Business Analyst - Intermediate #107545

Business Analyst - Procurement Team #

Request ID: -1

Start/End Dates: 10/14/2026 - 4/13/2027

Work Location: downtown Toronto, near TTC and GO

Job Title: Professional - Business Analyst - Intermediate

Position Title: Business Analyst - Intermediate

Line of Business: Enterprise Programs

Target rate range: $70-72hr B2B

Target Start Date: ASAP

Duration: 6 months

Potential for this contract to be extended or converted to FTE? Extension YES - FTE Unknown

Hybrid work - onsite 2 day / week - Wednesday + any other day plus 1st Friday of each month

Office Location: 81 Bay St Toronto

Work Schedule (hours per week, start time): 37.5 Hours/week, 9-5 Monday to Friday

Potential for OT? No

What does the LOB do?: Deliver enterprise transformation programs

Reason the role is open? Previous BA left

What project will this contractor be working on? TPM 360 (Procurement Transformation)

Team Size? 10-15 people

Selling points of the positions: This is a long-term contract opportunity within the Procurement Transformation Program. The successful candidate will work closely with enterprise program teams and gain visibility and exposure to a variety of initiatives across the organization while supporting multiple projects. There is strong potential for ongoing opportunities, as there is a consistent need for Business Analysts, and the team would look to retain the individual long term if they perform well.

Who Will the Candidate Be Working with on a Daily Basis? Program lead, program PMs and stakeholder groups (CIBC procurement team, main stakeholder group).

How many years of experience? 5-7 years

Job Description:

Summary:

The main function of a Business Analyst is to perform the analysis, design, implementation, modification, and daily functional support of all applications.

Job Responsibilities:

• Works with key stakeholders within all business functions to align technology solutions with business strategies
• Gathers requirements from business units and translates those to programmers and developers
• Prepares cost-benefit and return-on-investment analyses to aid in decisions on system implementation
• Demonstrates an informed knowledge of business functions to resolve problems and capitalize on improvement opportunities
• Supports one or more highly complex business processes
• Works on multiple projects as a project team member
• Serves as a liaison between the business community and the IT organization in order to provide technical solutions to meet user needs

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a business or technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred
• 5-7 years experience required
• Ability to create business solutions that increase competitive advantage
• Ability to exercise good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
• Project management skills in order to handle diverse projects, often times simultaneously, and meet aggressive deadlines
• Ability to solve technical problems/ processes and understand complex details
• Ability to increase operating efficiency with produce high quality technical solutions
• A high level of interpersonal and verbal communication skills necessary to relate to other people at their systems knowledge level
• Ability to analyze complex situations and problems and do the necessary research using multiple sources of information to arrive at innovative solutions

Must Have Requirement:

• Understanding of Agile and Waterfall methodologies
• Experience leading stakeholder discussions and facilitating working sessions with cross-functional stakeholders to elicit user stories
• Strong documentation skills
• Experience with Confluence and Jira
• Proficiency with MS Office suite
• Experience documenting user stories and participating in Agile ceremonies
• Experience supporting QA and UAT
• Banking or insurance industry experience
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to manage difficult stakeholders

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Third-party management lifecycle, including sourcing, contracting, finance, and supplier management, procurement system implementations
• Advanced degree (MBA or similar)
• CIBC experience

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong storyteller, able to effectively connect insights from working sessions to senior leadership audiences.
• Skilled at navigating difficult conversations, managing challenging situations, and minimizing conflict while maintaining positive relationships.

NOTE

Close on Oct 20 at 11am