Bilingual is a MUST

Technology:

• Excel - a must
• SQL – a plus
• Power BI – a plus

Qualifications:

- Proven experience as a Business Analyst or Business Systems Analyst.

- Proficiency in agile methodologies and the agile delivery model.

- Mastery of Excel and other analytical tools.

- Experience in writing requirements, organizing, and tracing them to project objectives.

- Strong understanding of data and the ability to turn data into actionable insights.

- Experience in new system implementation testing and process analysis and improvement.

- Knowledge of insurance or financial industry practices and requirements (an asset).

- Bilingualism (French/English) is highly advantageous.

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

If you are a proactive and results-oriented Business Analyst with a passion for driving change and delivering impactful solutions, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Join our team and contribute to driving business success through effective analysis and collaboration.

The Recruiter who makes this placement gets lunch on me!

Hi Everyone,

I have a new position for Metrolinx. They are looking for 1 Senior Project Consultant. This will halt on Wed, May 1^st at 1pm. Candidate will need to pass a criminal check via Sterling after offer is accepted. We can submit 5 people.

Max IC pay rate is $140/hr

For the submission I will require

• Brief selling summary.
• Pay rate candidate is being submitted at.
• Candidate’s full legal name (first, last).
• Please ensure they can pass the criminal check (via Sterling).              

Position ID: 62541.  See position details below to distribute to potential candidates.

Hello

Please see new position details below for Metrolinx and confirm if you are interested in applying.

Please fill in the below to provide your full legal name and attach your resume on Word format (not PDF).

Frist: ____________________ Middle: ___________________  Last: ______________________

Position: Senior Project Consultant

Contract Period: May 6 – Aug 2, 2024

Work Location: 20 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, M5L 1L5 (Hybrid - minimum 2 days onsite per week)

Expected number of hours: 471.25

Background and Department:

The ERP/Financial Systems team resides in the Office of the Deputy CFO and leads enterprise-wide programs while also supporting other business initiatives and previously operationalized projects. This team serves as the bridge between the DCFO Office and other key stakeholders and understanding pain points throughout the process. The team then implements multi-faceted business improvements to address the pain points, considering governance, business processes, technology, and change management.

Job Description:

This role is supporting a key Finance project and specialized in EPM with specific experience in the technical tool (OneStream). It needs to be a senior person who can provide advice to the project team with knowledge of industry best practices. 

The Senior Project Consultant, Enterprise Business Systems, is part of the Finance Division, Office of the Deputy CFO, reporting to ERP Business Lead. The Senior Project Consultant, Enterprise Business Systems, supports and collaborates with the ERP Business lead and the Financial Systems teams during the Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) project. This role will provide advisory and consultation to the project based on industry best practices, and the individual's practical experiences and business knowledge.

The Senior Project Consultant will:

• Provide advice and consultation on overall project activities and planning to ensure project objectives and business goals are met
• Advise and support on contractual reviews and negotiations with external vendors under the project
• Attend business requirements workshops to understand business needs
• Review and advise on technology and functional solution designs
• Provide support and advice on business process re-design to ensure achievement of business transformation goals and alignment with technology design. Propose improvements to automate business functions, streamline business processes and workflows and make best use of technology to improve effectiveness and user experience for stakeholders
• Develops a thorough understanding of the business goals, transformation needs, business strategies and processes to translate into system functionality and user-requirements to guide designs and development activities
• Support the development and documentation of project deliverables and project reporting, such as: RAID logs, status reports, etc.
• Support the Financial Systems team to identify project gaps and risks with mitigation strategies
• Assists and supports change management efforts (e.g., managing expectations, training strategy, and risk mitigation strategies) to prepare the business units for successful adoption of system changes to achieve business goals

What skills & qualifications do I need?

• Have experience in implementing OneStream solutions farom both FP&A and financial close perspectives
• Experience leading teams to successfully deploy EPM solutions
• Experience with Finance transformation projects including business process re-designs and change management
• Excellent business analysis, technology and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of project management principles and practices
• Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation is an asset

ServiceNow experience is a Must Have

The Hardware Asset Management Associate/Infrastructure Analyst will be supporting the global hardware asset management process within the organization. We are dedicated to managing all infrastructure hardware assets. The role will focus on the end-to-end lifecycle management of hardware assets from acquisition to retirement. The incumbent will also handle the administration of an agile and efficient process that encompasses planning, budgeting, purchase, refresh, optimization, maintenance & support, inventory tracking, allocation, and disposal (ITAD).

• • Minimum (3) years of experience with IT hardware procurement, purchasing, and/or asset management
  • Solid grasp of hardware and/or software asset life cycle management processes including planning, acquisition, deployment, monitoring, decommission, and disposal
  • Experience using management tools, including automated discovery configuration tools and processes (ServiceNow, SCCM, etc.)
  • Knowledge of CMDB and ITIL concepts, particularly Service Asset and Configuration Management (SACM), Common Services Data Model (CSDM), IT Operations Management (ITOM), and IT Asset Management (ITAM)

Canadian Public Sector experience required

• Develops comprehensive documentation and support materials for Program Areas to integrate with identity providers like Okta. This documentation includes user flow guides, How-To-Videos, and integration best practices aimed at streamlining the on-boarding process for Program Areas to Public Secure.
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for residents with provincial Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies, principles and practices
• Demonstrated experience reporting on progress of deliverables, milestones, issues and risks to various audiences, including steering committees and formal status reporting.
• Leads business analysis efforts for systems utilizing Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions in Identity and Access Management, such as Okta, to assess clients' business challenges and opportunities related to identity and access management.
• Facilitates sessions within the Identity and Access Management domain with SaaS vendors and technology teams to evaluate the feasibility of leveraging and customizing SaaS features to meet specific business requirements.
• Documents business requirements in a manner that enables I&IT solutions to be determined and implemented by SaaS vendors.
• Supports the adoption of Public Secure and the onboarding of Program Areas.

Ability to work on Network/Security Project Initiatives along with running the business activities.

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Evaluation Breakdown:

1. Experience with F5 VIPRION in an enterprise environment - 20%

Parameters:

• GTM and LTM? Physical, virt-GTM and LTM? Physical, virtual devices, VMware, Cloud (AWS, Azure, Google) integration experience.
• Core Capabilities-F5 GIG IQ Central Management and deployment, Modern Authentication Using SAML, OAuth and OIDC.
• Web-app proxy Centralizes authentication, authorization, and endpoint inspection via web app proxy.
• Identity federation MFA and SSO Federates identity, drives adaptive multi-factor authentication (supporting FIDO U2F and RADIUS protocols), and enables single sign-on to all apps. Secure API Secures authentication for REST APIs, integrating OpenAPI (or Swagger) files. various project being worked on.
• Demonstration of leading projects and initiatives end to end (technical and non-technical devices, VMware, Cloud (AWS, Azure, Google) integration experience.
• Secure API Secures authentication for REST APIs, integrating OpenAPI (or Swagger) files.

2. Specific Roles Experience in deploying, configuring and managing F5 Instances - 20%

Parameters:

• Creating a tenant Name, AS3 declaration (High - Tenant/low - applications) levels grouping.
• Distributed cloud services WAF, DDoS, Bot Defense, API Security, Client-side Defense
• Fraud and Risk Aggregator Management Data intelligence.
• Multi-Cloud Networking Network and App connect.
• Performance and Reliability App Stack, DNS and DNS load balancer, CDN synthetic monitoring, VCMP, IRules, APM, Back end Servers, VIP, monitor for equal traffic distribution. Enterprise scale projects, problem resolution skills, identifying/communicating the issue .
• Big-IP Security Access Policy Manager, Advanced Firewall Manager, Advanced WAF, Carrie-Grade NAT, DDoS Hybrid Defender, SSL orchestrator.

3. Experience with the technologies and tools of Networking, Security and Tools - 15%

Parameters:

1. Networking - Cisco Nexus, 9k, 7k, 5k, 3k, fex, vdc, vPC, nx-os, ACI, apic, fabric, spine, leaf, end point group, epg, contract, tenant, vxlan, F5, gtm, ltm, virtual server, pools, nodes, irules, profiles, health monitors, DNS, load balancing, apm access policy manager - sso, nac, app proxy, waf.
2. Security Check Point - policy, state, app control, id awareness, smart event (logging), smart console, security management server, ASA/ Firepower, firepower, h/a, snort, cpu profiles, vFW, fmc, IPS, logging, amp, Palo Alto, panorama, appID, userID, wildfire, threat prevention, url filter, autofocus, global protect VPN, vm series, vwire, routed mode, vsys
3. Tools -NNMI, HPNA, Nexus Insight, Netscout, Elastic, AlgoSec Ansible.

4. Experience in Daily Operational Activities and Communication with Stakeholders - 15%

Parameters:

• Demonstrated knowledge and operational support, able to address tickets in a timely manner.
• Prioritize tickets to meet SLA, update tickets weekly to to avoid stale tickets. Reaching out to client via email, IM, Phone.
• CM assess tickets for missing details, address any issues during the assessment stage avoiding deals during the implementation window.
• Review environment pre and post change.
• IM prioritize tickets base on the severity. P1/P2 calls join bridge ASAP, request details from client assess environment and provide finding. Attempt to first rule out networking/security devices then work with client to determine root cause. Engage vendors, lead bridge with vendors, provide regular updates to management.
• Review networking tools, take pack captures. Update the worklogs with finding.
• PM assess the issue, recommendations who needs to be on the call, work with the various teams and vendors to find root cause, reach out the members on the team for input.

Canadian experience required, preferably from the Insurance or Banking industry

Job Description:

• The ideal candidate must possess a minimum of 6 years of experience testing SOX IT General Controls from a large size company either from the Insurance or Banking industry
• They should have a proven ability to multitask both independently and within a team, along with a proficient understanding of auditing techniques and methodology.
• The candidate should proactively manage their workload and report on progress related to SOX testing.
• Candidates with CPA, CISA, CRISC, CISM, CDSPE, or other risk and security designations are preferred.
• Experience working with Archer or other GRC tools is a plus.

Public Sector experience required

• Must have demonstrated experience in Azure Databricks, Delta Lake, Azure Storage, ADF, Azure Analysis Service
• Must have implement, maintain, and support BI solutions in Microsoft and other BI platforms
• Must have extensive experience with Oracle SQL and Spark SQL
• Experience with cloud platform like Azure and working knowledge for cloud migration
• Experience with Microsoft Azure data analytics tools, such as, Azure Data Factories, Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse
• Prior public sector experience 
• Experience working with PeopleSoft data
• Proficiency with Power BI and DAX 

Canadian Banking experience required

Required Skills

• 5+ years people management experience
• 3+ Years of extensive AML experience with 2+ years in FIU Investigations.
• 2+ Years banking experience (international included)
• Understanding of related regulations, such as the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA).
• Experience with a wide variety of ML/TF risks for multiple customer/product types and a solid ability to articulate the risks and your findings in a recommendation summary.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to professionally manage questions and/or concerns escalated by partners.
• Excellent organization skills with the ability handle multiple complex cases simultaneously, while meeting deadlines.

• Excellent team player who is versatile and adaptable to new situations/opportunities within the business needs.

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent technical and computing skills: including the ability to use various searchable databases and Microsoft Office software.
• 5+ years people management experience
• 3+ Years of extensive AML experience with 2+ years in FIU Investigations.
• 2+ Years banking experience (international included)
• Understanding of related regulations, such as the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA).
• Experience with a wide variety of ML/TF risks for multiple customer/product types and a solid ability to articulate the risks and your findings in a recommendation summary.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to professionally manage questions and/or concerns escalated by partners.
• Excellent organization skills with the ability handle multiple complex cases simultaneously, while meeting deadlines.
• Excellent team player who is versatile and adaptable to new situations/opportunities within the business needs.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent technical and computing skills: including the ability to use various searchable databases and Microsoft Office software.
•  ACAMS, ACFCS certifications

Canadian Banking experience required

MUST HAVE:

1. 2+ years Experience working in a bank

2. 2+ years experience in Financial intelligence unit/AML within a bank

3. Investigative experience minimum 2 years

4. AML experience

5. Understanding of investigations on general basis

6. MS suite – excel, word, PP

7. Management experience

8. Certifications – ACAMS, ACFCS

Canadian Financial services or Insurance experience required

• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills, with proven ability to engage with stakeholders in a large, multi-national enterprise context
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Information Technology, Business or other relevant post-secondary education preferred.
• At least 2 years Project and Program delivery experience – preferably in the financial services, wealth management or insurance industry
• Ability to identify and drive opportunities for continuous improvement across the program
• Experience in Agile ways of working, with a strong outcome driven focus
• Excellent comprehension, analytical and decision-making skills
• Self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail
• Highly organized and ability to multi-task
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and PM tools
• Relevant certifications such as PMP will be a big plus
• Experience working on large scale digital transformation programs will be a big plus – preferably with a dynamic global team