Fitch Group, Inc.

Business Analyst, Associate Director

Fitch Group, Inc.

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Toronto • 🇨🇦 Canada

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Engage directly with business stakeholders and end users to elicit, validate, and refine requirements
  • Align technology solutions with business strategies and translate needs into clear, testable requirements
  • Partner with Product Owners to ensure requirements support business value and stakeholder needs
  • Drive business value realization through clear requirements and outcome focus
  • Partner with Delivery Owners and technical teams on Agile processes including story creation, backlog refinement, and sprint planning
  • Ensure requirements are delivery-ready, sequenced appropriately, and support continuous flow
  • Surface delivery risks early; drive mitigations with clear ownership
  • Ensure requirements quality; hold self and others accountable for clear, testable requirements
  • Drive continuous improvement in requirements practices
  • Educate squad members on business goals and software value; emphasize outcomes
  • Drive implementation of AI-enabled practices to accelerate requirements gathering and validation
  • Lead AI enablement initiatives; identify opportunities where AI can accelerate requirements work
  • Learn and apply AI-enabled tools for requirements gathering, documentation, and analysis
  • Mentor Business Analysts on responsible AI use and establish standards for AI-assisted practices
  • Champion AI literacy within requirements management
  • Provide estimation insights and identify risks related to requirements clarity and technical feasibility
  • Perform data profiling to validate requirements and document data flows
  • Partner with Engineering and Data teams on non-functional requirements
  • Ensure requirements documentation is comprehensive, current, and enables effective delivery
  • Facilitate complex requirements sessions and maintain documentation in tools (Jira, Confluence)
  • Ensure requirements artifacts accurately reflect business needs and are actionable
  • Provide executive-ready updates on requirements status, risks, and dependencies
  • Mentor and lead business analysts, enhancing their skills and career development
  • May provide work direction to Business Analysts within the tribe
  • Model accountability culture; demonstrate ownership of requirements outcomes
  • Contribute to training programs and capability-building initiatives
  • Participate in Agile Delivery Center of Excellence and Communities of Practice
  • Share innovations, develop standards and playbooks, and elevate business analysis capability
  • Lead requirements management best practice development and adoption

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, or related field; or equivalent experience
  • 6-8 years in business analysis, with proven track record in Agile environments
  • Certification in Business Analysis (CBAP, CCBA) or Agile (PMI-ACP, CSM)
  • Demonstrated experience translating complex business needs into technical requirements
  • Proven track record delivering requirements for initiatives with measurable outcomes
  • Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills
  • Experience with data analysis and requirements documentation tools
Benefits
  • Direct impact: Drive requirements outcomes for complex, high-visibility initiatives
  • Modern practices: Drive AI-enabled workflows, continuous delivery, and outcome-focused execution
  • Collaborative environment: Partner with Tribe Leads, Product Owners, Delivery Owners, Technical Owners, Engineering, Data, and Business sponsors
  • Growth and development: Leadership exposure, mentorship opportunities, and ability to develop practitioners
  • Community engagement: Lead initiatives in the Agile Delivery Center of Excellence and Communities of Practice
  • Pioneer role: Lead AI enablement in requirements management and shape how AI transforms business analysis

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
business analysisrequirements gatheringdata analysisrequirements documentationAgile methodologiesAI-enabled practicesbacklog refinementsprint planningdata profilingnon-functional requirements
Soft skills
stakeholder managementfacilitationcommunicationmentoringaccountabilitycontinuous improvementleadershipcollaborationoutcome focustraining
Certifications
CBAPCCBAPMI-ACPCSM