Senior Business Analyst (Capital Markets) | Toronto, CA | Hybrid

IRIS Software, Inc.; Toronto; On-site; USD 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Business Analyst with extensive experience in Capital Markets. This pivotal role involves generating requirements from various stakeholders, analyzing complex financial solutions, and collaborating closely with development teams. The ideal candidate will possess strong financial acumen, particularly in equity products and derivatives, and will be comfortable with data analysis and SQL. Join a dynamic team dedicated to delivering top-notch financial services and solutions, where your expertise will contribute to innovative projects in a thriving environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, with a focus on data analysis.
• Strong financial knowledge in Equity products and derivatives.

Responsibilities

• Generate requirements from front office and risk management for financial solutions.
• Analyze and document current and future state architecture across business technology.

Skills

Data Analysis

Communication Skills

Financial Knowledge

SQL

Risk Analysis

Tools

Sophis

Murex

Calypso

Python

Job description

Senior Business Analyst (Capital Markets)

IRIS Software, Inc. Toronto, Canada

Posted: 3 days ago | Job Type: Hybrid Job Contract | Salary: $150,000

Looking for a Senior Business Analyst with domain experience either in Capital Markets or Wealth management or Digital Payments.

Iris's client, one of the world's largest multinational investment banking and financial services corporations, is looking to hire a Senior Business Analyst. Our direct client is a world-leading financial services company, providing consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial services and products.

Title: Senior Business Analyst
Location: Toronto, ON - Hybrid

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for generating requirements from the front office and Risk management that will include complex business and financial solutions. Frequent interaction with developers, project managers, front office, quants, and functions.
• Participate in design and analysis, including understanding deliveries encompassing pricing, risk, trade flow.
• Understand and document current and future state architecture and functional processes across the Equity derivatives business technology framework.
• Major contributor in design and analysis of the trading platform, including understanding deliveries encompassing pricing, risk, trade flow.
• Working closely with FO, Quant, MR, various support teams, and other IT teams on a daily basis.
• Carry out analysis of regression & QA results and formally document the analysis/provide commentary to business users.
• Work closely with QA and DEV team for root cause analysis for system upgrade GUI/batch test issues and breaks.

Must have:

• 8+ Years Business Analyst experience, including data analysis experience, such as assessing the data, performing data mining & mapping, defining data lineage & transformation rules.
• Detailed financial knowledge within areas previously supported, in Equity products both cash and derivatives (Options, Futures, Swaps, Exotics, etc.), ideally with experience in other asset classes as well (Fixed income, commodities, multi-asset), including pricing, risk, and P&L.
• A good understanding of P&L analysis, attribution, risks, Greeks, and VaR.
• Comfortable with SQL.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with 3rd party applications a plus (Sophis, Murex, Calypso, etc.).
• Experience with various regulatory risk reporting (FRTB, Volcker, etc.).
• General knowledge of front-to-back trade lifecycle: risk frameworks, market data, funding, collateral management, trade execution venues, etc.
• Good understanding of QA processes and Procedures.
• Experience with Python or other programming languages.

About Iris Software Inc.
Iris Software, Inc. (registered as SSA Infosystems in Canada) is a CMMi Level 5 New Jersey based company providing information technology solutions to clients nationwide for over 30 years. Iris has been growing at over 100% annually. In a competitive industry, we distinguish ourselves by reliability, technical expertise, and a history of successfully completed projects for clients ranging from mid-sized to Fortune 1000 companies.