Senior Business Analyst

What is the opportunity?

Senior Business analyst role contributes to the success of the team by leading the analysis of business requirements and the subsequent translation into functional specifications as well as writing and executing test scripts to ensure quality of deliverables. It is essential for the analyst to provide reference data expertise and build effective relationships with business units and development teams across RBC.

What will you do?

The senior business analyst primary responsibilities include:

• Meeting with project stakeholders that require securities reference data to review, understand, and capture requirements. Requirements will be analyzed and documented, then the solution requirements will be presented to the stakeholders to confirm that it meets their needs. Once requirements are agreed upon, the analyst will provide requirements to the development team and develop test cases. Once development is complete the analyst will test in a non-production environment and once approved the project is promoted to the production environment the analyst will conduct post-production verification of the changes. 45%

• Documenting projects in a shared location to support knowledge transfer among team members. Any ongoing support or controls required as the result of a project will be documented and reviewed with the securities data reference data operations team to ensure a seamless transition from the project phase to the support phase. 3%

• Working with the securities reference data operations teams to review and identify the root cause of data problems and work to address and resolve by implementing systematic solutions. 10%

• Provide subject matter expertise within the securities reference data space to internal RBC clients. 10%

• Writing queries to capture data in securities reference data repositories to support analysis and testing. 10%

• Work with external data vendors to understand how vendor changes will impact existing processes and address impacts as required. 15%

• Provide analysis in the selection of new external data vendors or new data sets from existing external vendors to meet project requirements. 5%

• Staying abreast of industry standards, best practices, and relevant regulatory requirements. 2%

What do you need to succeed?

• Minimum 3 years of Business Analysis and Capital Markets experience with a financial institution.

• BA/BS or equivalent

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual. 

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable

• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

• Opportunities to do challenging work

• Opportunities to build close relationships with clients

• Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies

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Job Skills

Big Data Management, Critical Thinking, Data Administration, Data Governance, Data Movement, Data Warehousing (DW), Information Capture, Knowledge Organization, Long Term Planning, Repository Tools

Additional Job Details

90 WESTERN PKY:BEDFORDBedfordCanada37.5Full timeCAPITAL MARKETSRegularSalaried2026-07-102026-07-24

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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