Sr Business Systems Analyst - Capital Markets

CG Consulting Group; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Sr Business Systems Analyst specializing in Capital Markets. This role involves defining project scopes, gathering requirements, and leading agile teams to deliver innovative solutions in the financial services sector. You will work closely with stakeholders to ensure the successful execution of complex projects for major banks. The position offers a hybrid work environment, allowing you to balance office and remote work while contributing to mission-critical solutions. Join a team of experts dedicated to excellence and make a significant impact in the fintech landscape.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in business and systems analysis in Banking and Capital Markets.
• Strong knowledge of financial asset classes and derivative products.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and requirements management.

Responsibilities

• Define scope and requirements for technology projects and information systems.
• Gather and document requirements from various stakeholders.
• Develop project vision and manage product backlog for agile teams.

Skills

Business Analysis

Requirements Management

Agile Methodologies

Capital Markets Knowledge

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Team Collaboration

Technical Writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or Mathematics

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

CFA or FRM certification

Tools

SQL

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Sr Business Systems Analyst - Capital Markets

Our client is a Toronto-based IT consulting boutique that strives for excellence in customer service and delivery in financial services and fintech industry. Seeking exceptional software engineering candidates, someone who has successfully delivered large complex projects for Canadian or US banks. They focus on technology advisory, cloud computing, integration solutions, and enterprise big data and analytics. With a team of highly knowledgeable business and technical experts, we provide strategic, mission critical solutions to our clients.

Perm / FT role.
Salary: Market rate + benefits and performance bonus
Hybrid work environment - mix of home, office and client site - generally 3 days in-office/week
Company location: Downtown Toronto

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Define scope and requirements for technology projects and information systems.
2. Gather functional, non-functional, and data requirements from various stakeholders and document them accurately and logically.
3. As a product owner, develop project vision for development team, manage product backlog, prioritize product needs, manage product roadmap, oversee development, and support agile development teams. Lead product functional design based on business and user knowledge. Translate product roadmap features into user stories and acceptance test criteria.
4. Develop specifications for business processes, processing workflows or data flows.
5. Verify the target solution and support the technology to ensure that the target system will meet the requirements.
6. Test the solution to validate the project requirements and objectives.
7. Develop effort estimation for requirements elicitation activities.
8. Facilitate meeting/interviews and communicate requirements to sponsors, stakeholders and project team members.
9. As part of an operational team, investigate and assist in resolving data issues in risk systems.
10. Help and support other team members.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Minimum Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or Mathematics.
2. Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) with experience as a product owner.
3. Preferably CFA or FRM certified.
4. At least 5 years experiences of business and systems analysis in the Banking and Capital Markets areas.
5. At least 5 years in requirement management and planning, elicitation, facilitation and documentation.
6. Experiences working one or more of these functional areas: front office (trading process, market data), middle office (i.e. position, P&L attribution, cash flow monitoring, performance reporting), risk management (e.g. trading credit risk or market risk) and back office (reconciliation, clearing and settlement process).
7. Understanding and working knowledge of the financial asset classes (e.g. equities, fixed income, FX, commodity, and rates) and derivative products.
8. Understanding of data elements (prices, yield curves, etc) and risk measurements used in reporting for financial risk management (e.g. Market Risk or Credit Risk).
9. Knowledge of relational data model and data manipulations using SQL.
10. Thorough understanding of both waterfall and agile methodologies and approaches.
11. Strong Microsoft Excel skills. Able to read and write macros.
12. Excellent in technical and business writing.
13. Logical and analytical mindset.
14. Strong Communication skills.
15. Strong team player.

Key Skills:

Strong Capital Markets knowledge: front office (trading process, market data), middle office (i.e. position, P&L attribution, cash flow monitoring, performance reporting), risk management (e.g. trading credit risk or market risk) and back office (reconciliation, clearing and settlement process).