Business Analyst - Investment Banking

Title: Business Analyst - Investment Banking

Location: Montréal QC H3A 2A6

Email Address: davidm@kyyba.com

PR: $90 to $100/hr on T4

About Kyyba:

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI, Kyyba has a global presence delivering high-quality resources and top-notch recruiting services, enabling businesses to effectively respond to organizational changes and technological advances.

At Kyyba, the overall well-being of our employees and their families is important to us. We are proud of our work culture which embodies our core values; incorporating value, passion, excellence, empowerment, and happiness, creates a vibrant and productive atmosphere. We empower our employees with the resources, incentives, and flexibility that they need to support a healthy, balanced, and fulfilling career by providing many valuable benefits and a balanced compensation structure combined with career development.

Job Description:

1. Perform the role of a Business Analyst at least of 80 % of the time and may be required to perform also the role of a Project Manager on certain projects.
2. Liaise with Finance, Risk, IT and Business users and representatives to understand needs, collect requirements (user, system, function, etc.) and prepare deliverables such as Business Requirement Documents, Functional Specifications Documents, Test Documents, Project Schedules, etc.
3. Implement accounting rules/schemas and required controls for various financial products for prime brokerage/broker dealer, corporate finance, ALM Treasury, Forex, etc.
4. Build and implement interfaces/feeds from operating systems down to the ledger along with various controls to ensure high quality business and accounting data.
5. Build and implement interfaces/feeds from the ledger downstream to other systems for the production of various reports: financial, risk, regulatory, management, etc. along with the controls to satisfy the quality requirements and established SLAs.
6. Contributes to preliminary studies in liaison with the business line.
7. Helps, where appropriate, to monitor the portfolio and prioritize requests within the scope of activity.
8. Clarifies, performs critical and constructive analysis and, where appropriate, compares the business line’s needs against the entity’s strategic plan.
9. Ensures that the solution meets the requirements set out to cover the business line’s needs.
10. Formalizes the expression of need and ensures it is approved by the business line.
11. Defines, formalizes and obtains approval of the requirements set out to cover the expression of need in collaboration with the contributors involved, in accordance with the entity’s practices.
12. Carries out or helps with the test activities within the functional scope.
13. Supports the business line in carrying out user tests.
14. Contributes, in conjunction with the business line, to change management and roll out for the end customer.
15. Helps to identify business line impacts generated by the solution and with the development of action plans.
16. Acts as the contact person within the project and/or maintenance teams and for the business line in relation to data and functional aspects.
17. Shares knowledge about the area of expertise and provides functional support.
18. Carries out reporting in accordance with the operating rules and practices defined for the scope.
19. Helps with the coordination of user communities.
20. Build partnerships with assigned development and stakeholder teams.
21. Manage projects through entire project lifecycle from feasibility study to delivery.

The strengths and skills that will help you succeed:

1. Bachelor’s degree or relevant Master degree in business, accounting or information technology (or international equivalent).
2. Qualified accountant or other relevant professional qualification with background in accounting.
3. 5 years of experience as a business analyst with proven experience in writing Requirements (Business, Functional, Technical, etc.), Use/Test Cases, Test Plans and other project deliverables.
4. Knowledge on the Corporate Investment Banking products, Accounting and Financial and Regulatory Reporting Systems, Underlying Processes and Technology.
5. Experience with data analytics tools such as MS Excel, Power BI, Alteryx, etc.
6. Strong analytical, management and problem solving skills.
7. Proven organizational skills with excellent multi-tasking and prioritization skills.
8. Commitment to project deadlines, sense of drive and urgency.
9. Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to communicate and relate easily with IT, Finance users and back office managers; and who can influence and align people to a common vision.
10. Demonstrate high ethical standards, integrity, conduct and compliance culture.

Disclaimer:

Kyyba is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Kyyba does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. Minorities / Females / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

It is the policy of Kyyba to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact Kyyba at 248-813-9665.

Rewards:

1. Medical, dental, vision
2. 401k
3. Term life
4. Voluntary life and disability insurance
5. Optional Pre-paid legal plan
6. Optional Identity theft plan
7. Optional Medical and dependent FSA
8. Work-visa sponsorship
9. Opportunity for advancement
10. Long-term assignment with opportunity for hire by client

SELECT AWARDS

1. An INC 5000 company for 10 years
2. Corp! Michigan Economic Bright Spots
3. Crain’s Detroit Business Top Staffing Service Companies in Detroit
4. TechServe Alliance Excellence Award- IT and Engineering Staffing & Solutions
5. Best of MichBusiness winner in HR Wizards & Partnerships
6. Metro Detroit Elite Category: Recruitment, Selection & Orientation for 101 Best & Brightest
7. 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work for in Michigan