Lead Business System Analyst

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Translate and validate complex business rules with stakeholders, agreeing on definitions, logic, and expected outcomes.
• Curate feature-specific test datasets for business logic, workflows, functional tests, and regression tests across system modules.
• Create synthetic, anonymized, or masked test data that covers edge cases, compliance scenarios, and performance requirements.
• Document upstream application data flows in collaboration with application teams and architects.
• Mask sensitive data in non-production environments.
• Design and evaluate system solutions; assess existing systems and recommend improvements or replacements.
• Create system diagrams and technical specifications to guide implementation.
• Identify inefficiencies in legacy core banking platforms and other systems.
• Use value stream analysis to identify bottlenecks and opportunities for automation or data-driven improvements.
• Communicate with RBC partners and employees across Canada and worldwide.

Required qualifications

• Strong knowledge of equities, options, mutual funds, foreign exchange, and fixed-income products.
• Strong financial-services business analysis experience, including data and root-cause analysis of business and system issues.
• Ability to document business processes, functional and non-functional requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, and Git version control.
• Ability to identify, evaluate, and implement AI opportunities across business analysis, requirements, data analysis, testing, and operations.
• Familiarity with REST/SOAP APIs for system data exchange.
• Advanced SQL proficiency for extracting, transforming, and analyzing relational database data.

Preferred qualifications

• CBAP or PMI-PBA certification is preferred.
• A Master's Certificate in Business Analysis is preferred.

Listed job skills

• Agile frameworks and methodology; business data analysis; business needs and processes; business process modeling; business systems.
• Commercial acumen, communication, critical thinking, decision-making, group problem-solving, and interpersonal relationship management.
• Requirements analysis and software requirements.

Benefits and development

• The posting describes a total rewards program, bonuses and flexible benefits, and competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable.
• The posting mentions coaching and development opportunities, training in financial services, flexible work/life balance options, and challenging work.

Workplace and schedule

• The posting lists 37.5 work hours per week and an RBC Centre address in Toronto.
• The posting does not specify a remote, hybrid, or onsite work policy.