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Chief Functional Analyst

Attendance
Hybrid
Job number
23522
Category
Senior Professional
Status: Permanent
Type of Contract
Permanent
Schedule: Full-Time 
Full Time / Part Time?
Full-Time
Posting date
21-Nov-2024
Location: Montreal, Quebec
City
Montreal
Province/State
Quebec
Area of Interest: Information technology

A career as a Chief Functional Analyst in the Assisted Channels team at National Bank means acting as a person who transforms business needs into a functional product. This role allows you to actively contribute to our organization through your analytical mind, functional documentation skills, and ability to understand a business need and transform it into a detailed order book for our software development teams.

Your job

  • Understand business issues, identify and analyze needs of clients and business partners, document requests and prepare recommendations to design or adapt systems that meet the needs and facilitate decision making
  • Perform various complex analyses, identify gaps and make recommendations to optimize system effectiveness and solve important problems
  • Analyze requests for changes in systems, assess impacts on existing applications, suggest and make appropriate modifications.
  • Establish validation and quality control procedures, based on established standards and development standards, and perform comprehensive testing to ensure that the systems developed or modified are adequate
  • Support partners in the development of requirements and challenges
  • Produce or participate in the realization of new needs assessments (projects and evolving requests)
  • Produce functional analyses
  • Ensure that the delivered product corresponds to the functional analyses
  • Participate in tests (test plan and sets, test execution and verification)
  • Document requests and prepare recommendations, participate in documentation updates
  • Respect architectural targets.

Your team

IT, this is more than 2,300 experts who work in an agile, proactive and collaborative way to seize opportunities, stay on the cutting edge of technology and continuously improve processes.

Within the Assisted Channels sector, you are part of a growing team of 10-20 talented colleagues reporting to the Senior Delivery Manager. Our team leads a major program of contact center technology transformation and the addition of cutting-edge innovations and industry expertise.

We aim to offer you maximum flexibility to promote your quality of life. This is reflected in a hybrid working environment, as well as flexible and adaptable schedules.

The Bank values continuous development and internal mobility. Our customized training programs, based on learning in action, allow you to master your profession and develop new fields of expertise. Tools such as the Data Academy, language training, coaching and mentoring support are always available to you.

Prerequisites

  • Industry-related university degree and several years of relevant experience
  • Demonstrated experience in functional and technical analysis in delivery of major projects
  • Experience with test scenarios and user support
  • Knowledge of RESTful (JSON) and APIs
  • Knowledge of the contact center technology field, an asset
  • Ability to think strategically, with analytical, synthesis and communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills and effective priority management
  • Agile delivery experience (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and knowledge of Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence, etc.).
Languages:
English, French
Reason to require this language: you will need to discuss frequently with our service providers or partners who speak a language other than French.

Skills

Agile Methodologies API Development Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity Diversity & Inclusion Empathy Functional Analysis Initiative Kanban Learning Agility Resiliency Teamwork
Your benefits
In addition to competitive compensation, upon hiring you’ll be eligible for a wide range of flexible benefits to help promote your wellbeing and that of your family. 
 
* Health and wellness program, including many options
* Flexible group insurance
* Generous pension plan
* Employee Share Ownership Plan
* Employee and Family Assistance Program
* Preferential banking services
* Opportunities to get involved in community initiatives
* Telemedicine service
* Virtual sleep clinic 
 
These are a few of the benefits available to you. We have an offer that keeps up with trends as well as your needs and those of your family. 
 
Our dynamic work environments and cutting-edge collaboration tools foster a positive employee experience. We actively listen to employees’ ideas. Whether through our surveys or programs, regular feedback and ongoing communication is encouraged.
 
We're putting people first
We're a bank on a human scale that stands out for its courage, entrepreneurial culture, and passion for people.   Our mission is to have a positive impact on peoples' lives. Our core values of partnership, agility, and empowerment inspire us, and inclusivity is central to our commitments. We offer a barrier-free workplace that is accessible to all employees.  
 
We want our recruitment process to be fully accessible. If you require accommodation, feel free to let us know during your first conversations with us. We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team? 
 
Come live your ambitions with us!

Why work at National Bank?

For an environment that supports your career path

There are many varied opportunities for you to progress and develop, and move ahead in your career. This includes on-the-job learning and training, co-development and pairing with other employees, professional support and mentoring, internal career days or discussion forums with our leaders.

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For an inclusive and diverse environment

We foster inclusion in an environment where each person’s unique qualities, whether visible or invisible, are celebrated and valued. We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team?

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