Business Analyst

Procom; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Montreal is seeking a Business Analyst to manage the development of the General Ledger and regulatory reporting systems. This role involves liaising with various stakeholders across multiple locations and analyzing business requirements. Candidates should have a strong finance background, with 5-10 years of relevant experience and qualifications. Excellent communication and organizational skills are necessary, as well as familiarity with financial systems such as Calypso and Murex.

Qualifications

• 5 to 10 years of experience as a Business Analyst in Finance.
• Extensive experience in accounting systems and regulatory reporting.
• Good understanding of finance and IT functions within a Bank.

Responsibilities

• Analyze user requirements and business processes.
• Liaise with users and internal teams across various locations.
• Provide Subject Matter expertise for finance processes.

Skills

Finance knowledge

Analytical skills

Strong accounting skills

Interpersonal skills

Documentation skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Qualified accountant or relevant professional qualification

PRINCE2 qualified (preferred)

Tools

Calypso

Murex

Axiom

UBIX

WKFS

Job description

MISSION AND OBJECTIVES

The Business Analyst is responsible for delivering projects and managing the development and support of the General Ledger (accounting system) and regulatory reporting.

The Business Analyst position will be dedicated to the integration of business and regulatory projects into the accounting platform. Typical projects include:

• Development of operational system interfaces across products from trading and back office systems for enhancement of existing or launch of new businesses
• Enhancing and configuring the general ledger to support new reporting/legal/regulatory requirements and projects for operational efficiency

The team works closely with IT and users in Finance, middle (Risk) and Operations, and other Finance and reporting systems teams.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Main responsibilities will include:

• Analyzing user requirements and business processes
• Liaising with users and internal counterparts from Finance, IT and Operations in NY, Montreal, London, Paris and Mumbai
• Providing users with Subject Matter expertise for finance processes and systems
• Liaising with end-users for requirements gathering, UAT and migration testing up to successful delivery of the expected solution
• Developing functional specifications for delivery to IT
• Ensuring IT developments are in line with the functional specifications
• Performing integration testing and User Acceptance Testing
• Ensuring on-time quality delivery of all activities assigned

REQUIREMENTS

TRAINING AND OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Proven experience as a Finance professional with good working knowledge of core businesses, in particular a good knowledge of the financial systems
• A good understanding of the finance and IT functions in the context of a Bank
• A solid background (5 to 10 years of experience) in a role of Business Analyst
• Extensive experience in working with users and their interaction with IT and systems
• Experience of working with back office systems in terms of accounting and profit and loss flows such as Calypso, Murex, OMR, UBIX
• Experience of accountancy systems (3rd party or in-house)
• Experience of regulatory reporting systems such as offerings from Axiom, WKFS, Lombard Risk
• Knowledge of RDJ or other accounting interpretation engines

ESSENTIAL SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

• Qualified accountant or other relevant professional qualification
• PRINCE2 qualified or other is a benefit but not essential

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS

• Good understanding of the products traded by an Investment Bank: Foreign Exchange, Interest Rates derivatives, securities, Repos, Credit derivatives
• Strong accounting skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Proven organizational skills with excellent multi-tasking and prioritization skills
• Good systems skills, good understanding of IT databases (although programming skills are not required)
• Good documentation skills
• Ability to work independently
• Commitment to project deadlines, sense of drive and urgency
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to communicate and relate easily with IT, Finance and back office users