Business Analyst – Structured Notes Operations

Summary Of Day To Day Responsibilities:

• Validating and settling equity structured notes.
• Business Analyst – Structured Notes Operations
• The incumbent Analyst will support new issue validation, settlement, and reconciliation functions on behalf of the Retail Structured Notes team.
• They will also be asked to participate in critical projects and strategic special initiatives within Structured Notes Operations that may require broader partnership across client and/or other client enterprise functions.
• Enhance management decision making on policies, processes, products, and services based on insights generated from analytics and reporting to advance the operating model / processes and elevate service quality.
• Facilitate the implementation of policies/processes and/or initiatives to meet functional objectives.

Job Requirements

• Sound knowledge and understanding of Structured Notes, business process and procedures, and transaction lifecycle (e.g., processing environment, applications, software, hardware, products)
• Sound level knowledge with some form of related training and/or related experience or skills; specifically, OTC Derivatives
• Ability to execute on standard and non-standard processes and requests of low to medium complexity with moderate to high- risk/financial impact
• Identifies key operational/ reporting/process issues for own area
• Provides thorough analysis and/or specialized reporting or operational/process support
• Requires general understanding of the overall function and/or businesses supported
• Some complexity in operational/reporting/ process and/or analysis function generally requiring a short-term focus
• Completes work within specifically defined parameters with guidance/ direction from management as necessary

Operations Support

• Support the timely and accurate completion of business processes and procedures according to SLA requirements
• Contribute to business objectives for operational excellence — identify, suggest and actively participate in improving standards, policies, procedures, and solutions
• Continually develop understanding of internal and industry regulations and trends, contributing to team knowledge of emerging issues/risks, and assess potential impacts as it relates to operating policies, standards and procedures
• Consistently exercise discretion in managing correspondence, information and all matters of confidentiality
• Analyze service delivery issues and conduct internal/external research projects and/or contribute to audit reviews; run testing, and generate reports to identify potential solutions within client’s risk appetite that enhance the customer experience and support business objectives
• Ensure documentation that is prepared / completed is accurate and properly reflects client / business intentions and is consistent with relevant rules / regulations
• Contribute to the development/delivery of presentations/ communications to management or broader audiences
• Maintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite; adhere to enterprise frameworks and methodologies that relate to operations activities for own area (e.g. Anti-Money Laundering, Business Continuity Management)

Experience and/or Education

• Undergraduate degree/ college diploma
• 3+ year relevant experience

Must Have:

• Ability to work under pressure
• Structured notes experience
• Capital markets experience/OTC derivatives
• MS Office- proficient

Nice To Have:

• Equity derivatives experience

Job Details

Job ID: 13161
Contract Duration: 6 Months
Location: Toronto