing system implementation and delivery lifecycles for the Portfolio & Change Management (PCM) group. The position will oversee and guide operations projects to successful completion, focusing on integrating new products/businesses into ACBS. The analyst will lead reviews of processes and functional infrastructures, identifying opportunities for re-design and improvement, and working collaboratively with process owners and users. Participation in business unit and functional unit driven initiatives is also a key aspect of this role.

Requirements

Minimum Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience in Finance, Engineering, Science or Math desirable.
7 – 10 years of relevant prior experience.
Extensive Commercial or Corporate Loans and loans trading background.
Extensive experience with one of the following systems: ACBS, LoanIQ ELTA and Trade 360.
Experience in Migrations/Conversions e.g. HSBC Migration.
Proven experience of delivering the client data focused aspects of regulatory change, related to regulations including payments, OFSI etc.
Experience running programs to meet new regulations / legislation or running programs with regulatory intervention and / or internal data optimization.
Strong Data Governance background and understanding - including Data Strategy, Data Methodologies, Data Best Practices.
Ability to work effectively in a project team environment, demonstrated facilitation and leadership skills, strong listening and interview skills.
Good working knowledge of Capital Markets operational functions and processes.
Detailed understanding of the fundamentals of Capital Markets trading and the transaction lifecycle.
Detailed understanding of RBC Capital Markets organizational structure (front office sales and trading, middle office, product control, COO, regulatory/compliance, etc.).
Self-motivated, able to work independently and within a team.
Ability to prioritize, plan and execute work to meet tight deadlines.
Strong innovative, problem-solving and analytical skills; a self-starter capable of functioning in an autonomous manner.
Capable of building strong relationships with clients and stakeholders across the enterprise.

Nice To Haves

Strong knowledge of supporting systems used within Operations.
Project management expertise.

Responsibilities

Analyze and document business requirements (What/How), business mapping between AFS/ACBS and testing throughout the delivery lifecycles.
Escalate roadblocks to PCM management as required.
Participate as required in business unit sponsored projects that impact Lending Services.
Coordinate, facilitate or participate in the development of operational procedures for new businesses and products.
Identify process improvement / reengineering opportunities through streamlining, simplification, elimination of redundancies/overlaps, improved capacity utilization, automation, outsourcing, standardization, etc.
Lead / conduct functional reviews primarily focused on productivity improvements as required by individual projects or as requested by Lending Services.
Lead/ conduct Ops readiness which include but are not limited to Business process mapping, Writing SOP documentation and training.
Provide input to Business Architecture decisions and process.
Develop skills and competencies of staff by utilizing training programs pertaining to requirements gathering, use case preparation, UAT activities and the RBC Project Management Framework.
Represent PCM in CNB committee's.
In conjunction with Lending Services management, liaise with businesses on CM initiatives and BU initiatives that impact COO group.
Provide concise and effective updates to the Associate Director, Portfolio Change Management, as well as to the Project Manager where applicable.