Business Systems Analyst – Capital Markets

Job title:

Business Systems Analyst – Capital Markets

Company

Direct IT Recruiting

Job description

OverviewNOTE: HYBRID work model, office located in TorontoType: 1-Year ContractWork Experience: 7+ years Business Analyst, Confluence, SharePoint, CFA, ITIL, Six Sigma, CBAP, Equity, Fixed Income, Derivatives, FX, Futures and Options, Charles River CRD, Bloomberg, FIX certification, FlexTrade, Tradeweb, PL/SQL, Power BI, Excel Power Pivot, AgileIndustry: Capital Markets, InvestmentsDESCRIPTION:Seeking a Business Analyst in an agile Product and Delivery team. With your deep understanding of capital marketproducts, Core Trading & Pre-Trade Compliance business processes and application knowledge of Charles River (CRD) system, you will have opportunity to apply business analysis practices and product knowledge to enable the delivery of appropriate solutions to achieve business outcomes and benefits. This is a hands-on role that proactively applies analysis expertise in a fast-paced and challenging environment.Who you’ll work withYou will be part of the Core Trading & Compliance (CTC) product team under Asset Management. In this dynamic role, teamwork will be the key to your success as you work collaboratively within a cross functional team such as Product Owner, Scrum Master, Product Engineers, QAs, Production Support teams as well as external vendor consultants in a SaaS environment. You will be supporting and enabling capabilities for our Front Office business partners (e.g. portfolio managers and traders) on product deliverables that encompass break-fixes, small & medium enhancements as well as large and complex initiatives.The key business capabilities that you will be supporting include, but not limited to: order capture, pre-trade compliance, order routing & execution monitoring, trade capture and trade allocation.What you’ll do

• Engages business clients to elicit and facilitate agreement on business requirements (e.g. business value, outcomes, objectives, scope, functionality, etc.) of prioritized initiatives
• Creates business analysis related materials, (e.g. functional and non-functional requirements in the form of user stories, workflows, functional specifications, data mapping, etc.) with appropriate detail and quality for vendor configuration needs as well as for internal coding and testing teams to consume and complete their respective deliverables
• Conceives, proposes and facilitates the selection of viable functional solution alternatives
• Works with business and solution teams to ensure that solutions are delivered in a timely manner and meet intended business value and benefits
• Demonstrates requirements/user stories traceability and, where appropriate, leads the User Acceptance phase of initiatives (coordinate and support UAT test cases creation and execution).
• Actively participates in the analysis, story mapping and documentation process, provides Business Analysis work estimates, grooms user stories to vendor consultants or internal solution teams to ensure clear understanding
• Contributes to the operation and improvement of the delivery team
• Provides knowledge transfer and handover to Business Analyst peers, product team members, and application support teams as required, to foster team learning and ensure post implementation support
• Advocates, creates and maintains product documentation in persistent information repositories (Confluence and/or SharePoint)
• Builds solid partnerships with Business Partners, Product Owners, Product Engineering and Quality Assurance teams, vendors, and other key stakeholders
• Other duties as required
• REQUIREMENTS:

• University degree or equivalent experience (Business/Finance, Financial Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering)
• Asset would be one or more of:

• CFA
• Process improvement methodology accreditation – ITIL, Six Sigma
• CBAP – Certified Business Analysis Professional

• 6+ years’ experience in business analysis or product management in the institutional investment industry
• Extensive knowledge of institutional investment products across all asset classes: Equity, Fixed Income, Derivatives, FX, Futures & Options. In-depth understanding of Front Office business processes including, but not limited to portfolio management, order management and execution, as well as investment front-through-back trade lifecycle and market practices.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with proactive customer focus mindset
• Experience with vendor management. Ability to negotiate and influence to achieve positive outcomes.
• Ability to prioritize, coordinate and complete tasks to meet deadlines
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment, collaborating effectively with business, delivery and technology partners
• Robust understanding of agile (e.g. Kanban) and iterative project management delivery methodologies and the difference between needs and wants
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with multiple levels of clients, team and partners
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of the following business applications & technologies is an asset: Charles River, Bloomberg, FIX certification, FlexTrade, Tradeweb, PL/SQL, Microsoft Power BI, Excel Power Pivot.

Tagged as: Bloomberg, BSA, Capital Markets, CBAP, CFA, Charles River, ITIL, SharePoint, Six Sigma

Expected salary

Location

Toronto, ON

Job date

Sat, 07 Dec 2024 02:37:38 GMT

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