Business Analyst Trading Platform

OMERS; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 72,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pension plan in Toronto is seeking a Business Analyst to support investment operations. The incumbent will provide business systems analysis and support for investment applications, requiring strong analytical skills and experience in project management. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Computer Science or related fields, with 2-3 years of relevant experience. The role promotes a hybrid work model and comes with a competitive salary range of $72,000 to $108,000 annually.

Benefits

Annual Incentive Award

Group benefits

Retirement plans

Qualifications

• 2-3 years experience as a Business/Systems Analyst.
• Experience in defining and supporting investment business solutions.
• Ability to multi-task in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Define business specifications for new solutions.
• Develop test plans and troubleshoot data issues.
• Provide system analysis support in approved projects.

Skills

Business systems analysis

Analytical skills

SQL Server

MS Office (Excel, Macros)

Interpersonal skills

Education

University degree in Computer Science, Commerce, Finance, Engineering

Tools

SQL queries

Power BI

Charles River IMS

Bloomberg

Calypso

Job description

Choose a workplace that empowers your impact.

Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise and experience. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best.

We are a purpose-driven, dynamic and sustainable pension plan. An industry leading global investor with teams in Toronto to London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 640,000 members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.

Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work.

Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us.

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This is an opportunity to join a fast-paced team, working to support our partners within OMERS Capital Markets, Total Portfolio Management, and Corporate Finance, while performing functions to deliver on our pension promise. The team supports investment professionals on a day-to-day basis, as well ongoing projects to delivery new capabilities, refine workflows, and align to the strategic roadmap. The incumbent will be responsible for providing business systems analysis, development & maintenance support for investment applications. The incumbent will function in a team-oriented context with opportunities for interacting directly with investment business partners.

Scope of Position

Reporting to the Manager, Trading Platform, Capital Markets Finance, the Business Analyst role responsibilities include defining business specifications for new solutions & integrations, developing test plans, upgrading applications, developing reporting and troubleshooting data issues. The role requires an excellent understanding of investment business processes and experience maintaining & supporting investment applications combined with excellent analytical project work skills, including requirements analysis and documentation, root cause analysis of production issues, testing of application or integration changes, and implementation change management. The position requires strong analytical skills coupled with investment operations knowledge (both Front, Middle & Back Office) and systems implementation and application maintenance experience. It requires strong interpersonal, organizational and project management skills combined with the ability to readily adapt to rapidly changing investment and technology environments.

Responsibilities

• Acquires detailed knowledge of the business uses of the applications and services (in both Investment Front Office and Investment Operations context) currently implemented in support of our partners and provides proactive application support to individual users to assist in meeting business program objectives.
• Provides business system analysis support in approved projects with respect to the identification of automation opportunities, assistance in workflow design development, and software evaluations.
• Assumes responsibilities in project activities including the definition of business requirements, design and implementation of system interfaces, testing, documentation, upgrades of investment applications, data conversions and reconciliations.
• Provides support to users in the development of new reports and in the resolution of reporting and other data issues.
• Provides problem solving, troubleshooting of issues, and consulting support for newly implemented investment system functions.
• Assumes responsibilities in developing test cases, implementation plans, defining workflow solutions, controls, standards, and naming conventions within applications.
• Develops user manuals, application documentation and application training programs.
• Develops effective working relationships with investment management and operations groups, custodian, auditors, systems vendors, and others in the industry.
• Works cross-functionally with other analysts within the group/floor, IT Infrastructure, and Vendors as appropriate to facilitate the roll-out and ongoing support of major application additions, enhancements, workflows, and upgrades for our partners.

Qualifications

• University degree in Computer Science & Mathematics, Commerce & Finance, Engineering, or equivalent industry-related business experience; completion of Canadian Securities Course an asset.
• A minimum of 2 - 3 years experience as a Business/Systems Analyst with exposure in relevant investment systems implementation activities. Investment applications including trading, portfolio management & analytics tools on various platforms with emphasis on SQL Server based products.
• Demonstrated project skills and experience in all phases of solution development life cycle.
• Experience in defining, implementing, and supporting investment business solutions.
• Experience in investment business operations with thorough understanding of trading and portfolio accounting.
• Experience with developing integration between investment applications and development of data feed interfaces is beneficial.
• Experience in Front Office Trading Applications, as well as middle/back office applications (including but not limited to Charles River IMS, Omgeo, Bloomberg, Calypso) is beneficial.
• Experience with SSRS and ODBC report writers is beneficial. Experience with SQL queries and Power BI.
• Working knowledge of MS Office including Excel spreadsheets, with intermediate skills in Macros, pivots, real time links/queries.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to foster effective team dynamics.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to facilitate the implementation of application systems to meet business objectives.
• Ability to multi-task effectively in fast-paced, multiple project environments.
• Knowledge of the investment lifecycle and data domains for exchange traded and OTC products, including exotic instruments.

And you demonstrate

• High standards of business and ethical values including the ability to deal with confidential information
• A people-first focus with a desire to develop meaningful, positive relationships across all levels of the organization
• A teammate mentality coupled with servant leadership
• A sense of urgency, optimism, and a desire to deliver excellence
• An uncompromising focus on outcomes
• A desire to drive debate, to speak candidly and to listen empathetically; and
• Strong orientation towards strategy, change and results
• A continuous improvement mindset
• A passion for delivering “beautiful work”

We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. In delivering on our pension promise, keeping us connected to our work and each other,our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come in to the office 4 days per week.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.The expected salary range for this position is $72,000.00 - $108,000.00 per year.

You may also be eligible to receive an annual Incentive Award pursuant to our Short-term Incentive plan and our Long-Term Incentive plan (if applicable), and to participate in our group benefits and retirement plans – details on these elements of compensation are included within OMERS & Oxford offer letters.

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are used to support certain stages of the OMERS recruitment process. While AI assists us in our process, human judgment and decision-making remain central to our candidate experience.