Financial Data Analyst

Infotree Global Solutions; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm in Montreal is seeking a Data Solutions Analyst for an 8-month contract to manage product referential data and support data quality initiatives. Responsibilities include data management in booking systems, client support, and processing coordination. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience, an advanced degree in a relevant field, and strong communication skills. Proficiency in MS Office is essential for reporting and coordination tasks. This role requires a flexible and self-driven individual who can manage competing priorities effectively.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in the financial services industry preferred.
• Experienced in managing competing deliverables.
• Comfortable interacting at C-level.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain product referential data for multiple systems.
• Support internal clients regarding data maintenance issues.
• Monitor daily local market data for accuracy.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Communication skills

MS Office proficiency

Prioritization

Education

Graduate degree in related field

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Data Solutions Analyst

Duration: 8 Months

Support the function and team of Data Solutions for Product Referential setups and maintenance in response to internal client needs. The team is constantly evolving its delivery offering to ensure more straight-through processing and implement the principle of one golden source for key referential data.

This department has been established with the following three pillars:

• Product Referential Data Support: setup and maintenance of key product referential data that flows into front, middle and back office applications and has wide ranging impacts on trading, settlement and reporting activities; furthering the “know your data” culture including formal governance of data quality and timely delivery to key stakeholders. The team also captures, challenges, and tests the control framework of the production processes and works to perfect processes and reduce data issues.
• Procedure Management: working with team to ensure cross‑trained capabilities are in place as well as robust procedure documentation to provide consistent in-depth knowledge of the products and processes; coordination with global teams toward the management of this key data in a variety of systems.
• Data Quality: establish a framework to assess and report on the quality of the data used for reporting purposes and an effective remediation team.

Product Referential/Data Solutions Responsibilities

• Creation, update, and management of all instruments and static data in all booking, market data, and settlement systems for equity derivative and fixed income products.
• Ensure the data are correct and accurate and provide enhancements and solutions to allow quicker reconciliations.
• Books and portfolios creation and maintenance.
• Support internal clients for all issues related to product referential data maintenance.
• Build and nurture relationships with stakeholders in front, middle, and back office.
• Define tasks, team workload, missions & objectives for each team member.
• Daily controls of local market data (closing prices, rates, fixings & volatility) used for P&L & risk production.
• Monitor & maintain corporate action events within internal and external systems and communicate details of events to internal clients.
• Coordinate and execute announcements and auctions of US Treasury securities.
• Participate in local and global projects related to process improvements and/or system migrations.
• Ensure appropriate escalation to management and/or permanent control or compliance as appropriate when an issue is identified.

Business Support Responsibilities

• Preparation of KPI and team metric materials.
• Preparation of materials as requested for CIB Americas Knowledge sharing purposes.
• Coordination of senior meetings, organization/preparation of agendas, minutes, and follow‑up as required.
• Support Head of Data Solutions in running projects and oversight monitoring.
• Coordinate business commentaries – weekly, monthly, ad‑hoc and supporting similar commentaries required by certain CIB Americas teams.
• Will be assigned ad‑hoc projects during the course of the year, often of a transversal nature across CIB, with requirements for presentation type deliverables.
• Coordinate, monitor, track and collect deliverables for management reporting.
• Oversight of BCP and BAU across CIB perimeter to ensure adherence to policy.

Profile

• 5+ years in the financial services industry (preferred).
• Currently working toward or holds a graduate degree (preferred; subject area includes Economics, Finance, Business, Accounting, Marketing or similar).
• Sophisticated interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, comfortable interacting at C‑level.
• Adept at managing competing deliverables and prioritizing successfully to deliver workload on schedule.
• Flexible and quick to change gears / cover many subjects for various business partners.
• Excellent MS Office skills – including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Self‑driven but strong at ensuring directives are delivered in a transparent fashion.

Contact: (734) 392‑8166 | [e-mail]