Business Analyst - Level 4-Daily

TalentBurst; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Business Analyst in Montreal for a 6-month contract. The role involves gathering requirements from Finance teams, coordinating with IT developers, and ensuring successful delivery of finance solutions. Candidates should have 5-10 years of experience as a Business Analyst with knowledge of accounting systems. This position offers a hybrid work model and involves collaboration across multiple locations including NY and London.

Qualifications

• 5 to 10 years of experience as a Business Analyst.
• Experience with back-office accounting systems.
• Knowledge of regulatory reporting systems.

Responsibilities

• Gathering requirements from Finance teams.
• Liaising with users for UAT and migration testing.
• Developing functional specifications for IT.

Skills

Financial systems knowledge

Strong analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Strong communication skills

Good organizational skills

Ability to work independently

Education

Qualified accountant or relevant professional qualifications

Tools

Calypso

Murex

Axiom

WKFS

Job description

Job Title: Business Analyst – Level 4 – Daily
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Montreal, QC (Hybrid)

Description/Comment:

• The work will consist of gathering requirements from Finance teams, designing and building solutions in LAP and SRS for accounting and risk reporting.
• The role includes coordination with IT developers to ensure specifications are translated in IT programming and with FCOO/Finance stakeholders for the testing phases and transition to production.

The need is to:

• Secure the delivery plan of Finance Group sponsored initiatives by end of 2025 in the context of MAIA program as new requirements from GBA related to RWA calculation/reporting in SRS at group level have been prioritized recently.
• NAR Syndication (Nov release)
• SRS Argentina MAIA program (Nov release)
• LAP Balance Sheet by metier Phase 2 (Nov release)
• NR96/NDOD evolution (to be planned)
• Resolve operating systems feed related issues (Front-to-finance datahub, GFM, Atlas2) in LAP impacting RWA calculations.
• Reduce number of manual adjustments posted by Finance.

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 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 CIB's core businesses, particularly a good knowledge of the financial systems.
• A good understanding of the finance and IT functions in the context of a CIB Bank.
• A solid background (5 to 10 years of experience) in the role of Business Analyst.
• Extensive experience of 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 qualifications.
• PRINCE2 qualified or other is a benefit but not essential

Skills And Behaviors:

• 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.