The Business Analyst Director is a strategic leadership role within the New Products and Activities team at National Bank Capital Markets. This position is central to value delivery, bridging business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure business requirements are translated into actionable solutions.

You lead a team of business analysts, driving organizational growth, efficiency, and innovation through the analysis of business processes, identification of opportunities, and development and implementation strategies including testing. Your role has a direct impact on project time-to-market and supports the advancement of business capabilities toward target architectures. Additionally, you are responsible for building and governing the Capital Markets process, business and regulatory requirements repository.

Your Job

• Supervise, mentor a team of business analysts, providing guidance, regular feedback, and professional development opportunities.

• Establish work method standards and ensure their application.

• Foster a collaborative and innovative environment where analysts are empowered to share insights and best practices.

• Coordinate the collection and validation of business and functional requirements for multiple projects. Ensure requirements are clearly communicated, understood, and implemented in project deliverables.

• Promote adoption of best practices, methodologies and tools in business analysis. Develop a capital markets process, business and regulatory repository and implement its governance.

• Identify and manage risks related to project scope, timeline, resources, and stakeholder engagement.

Your Team

National Bank Financial Markets is a leading financial services firm offering Investment Banking services to a diverse clientele, including corporations, institutional clients, and governments. We have offices in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, New York, London, Dublin, Hong Kong, and Paris. The New Products and Activities group is looking for a Business Analyst Director to expand its team of passionate professionals in Montreal.

This position reports to the Managing Director and Head, New Products and Activities. The broader team is composed of about thirty colleagues. Together, you contribute to the delivery of new products, regulatory initiatives, and optimization projects.

Proximity to traders, risk management solution specialists, as well as the close and constant collaboration with various highly specialized sectors of Capital Markets, allows for a comprehensive understanding of key processes and the capital markets ecosystem.

The team stands out for its dynamism, agility, and knowledge of the activities of the Capital Markets sector and the sub-processes that support their activities.

Your Work Environment

As a director, you primarily work in a hybrid mode or from the office, with occasional travel to meet with colleagues, stakeholders, or to attend industry events. You strike a balance between strategic oversight and direct involvement in key projects. This position is based in Montréal.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Finance, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
• Business analyst certification
• 10+ years of experience in business analysis, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or managerial role.
• Strong understanding of business process modeling, requirements gathering, and stakeholder management.
• Strong understanding of capital Markets
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams and complex projects.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, data analysis tools, project management software, and business intelligence platforms.

Languages:

English, French

Reason to require this language: you will need to work closely with our colleagues outside Quebec.

Skills

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Change Management Financial Analysis Leadership Organization Skills Process Optimization Project Management Stakeholder Engagement Business Acumen Detail-oriented Strategic Thinking Quality-oriented Agility Effective communication Innovation Process Team Development