Capital Markets – Business Analyst – IT

Position Title: Capital Markets – Business Analyst – IT
Location: Toronto, ON
Duration: 6 months
             
Story Behind the Need
Business group: GWRT – Derivatives and Structured Product Technology
Project: Modernization project – Building trading application, move the functionality from legacy system using services oriented architecture. Focus on Global equity derivative business line.
Stakeholder management with Front office, middle office, TFRM team & Financial engineer team.
Candidate Value Proposition
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work for a complex business line, on a high visibility project. Will have visibility on settlement of various equity derivative projects.
Typical Day in Role

• Communicating with multiple stakeholders to aid in the implementation of Front office, middle office, TFRM team & Financial engineer team.
• Working with stakeholders across Canada and the US
• Conduct proper documentation
• Gathers requirements from business units and translates those to programmers and developers
• Leverage knowledge of equity products to drive success of project
• Working in an Agile environment
• Work closely with stakeholders within all business functions to assess the current and future states, perform gap analyses, derive business requirements, and design solutions that meets business and regulatory needs.
• Provides expert knowledge of cross-functional and business processes.
• Provides support production issues

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

• 10+ years’ experience as a BA, including experience with documentation, ability to create workflow diagrams, business requirements, etc.
• 10+ years’ experience with equity derivative products within capital markets (stocks, OTC Options, listed options, structured products, Pricing mechanism, Pricing aspects, life cycle invest)
• 3-5 years of experience with P&L Attribution process & Market risk sensitivities
• End to end trading application experience, downstream workflows – Accounting, settlement & confirmation
• 3+ years’ testing experience using both Excel and SQL.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders (front to back office within capital markets: developers, traders, etc.). Back-office exposure is most critical, although the role requires some exposure on collaboration with the front office to understand requirements.
• Experience with Agile methodologies.

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Ability to participate in programming or scripting for automated testing is an asset
• Advanced experience with SQL and databases is an asset
• Jira and Confluence experience is an asset
• Top Canadian banks experience in trading application project

Soft Skills:

• Able to document and clearly communicate with stakeholders
• Team player

Best vs Average: The best candidates would have more experience and product knowledge within equity derivatives. Effective communication and ability to articulate experience will be evaluated in interview. Documentation and ability to test are also critical aspects of this role.
Degrees or certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree a related field required.

Candidate Review & Selection
Structure and Format:
1st round MS teams interview, 1 hour, panel with HM and two team BAs
2nd round in person interview