Senior Business Systems Analyst with Financial Crime Technologies

Scotiabank • Toronto, ON

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Our team is responsible for the systems that enable financial crimes identification (Customer Risk Ratings) and vendor-based case management (Enterprise Case Management) for Scotiabank globally. These platforms support over 1,500 users and play a critical role in detecting, preventing, and reporting financial crimes including AML, KYC, transaction monitoring, and regulatory compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience as a Technical Business Analyst in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to evaluate solution options.
• Experience working in Agile environments and participating in Scrum ceremonies.
• Strong SQL and data analysis skills.
• Ability to partner effectively with diverse stakeholders and influence decisions.
• Understanding of financial crime domains including AML, KYC, transaction monitoring, and compliance systems is highly desirable.
• Strong communication skills with ability to present insights clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to co-create solutions and ensure alignment with strategic objectives.
• Elicit, document, and refine requirements using modern techniques (user stories, story mapping) and define current and future state process/data flows.
• Support financial crime initiatives including AML monitoring, KYC/KYB processes, customer risk ratings, and regulatory reporting.
• Conduct collaborative workshops, discovery sessions, and demos with stakeholders to refine solutions and validate outcomes.
• Perform impact analysis, prioritization, and root cause analysis for application support and enhancements.
• Translate business needs into clear technical requirements and contribute to solution design discussions.
• Identify key dependencies, assumptions, and constraints and communicate them effectively across teams.
• Present solution options and recommendations to stakeholders, including senior leadership, to support decision-making.

Benefits

• 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.
• Community Engagement opportunities
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship programs
• Accessibility initiatives

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior