Contribute to the successful delivery of strategic initiatives at the heart of a dynamic, innovation-driven organization!
CGI Montréal is looking for a passionate Business Analyst driven by business value creation and process optimization. In this role, you will act as a bridge between IT teams and business stakeholders, translating business needs into sustainable solutions, from requirements definition through testing and implementation. If you enjoy leveraging your analytical expertise, financial industry knowledge, and problem-solving skills to address complex challenges, CGI offers you an exciting opportunity to make a tangible impact on the success of our clients.
Work model: Onsite
Location: Montréal
Your future duties and responsibilities
- Make a significant contribution to the planning of digital business solutions and delivery roadmaps related to analytical and operational platforms.
- Play a key role in the support, maintenance, incident resolution, problem management, and continuous improvement of analytical and operational platforms.
- Act as a liaison between IT teams and business stakeholders to translate financial requirements into user stories and/or technical specifications.
- Lead complex problem analyses, recommend effective solutions, and facilitate their implementation.
- Own the functional specifications for interfaces.
- Contribute to solution design and ensure alignment with business objectives and requirements.
- Take a leading role in the testing lifecycle, including regression, integration, and user acceptance testing (UAT)
- Facilitate and/or contribute to the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for new enhancements, from planning through implementation.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Computer Science, or an equivalent experience
- Minimum 5 years of experience in business and systems analysis within financial investment applications and/or BI/analytics solutions
- Financial certification (e.g.,
CFA, FRM, etc.) is considered an asset
- Experience in the financial investment industry
- Strong proficiency with SQL tools for data analysis and exploration (essential asset)
- Knowledge of XML messaging, including schemas, XSLT transformations, and JSON
- Familiarity with traditional databases and infrastructure, including Windows and Microsoft SQL Server
- Experience aligning business and IT objectives, collaborating across teams to adopt common approaches and deliver sustainable, agile, and reusable solutions
- Demonstrated commitment to excellence and willingness to challenge the status quo by exploring alternative perspectives
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with a high degree of autonomy
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong attention to detail and a disciplined approach to analysis and documentation
- Ability to collaborate effectively and build meaningful relationships with colleagues and clients
- Curiosity, initiative, and a passion for continuous learning and innovation
- Open-mindedness and solid active listening skills
- Respect for diverse viewpoints and an inclusive mindset
- Strong communication skills in English (written, spoken)
CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes factors such as skill set level, geographic market, experience and training, and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is 60 000$ et 110 000$. This role is an existing vacancy.
Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.
Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…
You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.
Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.
You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.
At CGI, we value the strength that diversity brings and are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone belongs. We collaborate with our clients to build more inclusive communities and empower all CGI partners to thrive. As an equal-opportunity employer, being able to perform your best during the recruitment process is important to us. If you require an accommodation, please inform your recruiter.
That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.
To learn more about accessibility at CGI, contact us via email. Please note that this email is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used for application status inquiries.
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