Financial Business Analyst

HireTalent - Staffing & Recruiting Firm; Brampton; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A staffing and recruiting firm in Canada is seeking a Business Analyst for a contract role. Responsibilities include gathering requirements from Finance teams and coordinating with IT developers. Candidates should have 5-10 years of business analysis experience, strong finance knowledge, and proven organizational skills. The position is hybrid with 3 days onsite in Montreal.

Qualifications

• 5 to 10 years of experience as a Business Analyst.
• Good working knowledge of CIB’s core businesses.
• Experience with back office accounting systems.

Responsibilities

• Gather requirements from Finance teams.
• Coordinate with IT developers on specifications.
• Resolve operating systems feed-related issues.

Skills

Finance knowledge

Strong accounting skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Qualified accountant or relevant professional qualification

Tools

Calypso

Murex

Axiom

Job description

Overview

Business Analyst – Contract, 6 months to start. Montreal, QC (Hybrid-3 days onsite).

Responsibilities

The work will consist of gathering requirements from Finance teams, design and build 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.

• 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.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Finance professional with good working knowledge of CIB’s 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 CIB 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 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.