Bilingual Information Technology Business Analyst - SWIFT

Tech Talent International (SI) supplies technical talent to a variety of clients ranging from Fortune 100/500/1000 companies to small and mid-sized organizations in Canada/US and Europe.

We currently have a role as an Bilingual Information Technology Business Analyst - SWIFT with our large IT consulting client, working for a major investment bank in the Montreal area. This role can either be a permanent role or a long term contract.

Role: Bilingual Information Technology Business Analyst - SWIFT

Type: Permanent or Long Term Contract

Location: Hybrid - Montreal, QC -(3 days per week onsite)

Salary: Base salary ranges from $95,000 - $100,000 (depending on experience) + 9% bonus + 3-4 weeks paid vacation + 6% RRSP matching + benefits + sick/personal day + cell phone allowance + discounts for public transit and may other perks

Contract Pay Rate: $75 - $80/hr (freelance/incorporated)

Language Requirements: English & French

Key Info: Candidates must be based out of the Montreal area

Job Overview

The scope of work is to provide the efforts to redesign the functional architecture for SWIFT messaging and Sanctions Filtering to achieve 24/7 operation. The technical business analyst is required in order to produce the data flow, detailed specifications, test strategy, user stories of the projects. That includes the redesign and enhancement of core messaging and filtering infrastructure, as well as documenting new architecture, maintenance and support procedures.

Key Duties

• Technical and functional activities supporting and deploying software applications and data flow solutions in the domain of payment and cash management.
• Create the end-to-end data flow of a new product, including definition of user interfaces, systems interface and applications features.
• Practice of SDLC including business requirements elicitation, gathering, clarification, and analysis; stakeholder management; end-to-end test coordination.
• Creating functional, use case analysis and documentation.
• Taking initiative and coordination of activities to support project deliveries.

Job Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in Business Analysis
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile and Waterfall methodology
• Bilingual French / English
• General banking knowledge, general IT knowledge
• Experience with payment processing
• Settlement and clearing in USD, including SWIFT messaging, Fedwire, CHIPS, Fedline, FIN, FIN+, CBPR+, ISO20022, API, Sanctions
• Filtering experience is considered an asset