Senior Business Systems Analyst (BSA) - Payments

Senior Business Systems Analyst (BSA) - Payments

Position Description
This is an exciting time for CGI, and we want you to be part of it. We are Canada's largest independent information technology services firm, and we are still growing! We are expanding in Atlantic Canada, and we need your skills, enthusiasm, and dedication as part of our team.

Your future duties and responsibilities
• Analyze payment transaction data to ensure data integrity and prevent business or technical data leakage.
• Support the analysis, implementation, and enhancement of New Wire payment processing solutions, including domestic and cross-border wire payment workflows.
• Collaborate with business and technology teams to support payment modernization initiatives, including New Wire and ISO 20022 changes.
• Understand application architecture, payment flows, and system dependencies; identify process improvement opportunities.
• Support project planning by contributing to scope, timelines, deliverables, and governance documentation.
• Troubleshoot business and system issues while ensuring business continuity and recovery readiness.
• Ensure system security, data integrity, and compliance with quality standards and best practices.
• Support solution implementation, production readiness, testing, user training, documentation, change management, and post-implementation support.
• Communicate project progress, risks, and issues to stakeholders, ensuring timely escalation when required

Required qualifications to be successful in this role
• Minimum 7 years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst, Business Analyst, or in a similar role within banking or financial services.
• Strong experience with payment applications, including wire processing (SWIFT and FED), and knowledge of ISO 20022 standards.
• Experience supporting end-to-end wire payment lifecycles, including payment initiation, validation, routing, exception processing, reconciliation, and settlement activities.
• Strong data analytical skills including SQL.
• Knowledge of reporting and analytics tools (e.g., Jaspersoft, Tableau) is an asset.
• Self-starter with solid interpersonal skills - projecting a uniquely positive customer-service-oriented attitude.
• Ability to work alone and with other members of a team. Must be a team player with exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Create and maintain thorough, up-to-date, functional and technical systems documentation for projects, design, customization and maintenance actions taken
• Ability to negotiate winning solutions for customers and projects.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple efforts simultaneously and adjust to changes in direction as needed to meet business objective; Make recommendations for system enhancements and changes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Strong presentation and communications skills.
• Knowledge of project methodologies (SDLC, Agile).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within financial services, banking, payments, treasury services, or cash management environments.
• Experience working with payment modernization initiatives and ISO 20022 migration programs.
• Familiarity with reporting, data visualization, and business intelligence solutions.
• Knowledge of cloud-based technologies and modern integration platforms is considered an asset.

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 $75,000.00–$125,000.00. 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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