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We are looking for a Project Manager! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Project Manager Term: Contract – 6 months with extension Location: Toronto – Hybrid 2 days a week Industry: Financial Job ID number: 230

Description

The Role

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Real Estate Delivery, the Project Manager will be responsible for leading the delivery of multiple projects with significant impact to the organization and multi-year budgets in the range of $1-5M. The Project Manager will be accountable for ensuring projects are planned and executed within agreed to parameters for scope, cost, schedule and quality and ensuring their projects are delivered well and meet their intended business objectives. Key responsibilities:

• Lead project teams and stakeholders throughout the real estate delivery project lifecycle – including Quebec based projects where written and spoken communications must abide by the recipient’s preferred language
• Define project priorities, objectives, scope and deliverables, in alignment with business goals, working in conjunction with business sponsors and vendors
• Monitor construction progress to identify and resolve difficult and sometimes complex design or construction issues that are not immediately evident in a timely manner
• Ensure effective project management tracking and communication standards resulting in transparency of delivery progress and awareness and understanding by key stakeholders
• Active stakeholder management with focus on building and maintaining strong relationships and ensuring expectations are understood and met

Competencies

• Delivers business value by leveraging qualitative and quantitative information to guide actions and make recommendations
• Manages complexity by asking the right questions(s) to analyze situations and able to distinguish which facts are relevant to solving a problem
• Build and maintain strong relationships; engages and influences others, working transparently and cooperatively with cross-functional teams
• Executes with excellence by optimizing work processes while driving for results
• Demonstrates perseverance in delivering work and problem solving – can delegate assignments and decisions appropriately
• Applies industry insights and trends to drive critical initiatives and leverages quantitative and qualitative information to improve performance
• Focuses on a problem’s root cause(s) and explores a variety of solutions
• Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments, with some supervisory oversight to review approach and results. Decisions are guided by specific objectives

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of financial / real estate industry experience
• Bilingual mandatory (English & French)

We are looking for a Financial Analyst! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Financial Analyst Term: Contract – 12 months with extension Location: Toronto – Hybrid 2 days a week Industry: Banking Job ID number: 229   Business Line: The Lending Services team oversees the day to day processing of syndicated loans. Working with their individual portfolios to provide customer service to front office bankers and other customers. Project: The successful will be responsible for providing, and if directed leading a loan operations team in delivering, quality administrative services to Clients of corporate credit facilities generated by GBM and other BNS units as required wherein the Bank is an agent, participant lender or direct lender in a credit facility. The incumbent will be responsible, as directed, for supervising a team of loan Analyst and working with the Manager/ other Assistant Managers to oversee completion of operational duties in a timely manner, maintaining team productivity to target, execute staffing plans, monitor and oversee operational controls and form part of the working management team Candidate Value Proposition: The successful candidate will be working on a central project within our organization and have the opportunity to gain experience in one of Canada’s top 5 banks. They will also gain experience working in a high volume, fast paced work environment and learn under senior members of the team. Typical Day in Role:

• Leads and drives a customer focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• As directed, managing a team that administer loan information given by Customers on syndicated or direct deals including verification of limit available, accuracy of calculations, and disbursement/application of funds.
• Administers instructions by Agents on participations and customers on direct and agented deals including verification of limit availability, accuracy of calculations and disbursement/application of funds.
• Ensuring that terms and conditions of authorizations and/or loan documentation are being adhered to including pricing, term, limits etc.
• Communicating effectively with various contacts including other Banks to resolve issues on a timely basis.
• Recognizing and bringing exceptions to policies and procedures to the attention of Manager/Senior Manager/Director for further guidance and resolution.
• Developing a solid knowledge of loan platform, ACBS and Loan IQ to ensure accuracy of posting accounting entries to source system and business line dissemination. .
• Assist Manager, Senior Manager and Director in various team-related tasks, resolution of exception items as well as special project-related work
• Oversee and monitor team productivity, staffing and work volume information and report to Manager/Senior Manager on a weekly basis.
• Provide guidance and coaching to immediate team staff.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Creates an environment in which his/her team pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML/ATF risk and conduct risk, including but not limited to responsibilities under the Operational Risk Management Framework, Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework, AML/ATF Global Handbook and the Guidelines for Business Conduct.
• Builds a high performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment; communicating vison/values/business strategy and managing succession and development planning for the team.

Candidate Requirements/Must-Have skills:

• 5-7 Years as a Financial Analyst
• 3+ Years Working with corporate lending services
• 3+ Years Experience with Loan IQ
• Solid working knowledge with MS Suite – Excel, Word, Power Point etc.,
• Prior Experience providing Customer Service in a Financial Institute

Nice to Have:

• Prior FI Experience
• Credit Facility Knowledge

Soft Skills:

• High attention to detail and ability to stay organized with high volume work load.
• Good time management and organization skills in order to co-ordinate multiple training sessions and complete training material in a timely fashion
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

We are looking for a UI/UX Designer! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: UI/UX Designer Term: Contract – 12 months with extension Location: Toronto – Hybrid 2 days a week Industry: Banking Job ID number: 229   Description Responsibilities Create effective, user friendly and visually appealing interfaces. Design the overall functionality of the product in order to ensure a great user experience, iterate upon it in accordance with user-testing. Design user interfaces for various projects such as digital displays, publications, media, and other creative materials as required. Take a user-centered design approach and rapidly test and iterate the designs. Conceive and conduct user research, interviews and surveys, and translating them into sitemaps, user flows, customer journey maps, wireframes, mockups and prototypes General Skills Relevant experience creating GUI designs based on user interaction and performance Experience as a UX designer, interactive designer, UI designer, or similar role, designing for web and mobile applications Proficiency with design and prototyping tools Thorough understanding of the limitations and appropriate use of web development technologies Experience in designing online programs with emphasis in the emotional aspects of human experience Experience conceiving and conducting user research, interviews and surveys, and translating them into sitemaps, user flows, user journey maps, wireframes, mockups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences Experience designing the overall functionality of the product, and in order to ensure a great user experience, iterate upon it in accordance with user-testing Experience designing and delivering wireframes, user stories, user flows, user journeys, mockups and prototypes optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces Experience facilitating the client's product vision by researching, conceiving, sketching, prototyping and user-testing experiences for digital products and optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces Experience identifying design problems and devising elegant solutions Experience making strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core, and new, functions and features Experience gathering user feedback to configure existing interfaces A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines, managing competing priorities and client relationship management experience Desirable Skills: Knowledge of network security and network protocols   Skills Experience and Skill Set Requirements Price User Experience / Product Design

• Facilitating user experience design research through a number of methods, such as user interviews, diary studies, usability testing, tracking usability metrics, A/B testing, card sorting, etc.
• Synthesize research findings into insightful and concise user research documents, such as user journey maps, personas, service blueprints, and affinity maps.
• Design thinking workshops and activities to lead project teams in ideating on solutions to complex product and service design related problems.
• Knowledge about service design methods to provide high-level “bird’s eye view” documentation of both the front-end user experiences and the back-end infrastructure and service processes that support them
• Lead design ideation and deliver design deliverables to-be service design blueprints, information architecture, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes.
• Deliver functional, accessible, usable, and aesthetically-pleasing user interfaces.
• Collaborate with Business, Product, and Development teams by facilitating product and service design vision and concept.
• Practice ego-free design: be open to giving and receiving feedback, collaborating with and supporting other designers
• Utilize pragmatic, thoughtful design approaches; think critically about what value design activities are bringing to a project, and strategize approach based on organizational need rather than following “textbook” solutions

Communications

• Strong communication skills to prepare documentation, including but not limited to; reports, reviews, assessments
• Ability to present ideas and suggestions clearly and effectively and in a user friendly manner; maintain a high level of customer service to both internal and external clients
• Ability to communicate designs and development in clear and understandable manner
• Ability to communicate with technical experts and business subject matter experts to elicit key information relevant to user experience and service design
• High emotional intelligence skills, with ability to discern between various stakeholders’ interests and find reasonable compromises
• Strong mentoring and coaching abilities; ability to convey design concepts and methods to team members and stakeholders outside of design professions.

Agile Product Development

• Experience working in an agile, sprint-based development environment
• Understanding and working knowledge of iterative product development cycles (Discovery, Agile, Beta, Live)
• Experience collaborating and sharing design tasks with multiple designers on complex product deliveries
• Ability to conceptualize design tasks as part of greater product development team; understand the impacts design deliverables have on other aspects of product delivery

Experience 

• Experience with medium-to-large sized product development / service design projects
• Experience dealing with designing services and products that deal with large organizational complexity
• Experience with leading strategy and execution on product/service discovery
• Experience with Figma user interface design software
• Experience designing interfaces with a design system

We are looking for a Procurement Manager! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Procurement Manager Term: Contract – 12 months with extension Location: Toronto – Hybrid 2 days a week Industry: Banking Job ID number: 229   What is the Opportunity? This role involves the evaluation, development, negotiation, and drafting of third party contracts for the purchase of goods and services in line with business requirements and departmental budgets. The role involves collaborating with internal business partners and negotiations with suppliers with emphasis on the, and preparation of contractual agreements (such as but not limited to: MSA, SOW, NDA, Transaction Agreements, Amendment letters, etc).   What Will You Do?

• • Reviewing procurement requests and determining proper routing of requests
  • Prepare contractual agreements using current company templates
  • Analyze contracts to ensure they comply with company policies
  • Liaising with internal business partners and external suppliers
  • Negotiating with suppliers to secure best terms and pricing for the company

What Do You Need to Succeed? Must-have:

• • 2-4 years of previous experience with contracting best practices, business decision-making, in a Contract Specialist context with increasing scope of responsibility
  • Post-Secondary degree/certification in logistics, business administration, law, purchasing and supply chain management or equivalent working experience
  • Strong market awareness

  Nice-to-Have:

• • Applicable Contract Management, Procurement, Legal experience and/or certification
  • Experience with Contract Lifecycle Management tools (e.g. iValua, Coupa, Ariba, etc.)
  • Finance and budgeting experience
  • Experience in a financial institution
  • Familiarity and experience with Professional Services
  • Familiarity and experience with IT services

We are looking for a Software Developer! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Software Developer Term: Contract – 12 months with extension Location: Toronto – Hybrid 2 days a week Industry: Government Job ID number: 228 Description:

• Review and understand code and architecture of the existing code, and make updates as required to ensure the code is modular and can support scalability requirements
• Code enhancements to existing features and new features as per approved requirements and design direction
• Provide realistic work estimates to support project planning; capture business requirements and update business rules based on the requirements
• Use structured methodologies, design best practices, implement code that is of quality, and clearly documented. The application should function as required, without any defects. The application must operate with the Operating System (OS) and other peripherals as identified
• Create custom reports as required, applying Microsoft Technologies
• Conduct testing, integration, and deployment of the developed changes across the environment
• Review, analyze and recommend solutions to any defects discovered in production
• Fully document all developed code, and transition in a steady state to a full-time resource.

Skills Cloud Experience

• Extensive experience working with cloud platforms such as Azure, Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform

Development Experience

• 10+ years of Cloud Governance Framework, Data Center Migration, Cloud and Hybrid Identity and Access Management, Device Management, Secure Cloud Design and  Implementation,  Secure Network Design in Public Cloud.
• 8+ years of experience with Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Disaster Recovery (DR) as a Service, Storage as a Service, M365, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Privilege Identity Management, Azure Sentinel
• 5+ years of experience with developing code in C# (.NET, MVC, IIS, WCF) as well as Java and Spring Boot
• Experience using SQL Server Database, Azure Data Factory, Elasticsearch in Cloud, Azure Blob Storage, Pipeline, Link Services, Python, Logic Apps, Normalization, Repository Pipeline                        / Release
• Demonstrated frontend experience with using Angular, React, Flutter, Ionic,  AngularJS for development.
• 8+ years of experience with developing code in SQL using SQL Server Management Studio
• Experience with multi-threaded applications and concurrency patterns in C#
• Demonstrated experience with building web applications, web services (SOAP and REST), and Windows client applications

Technical Skills

• Demonstrated experience and competency with Common Language Runtime (CLR), its limitations, weaknesses, and workarounds
• 8+ years of experience with debugging, refactoring and optimization
• Demonstrated experience with and knowledge of object-oriented programming and various design and architectural patterns
• Experience with designing new modules/ functionalities which meet business/client needs.
• Experience in applying fundamental design principles and best practices for scalable application
• Experience with and knowledge of UI Design Principle

Communication Skills

• Strong consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders.
• A demonstrated team player with a proven track record for meeting deadlines
• Experience with building enterprise level applications that protect high-sensitive information
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with public sector governance methodologies (e.g., UPM, architecture gating)

MUST HAVES:

• 10+ years of Cloud Governance Framework, Data Center Migration, Cloud and Hybrid Identity and Access Management, Device Management, Secure Cloud Design and Implementation, Secure Network Design in Public Cloud.
• Experience using SQL Server Database, Azure Data Factory, Elasticsearch in Cloud, Azure Blob Storage, Pipeline, Link Services, Python, Logic Apps, Normalization, Repository Pipeline / Release

We are looking for a Cyber Security Risk Advisor! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Cyber Security Risk Advisor Term: Contract – 12 months with extension Location: Toronto – Hybrid 2 days a week Industry: Banking Job ID number: 227   Description: What You’ll Be Doing You are passionate about information security and risk advisory services and want to join our growing information security group. As a Cyber Security Risk Advisor you will be responsible for consulting on potential risks as well as current trends to help our technology and business stakeholders meet security goals and objectives. Utilizing your relationship building skills, you will partner with line of business and technology teams and help them proactively identify potential risks and present recommendations that are practical and achievable. How You’ll Succeed

• Consulting - Review and interpret requirements documentation, architecture diagrams and solution designs to help determine the feasibility of a project and its security risks. Assess business needs against potential risks and provide your recommendations to enhance our information security landscape.
• Delivery and Execution - You will help us execute detailed threat risk and information security assessments, deviations, coordination of penetration testing and reporting. Help us complete requests from external partners (corporate and institutional clients) and recommend new controls to reduce risks.
• Communication - Build and present documentation to executive management aimed at communicating potential risks and providing recommendations. Provide feedback to and participate in the design and implementation of security assessment processes across the organization. Research, design, and implement security monitoring practices and operationalize these processes across the group.

Who You Are

• You can demonstrate experience in Information Security, Threat-risk assessments, and strong ability to communicate information security risks to multiple levels of management. You will be working in a portfolio that supports functional groups, such as Information Security, Data analytics, Privacy, Human Resources, etc. so experience in these unique businesses is an asset. Experience in Cloud Computing technologies, Exposure to Agile Development processes, and a CISSP certification or other industry relevant certification  is an asset.
• You're passionate about people. You find meaning in relationships, and surround yourself with a diverse network of partners. You build trust through respect and authenticity.
• You're digitally savvy. You seek out innovative solutions and embrace evolving technologies. You can easily adapt to new tools and trends.
• Your influence makes an impact. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You inspire outcomes by making yourself heard.
• You give meaning to data. You enjoy investigating complex problems, and making sense of information. You're confident in your ability to communicate detailed information in an impactful way.
• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values – trust, teamwork and accountability.

Must Haves:

• Cybersecurity experience
• Experience in Risk advisory
• Experience with Archer
• Relationship management experience
• Strong communication skills

Nice to have:

• Experience on US projects will preferred
• Banking/financial industry experience
• Experience (Information security – risk advisory)
• Cloud Azure experience

Soft Skills:

• Strong communication skills
• Relationship management

We are looking for a Senior FullStack Developer! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Senior FullStack Developer Term: Contract – 6 months with extension Location: Toronto – Hybrid 2 days a week Industry: Financial Job ID number: 226   Description: Mandate description: What you'll do here:

• Develop system specifications, code, modify, test and debug computer programs under general supervision, in accordance with established planning and deadlines.
• Develop/support web applications in Angular and Java services in Agile mode
• Master the technical and business features of the system to be able to explain them to other colleagues, while interacting effectively with users.
• Translate requirements into technical specifications / software components.
• Ensure the design and modeling of programmatic solutions for complex problems achieving documented functional and non-functional requirements.
• Review design as part of deliverables (Code and Design Quality).
• Support and guide the project team in development activities to ensure the quality of the code delivered while meeting project deadlines.
• Write unit and integration tests for each function in which development is required.
• Participate in the implementation of regression testing strategies to improve the stability of the application components.
• Support in the development of major systems using new Web and application technologies
• Improve and/or develop functionalities to meet the needs of users by designing solutions, solving problems, producing estimates of the work to be done and by programming, testing, debugging and documenting the work
• Brainstorm technical solutions with other team members, making prototypes, as needed
• Need to interact on a regular basis with colleagues across the country

What you bring to the table:

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or any combination of equivalent education and experience
• 8 years of software development experience
• Ability to analyze and synthesize data
• Initiative and ability to work under pressure
• Can work in a team and detail oriented

MUST HAVE: Skills Required:

• Knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript and Typescript is a must
• Excellent coding skills in Java, Spring, Springboot (required)
• Excellent knowledge of Angular framework (required)
• Knowledge of GIT (required)
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools (Openshift, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• An Agile/Scrum/Safe and DevOps mindset.

Our stack:

• Architecture: Micro-services – Micro-frontends
• Web: Angular – Java – Spring Boot – Spring Cloud – MongoDB
• Tools: GitHub – JIRA – Confluence – Teams – IntelliJ – Postman – Maven
• CI/CD: Jenkins – Veracode – SonarQube – Prisma Cloud – Argo CD
• Hosting: Docker - Kubernetes – OCP

Languages spoken and written: English, French Technologies demandées / Technologies required:

• Java
• Git
• Angular
• Spring
• Jenkins

On-call required: Being available to do 1 one night release per month Nice Have:

• This role is in Montreal and they need to go into the office 2 days a week. 2020 Robert-Bourassa.
• Bilingual English and French is requirement but the more fluent they are the better obviously.

We are looking for a AWS Solutions Designer! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: AWS Solutions Designer Term: Contract – 6 months with extension Location: Toronto – Hybrid 2 days a week Industry: Banking Job ID number: 225   Skills Experience and Skill Set Requirements Technical Skills

• 5+ years of experience in software development and delivery track record in a range of technical roles
• ideally 3 yrs of experience in AWS cloud using AWS Services and tools, including Lambda, AWS Connect, API Gateway, Amazon Lex, AWS CLI, Kinesis, S3,KMS,Glue, DynamoDB, RDS, Amplify, and other core AWS services.
• Experience setting up environments and mechanism using tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Maven and Jenkins or similar tools
• Knowledge of AWS cloud and AWS connect ecosystem and integration
• Creation, management, and maintenance of AWS & related cloud-based production system.
• Deployment and automation of packages for cloud-based system
• Extensive experience in design, development and implementation of an Amazon Connect cloud-based contact center solution. Services including, but not limited to: Call and Queue Flows, Agent Experience, Call Recording, Metrics, Contact Lens, CTR Data analysis
• Knowledge of the following Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies Amazon Pinpoint, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams and Amazon Polly
• Proficiency in AWS CLI and AWS SDK, including writing Infrastructure as code using AWS CloudFormation and IAM Roles with AWS security best practices.
• Experience in scripting languages like Python, Bash, PHP, Java, JavaScript, Node, etc.
• Experience in build tools like Git, Ansible, Chef, Puppet etc. for continuous integration
• Knowledge of container-based virtualization technology like Docker
• Familiarity with monitoring solutions such as CloudWatch, CloudTrail, etc.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for deploying applications on AWS.
• Proven implementation of cloud security models, particularly identity, network, and encryption
• Knowledge of Gitlab or other DevOps tools and CI/CD integration
• Ensuring availability, performance, security, and scalability of AWS & related production systems.
• Excellent knowledge in managing AWS resources and configuring Amazon VPC, AWS Firewall, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, auto-scaling, AWS IAM, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda, Amazon Aurora DB, Amazon Redshift, Active MQ, AWS CloudTrail, AWS CloudWatch, and other services in the AWS family.
• Provision of critical system security by leveraging best practices and prolific cloud security solutions.

Core Skills and Experience 10+ years of experience with:

• Developing and maintaining system design models, technical documentation and specifications
• Experience setting up environments and mechanism using tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Maven and Jenkins or similar tools
• Knowledge of IVR and Workflow.
• Experience in scripting languages like Python, Bash, PHP, Java, JavaScript, Node, etc.
• Experience in build tools like Git, Ansible, Chef, Puppet etc. for continuous integration
• Knowledge of container-based virtualization technology like Docker
• Integration experience in building and using APIs
• Experience applying industry web, architectural and security standards and best practices
• • Providing recommendations for architecture and process improvements.
• Definition and deployment of systems for metrics, logging, and monitoring on AWS and related platform.
• Designing, maintenance and management of tools for automation of different operational processes.
• Evaluation of new technology alternatives and vendor products.

Contact center domain Experience/Public sector experience

• 5+ years of experience working with implementing Contact center solutions
• Knowledge of Public Sector Enterprise Architecture artifacts (or similar), processes and practices, and ability to produce technical documentation that comply with industry standard practices
• Knowledge and experience with Contact center implementation in Public sector setting
• Experience adopting and adhering to Public Sector Unified I&IT Project Methodology, Public Sector Enterprise Architecture and Public Sector Gating process, and Public Sector Standard Systems Development Methodologies
• Experience with large complex IT projects.

General Skills

• Proven technical leadership skills with ability to identify areas for improvement, and recommend solutions
• Exceptional analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication, and presentation skills
• Proven troubleshooting and critical thinking experience
• Demonstrated ability to apply strong listening skills to facilitate issue resolution
• Effective consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders with proven track record for building strong working relationships
• Strong interpersonal, facilitation and negotiation skills with ability to build rapport with stakeholders and drive negotiations to a successful outcome
• Excellent customer service skills, including tact and diplomacy to ensure client needs are managed effectively
• A motivated, flexible, detail-oriented and creative team player with perseverance, excellent organization and multi-tasking abilities, and a proven track record for meeting strict deadlines.

Description The Solution Designer will:

• Provide expertise on Integration design and using APIs
• Participate in the development / integration of solutions and provide advice on short/long term solution service development activities
• Produce integration plans, inputs into configuration and development project
• Provide recommendations for architecture and process improvements
• Provide senior level expertise in AWS cloud platform

Must Haves: 

• 5+ years of experience in software development and delivery track record in a range of technical roles
• Ideally 3 yrs of experience in AWS cloud using AWS Services and tools, including Lambda, AWS Connect, API Gateway, Amazon Lex, AWS CLI, Kinesis, S3,KMS,Glue, DynamoDB, RDS, Amplify, and other core AWS services.
• Experience setting up environments and mechanism using tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Maven and Jenkins or similar tools

We are looking for a Database Analyst! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Database Analyst Term: Contract – 6 months with extension Location: Toronto – Hybrid 2 days a week Industry: Banking Job ID number: 225   SUMMARY OF DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITIES: Review, evaluates, designs, implements, and maintains company database(s). Identifies data sources, constructs data decomposition diagrams, provides data flow diagrams and documents the process. Writes codes for database access, modifications, and constructions including stored procedures. Plans, coordinates, and supervises complex informatics assignments; designs and applies new methods and procedures; may supervise staff Employ expert modeling techniques and data driven development methods. Define and implement incorporated data standards. Direct the assessment and evaluation of specialized administration tools, etc. Determine interrelationships between solutions and requirements. Formulate and recommend to management new and/or modified data policies. Prepare language for and negotiate contracts. Communicate market data administration concepts to management, staff and clients. Prepare and deliver training on data administration strategies, concepts, etc. Must Have: 

• Database analyst experience
• Regulatory experience
• SQL
• SAS
• Modify, build and run programs/queries

Nice to Have:

• Retail banking experience
• Real estate lending experience
• PowerBI experience
• SAS certifications

We are looking for a Project Manager! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Project Manager Term: Contract – 6 months with extension Location: Toronto – Hybrid 2 days a week Industry: Banking Job ID number: 225   What we're looking for: A candidate that has demonstrated they have the ability to manage large projects and can delegate/hold people accountable. A candidate that can articulate specific experiences/examples of their PM experience in an interview. How will performance be measured: Deliverables, project artifacts- measures on ability to use those. MUST HAVE:

• PM experience
• MS Project experience
• Demonstrated experience – need to be able to give examples of Project mgmt experience in the interview (missing piece from previous interviews)
• PMP Certification
• Strong ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels.

NICE TO HAVE L and D experience (highly desired) Reporting to the Manager, Learning Enablement, Learning & Development, the L&D Project Manager will partner with individual businesses, Learning Solutions Architect, vendors, and the broader L&D team to oversee and ensure end to end delivery of high quality, innovative, diverse, multi-modal blended learning solutions on a variety of learning projects that support business priorities, enable people strategies and impact key business measures. Job Requirements

• In partnership with business-specific Learning Solutions Architects, lead the end to end planning and execution of mid-high complexity learning and development projects and programs which entail design, development and delivery of internal or outsourced enterprise-wide and business specific solutions.
• Understand the learning development and delivery processes specific to the client that deliver various learning formats including virtual classroom, eLearning, webinars, self-led learner pathways and workshops of learning and development programs
• Support the vendor engagement and onboarding process when third party learning partners are engaged
• Develop and implement effective stakeholder engagement and strategies leveraging key project management assets e.g. charter, project schedule, change requests to ensure tight governance control and risk management throughout the project/program
• Be an active member of the Learning Enablement team and share your subject matter expertise in project management, including knowledge of best practices and emerging trends; maintains best practices in areas of project framework methodologies

Qualifications/Skills/Experience:  

• Proven track record of delivering results and commitment to operational and service excellence
• Minimum 7 years of experience in project management and/or program management, preferably in a learning or adult training environment
• Demonstrate knowledge in the application of adult learning principles for various delivery methodologies.
• PMP certification
• SCRUM certified an asset.
• Thorough understanding of the project management framework and how to effectively leverage project management assets (charters, project schedules, risk management plans, change management plans etc.) to establish clarity of vision and detailed execution plan throughout project life-cycle.
• Strong client focus with an ability to listen and quickly learn about the various clients that the Learning function serves and become a trusted advisor on delivering learning projects successfully
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects concurrently in a fast-paced environment in alignment with changing business priorities.
• Ability to collaborate with multiple internal and external stakeholders and build relationships effectively leveraging sound communication, negotiation, consensus building and influencing skills
• Solutions-focused, "can-do" attitude to foster positive team morale and high engagement on projects
• Sound understanding of how to translate business requirements and design a project delivery approach in collaboration with external vendors and internal delivery teams
• Display agility and strong organizational skills, to demonstrate progress in a fast-paced environment.
• Highly developed critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Solid competency in MS Office suite especially MS Project
• Competency in team meeting facilitation in virtual environments and leverage of collaboration tools like Adobe Connect, MS Teams and SharePoint.
• Experience supporting eLearning across multiple platforms (i.e., HTML 5 output that works on tablets, smartphone and desktop as one SCORM package) is a nice to have.

We are looking for a Business Systems Analyst! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Business Systems Analyst Term: Contract – 6 months with extension Location: Toronto – Hybrid 2 days a week Industry: Financial Job ID number: 224   JOB DESCRIPTION We need a Sr. Business Systems Analyst to join their team.  This is a small but mighty team, and they'd be working with 2 junior BSAs.  This is a 6-month contract and they need to convert to fulltime afterwards. Experienced BSA who comes from a development background— understands application development (.Net, mobile, iOS, Oracle, SQL) who can talk to developers and work with the Business Analysts on the business side to help define process flows and user stories.  Does not need to do any development or interact directly with users, but has to be the bridge between the Business Analysts and the Developers.

• One big project initially will be modernizing large application on the Cloud to incorporate Cloud Native features, hence any experience in this area would be huge help.
• Needs to have strong communication skills- written + verbal.
• Ideal candidate is not incorporated as they have to be serious about converting (and please don't encourage them to get incorporated).

  MUST HAVE SKILLS:

• Senior business system analyst (around 3-5 years in that Sr. role)
• Strong knowledge Azure DevOps
• Agile Methodology
• Cloud native technology – new
• Strong communication skills
• Software development/supporting in house development
• Ideal candidate has come from a technical/development background to understand full SDLC (though no coding is expected in this role)

  NICE TO HAVE SKILLS:

• Commercial real estate, brokerage, marketing, research, finance, HR experience

We are looking for a Business Analyst! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Business Analyst Term: Contract – 6 months with extension Location: Toronto – Hybrid 2-3 days a week Industry: Banking Job ID number: 223   Story Behind the Need Business group: CRM, Sales & Branch Performance - Performance engineering team, part of Customer Servicing engineering in Scotia Digital, focused on providing solutions that assist front line staff across channels in deepening relationship with customers, providing better service and offering better products to them, and help improve sales & productivity along the way. Project: MVP4 initiative of our Retail Salesforce instance – Salesforce MVP for additional functionalities – within Salesforce, they sell additional features and functionalities – what is required here is customization and integration of existing systems to those features Scope of project:

• Leads Management & Prioritization: Delivered in FY23 and provides a prioritized list of Campaigns leads and reporting. Also, cross channel suppression to increase productivity and reduce channel conflict on customer contact
• Calendar & Agenda: Adding agenda/calendar management functionality, end-to end connectivity, self-generated leads, referrals and new reports
• Customer 360 & Pipeline: Customer 360 and a robust Sales Pipeline system embedded in Salesforce, will eliminate most of the swivel between systems and improve productivity across the network, customer and employee experience
• Distributed Marketing & Discovery: Discovery Tool and Distributed Marketing helping our advisors engage with customers at the right time along and standardize how thousands of advisors approach customer discovery

Candidate Value Proposition: The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on application that is used in every banking branch of Canada and is one of the largest apps in the Bank so is a high visibility project; possibility for extension; have the opportunity to work with Salesforce as it is a highly sought tool in the market, enhancing the contractor’s profile. Typical Day in Role:

• Perform analysis, design, implementation, modification, and daily functional support of all applications.
• 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
• Serve as a liaison between users and developers to help resolve prod issues
• Perform health checks after releases to ensure functionalities have been deployed correctly

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

• 8+ years’ experience as BSA, preferably with at least 3-5 recent experience working within a large highly matrixed complex financial institution
• Demonstrated experience having worked on a large project with a budget of over $5 million, with competing priorities with multiple stakeholders
• 3+ years’ experience with JIRA, Confluence, MS Suite
• Experience working within an Agile framework

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Salesforce experience – experience with sub features of Salesforce a strong asset
• Development experience – to have technical mindset in translating requirements
• Project management skills - in order to handle diverse projects, often times simultaneously, and meet aggressive deadlines

Soft Skills Required:

• Ability to solve technical problems/ processes and understand complex details
• Ability to increase operating efficiency with 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
• Ability to create business solutions that increase competitive advantage
• Ability to exercise good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions

We are looking for a Database Administrator! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Database Administrator Term: Contract – 12 months with extension Location: Toronto – Hybrid 2-3 days a week Industry: Banking Job ID number: 222   Story Behind the Need: Global Technology and Enterprise Platform (GTEP) Database operations (MSSQL) team takes care of end-to-end support for Microsoft data platform products across the globe where Scotiabank is present. Physical & logical database services, from deployment, project support and after go live steady state support is the essence of what we do. Reporting to the DBA Manager/Lead, the Database Administrator would be supporting the MS SQL Server on-premises as well as on public cloud. As a member of the database administration group, you will assist in the team effort to maximize the availability, security, and performance of the databases. Candidate Value Proposition: The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work within Scotiabank. We are technology partners who help the business transform how our employees around the world work. You will get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology. Typical Day in Role:

• Configuration planning & deploying MSSQL servers on public cloud and on-premise servers.
• Performance tunning, capacity planning and monitoring.
• Database maintenance/housekeeping including database rebuilds/re-indexing/expansion and archiving.
• Trouble-shoot MSSQL server problems and assist in the resolution of application problems.
• MSSQL Server Software currency resolution including Patching/Upgrades/Migrations.
• Assist in database code promotions & data fixes following internal change control process.
• Disaster Recovery/High Availability (DR/HA) support with backup, recovery and failover/failback of local and remote replicated databases.
• Provide DBA support to development/implementation projects as assigned, doing installations, database loading, migrations, testing, and go live support etc.
• Follow Database best practices, security and change control process of the bank.

Candidate Requirements/Must-Have skills:

• 8-10+ years of progressive technical working experience as a Database Administrator.
• 5+ years of experience with Public Cloud including GCP Cloud SQL (MSSQL) and Azure MI/DBaaS/IaaS database administration.
• Hands on experience with MSSQL Services (SSRS/SSAS/SSIS/PolyBase, R Service, Power BI etc.) and MSSQL Instance/Database Installation/Configuration/Hardening.
• Hands on experience with MSSQL Servers 2022/2019/2017, Database Security, HA/DR, Performance & Tuning, Database Backup, and prior versions DB Administration.
• Hands on experience with Scripting and Automation with Power Shell, C#, VB Scripts, SSIS, TSQL etc.

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Microsoft and/or Google Data Platform certification.
• Windows Servers 2019/2016 and prior versions.
• AD, Firewall IP/Port, domain trust/authentication methods related to MSSQL/Windows database connectivity.
• Application side tuning vs. server-side tuning.
• Setup MSSQL Always-On, Availability groups & Database Replication.
• Logical & Physical Backup/Recovery/Compression techniques.

Soft Skills:

• You have good analytical, problem solving, trouble shooting and automation skills.
• You are a quick learner, with good communication (verbal/written) skills to be collaborate with other technical teams and business stakeholders. This includes attending meetings and sharing technical documentations.

Best vs. Average Candidate:

• Must meet the must-have requirements.
• Previous experience working in FI with regulatory/compliance environment.

We are looking for a Business Analyst! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Business Analyst Term: Contract – 6 months with extension Location: Toronto – Hybrid 2-3 days a week Industry: Banking Job ID number: 221   Story Behind the Need Business group: GWRT - US Technology supports a number of initiatives across the bank particular within the IT space. Candidate Value Proposition

• The successful candidate would get to work with a dynamic and integral team with Scotia. This role would have networking opportunities and exposure to multiple teams throughout the bank.

Typical Day in Role

• Responsible for processing invoices per month for project/Pool and non-project related invoices for two different mailboxes. Validate invoice variables (rate, hours, PO#, etc..).
• Project and Non-Project related invoice processing and validation
• Strong communication skills (verbal & written) to liaise with program/project managers throughout the invoice processing lifecycle.
• Work with vendor account reps on joiners & leavers financials as well as resolving invoice discrepancies.
• Point person in preparing non-project accrual submission.
• Financial related responsibilities which include submitting non-project accruals, maintain invoice tracking file to create aging reports, missing invoice alerts, and provide critical data for all accrual submissions. assistance with hardware and software POs and invoices, data quality checks, new project Idea submissions.
• Resource management: onboarding/offboarding and renewing resources on a monthly basis from start to finish. Responsible for maintaining resource roster for employees and contractors globally.
• Regional and organizational trend reports provided to senior leaders for critical business decisions. Working with project managers and senior program managers in global organization to fulfill staffing needs.
• Ad hock reporting as needed

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

• 5+ years experience in a BA capacity
• Strong working knowledge of enterprise-wide applications such as; CA-PPM (Project Portfolio Management), Coupa (3rd party risk assessment), Icertis (Document/ repository)
• Experience with Contractor Management System: Fieldglass, CMS/Ariba.
• Microsoft suite of applications: PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, SharePoint, Outlook, Teams)

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• MC Hub (Management consulting hub- approval workflow system),

Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical, problem solving, trouble shooting and automation skills.
• Quick learner, with good interpersonal and communication (verbal/written) skills

Best vs. Average Candidate:

• The ideal candidate would have strong communication and organizational skills with the ability to multitask. Prior experience supporting a multifaceted project in a financial institution.

Degrees or certifications:

• Bachelor's degree or related work experience

We are looking for a Program Manager! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!   Type of Employment: Contract Title: Program Manager Term: Contract – 12 months with extension Location: Toronto – Hybrid 3 days a week Industry: Banking Job ID number: 221 Description Position Purpose: Accountable for leading, developing, managing and implementing all the IT project plans for highly complex IT programs. Managing the delivery of functionality, running concurrent projects utilizing shared resources, with aggressive timelines.  The project methodology being followed is both Agile and Iterative Waterfall.  Lead, direct and oversee activities on planning, delivery and implementation to ensure enterprise-wide program strategic goals and objectives are accomplished within approved time frames, scope and budget.   Key Accountabilities:

• Responsible for leading large, cross-organization project teams towards targeted and scheduled outcomes that deliver on the program objectives
• Manage programs with high amount of value (benefit/cost), complexity and uncertainty or manages sub-programs within a very large program
• Integrates efforts, continuously assesses and refines approaches and plans and has the overall accountability of ensuring effective and timely communications to the appropriate parties
• Engages routinely with the client’s executive leadership to communicate project objectives, strategy, tactics, and ongoing progress
• Will provide leadership and facilitate the necessary stakeholder discussion that identifies the business change and drive the necessary consensus to adopt a manageable change strategy
• The Program Manager will direct the IT Project Managers to achieve defined outcomes aligned with the overall business and technical strategies
• Ensures the efficiency and the effective delivery of the all the project plans being developed by the Project Managers, their project management processes, planning, budgets, and risk assessments
• Establish, document and implement Program-wide standards and procedures in conjunction with the PMO
• Provide oversight of all deliverables and activities throughout the program lifecycle and advise project teams on best practices and techniques throughout the program lifecycle
• Translate the project vision into program high level scope, design and executables
• Develop, monitor and execute project plans and coordinate timely execution of major milestones, approvals, sign-offs and implementation
• Create transformational business and/or technology strategies and deliverables that will reshape the business processes to enhance or create significant growth opportunities
• Facilitate schedule and cost forecasting and mentors project managers in determining risk based provisions
• Create metrics and manages with a higher level of information (i.e., at the trends and management indicator level); differentiates between project and program metrics.
• Execute designated program governance activities.  Champion strong governance through the creation of a program decision framework; manage program scope using appropriate fact-based metrics/assumptions
• Monitor and resolve program risks, issues, assumptions, constraints and dependencies
• Guide project team in developing criteria for and participate in the evaluation of 3rd party vendors and software as well as due diligence exercises
• Identify and manage overall program costs, timeline and resources
• Manage financial impacts and forecasts at the program level
• Anticipate and quantify tactical, operational and strategic risks, applying risk-based approach to forecasting
• Manages escalation and resolution of program issues and risks and impact of cross project dependencies
• Participates in weekly program and project status reports review and gather and review critical issues list
• Supervise project closure initiatives, such as client satisfaction survey and closure analysis
• Promotes innovative or improved methods to get work done and implements best practice.  Coaches and mentors project manager(s) development and continuous improvement
• Provide governance and oversight of all project status reports and management documents (Program Charter, Project Charter, DOU, CTD, Project Scope, BOA, FPP)
• Co-chair with BU PM executive committee meetings on a monthly basis

Knowledge & Experience: Must-have

• Bachelor degree in Business Administration, Information Technology or Arts and Science
• PMP certification
• 10+ years experience as a Program Manager
• 10+ years proven experience successfully managing and implementing several large scale, high visibility projects with management of large cross-functional project teams
• Proven experience leading large scale, high visibility projects

  Nice-to-have

• MBA
• Certification in Technology or Computer Science
• Previous RBC or Financial Services experience
• Experience in managing projects for Finance at a FI

  Skills & Competencies:

• Leadership and management experience to lead large project teams
• High level of general management skills including, but not limited to, leading, negotiating, communicating and team building
• Proficient knowledge of Project Management and Project Management Office methodology
• Proficient knowledge of project metrics, including gathering, reporting, trend analysis, creation, and metrics
• Advanced business acumen
• Advanced verbal and written communications skills required to manage communications to all stakeholders
• Advanced ability to identify issues and problems, generate solutions and choose appropriate alternatives using basic root cause analysis
• Advanced user proficiency with all MS Office applications, MS Project and/or Visio

  Attributes:

• Highly organized with superior time management skills
• Strong customer service orientation with good interpersonal skills
• Conceptual thinker, creative thinker and analytical thinker
• Creative problem solving skills and attention to detail
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, detail oriented environment
• Drives for results and high performance for self and team members Primary Responsibilities:

 

• Take the lead on managing the day-to-day activities.
• Responsible for project plan updates
• Lead working sessions with SMEs
• Ensure detailed and well thought out schedule/planning efforts, identification of risks and escalation points.
• Provide accurate and timely status reporting based on mpp updates, issues, risks etc.
• Build and manage effective relationships with key stakeholders, team members, and other business, functional and support groups.