Business Analyst - AI

hire vouch; United States; Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Canada is seeking a Project Manager / Business Analyst to lead finance technology initiatives across the Americas. Hybrid work with 1 day in the Toronto office, 12-month contract with potential extension.

The role blends project leadership and business analysis, requiring deep US financial markets knowledge and experience in Product Control, Regulatory reporting, and Finance IT. The candidate will drive Agile delivery, coordinate across global teams, and ensure alignment of business

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of US financial markets.
• 7+ years of experience in banking and/or financial services technology.
• Strong experience supporting Product Control and/or Regulatory Banking environments.
• Proven Project Management + Business Analysis experience.
• Experience working with financial instruments and P&L.
• Experience supporting regulatory reporting and financial technology initiatives.
• Strong Agile/Scrum and DevOps experience.
• Hands- on experience with SQL and Excel for data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects supporting Product Control and Finance IT across the Americas.
• Run daily Scrum/Agile ceremonies with development teams, including teams based in India.
• Manage project timelines, risks, issues, dependencies, and delivery.
• Provide regular project status updates to stakeholders across regions.
• Identify risks early, recommend pragmatic solutions, and drive issues through to resolution.
• Coordinate across business, technology, regulatory, and development teams.
• Work directly with end users and stakeholders to gather, analyze, and refine business requirements.
• Create and maintain user stories and requirements in Jira and Rally.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and coordinate communication between business and technology teams.
• Translate business needs into clear requirements for development teams.
• Use data and analysis to support requirements gathering and decision‑making.

Skills

Data analysis

SQL

Excel

Agile / Scrum

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Jira

Rally / Atlassian

Confluence

Microsoft Project

Qlik

Job description

Project Manager / Business Analyst – Financial Markets & Product Control

Location: Toronto, ON

Work Model: Hybrid – 1 day per week in office

Contract: 12 months, with potential for extension

Lead High-Impact Finance Technology Projects in a Global Banking Environment

Are you a Project Manager / Business Analyst who understands both technology and financial markets?

We’re looking for a seasoned Project Manager / Business Analyst to join a global financial services environment supporting Product Control, Finance IT, Regulatory, and technology teams across the Americas.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who can move beyond traditional project management and bring real-world knowledge of U.S. financial markets, financial instruments, P&L, regulatory reporting, hedging, and Product Control to technology initiatives that have a direct business impact.

You’ll be an individual contributor and hands‑on delivery leader, working closely with globally distributed development teams, business stakeholders, and technology partners.

Advantages

• Global Collaboration

You’ll work with stakeholders and development teams across: Canada, United States, Mexico, India

Responsibilities

What You'll Be Doing

This role is approximately 60–70% Project Management and 30–40% Business Analysis, giving you the opportunity to influence projects from requirements through delivery.

Project Management & Delivery

• Lead projects supporting Product Control and Finance IT across the Americas.
• Run daily Scrum/Agile ceremonies with development teams, including teams based in India.
• Manage project timelines, risks, issues, dependencies, and delivery.
• Provide regular project status updates to stakeholders across regions.
• Identify risks early, recommend pragmatic solutions, and drive issues through to resolution.
• Coordinate across business, technology, regulatory, and development teams.

Business Analysis

• Work directly with end users and stakeholders to gather, analyze, and refine business requirements.
• Create and maintain user stories and requirements in Jira and Rally.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and coordinate communication between business and technology teams.
• Translate business needs into clear requirements for development teams.
• Use data and analysis to support requirements gathering and decision‑making.

Financial Markets & Regulatory Technology

• Support internal applications related to hedging and regulatory reporting.
• Maintain and update Jira for an internal Hedging application.
• Work with developers and stakeholders on application enhancements and support.
• Support Regulatory Qlik Reporting initiatives.
• Leverage approved AI tools to improve project delivery and support outcomes while adhering to security and data‑handling requirements.

Qualifications

We’re looking for someone who brings both strong delivery skills and genuine US financial markets knowledge.

The strongest candidate will have a well‑rounded understanding of US financial markets and banking, rather than being purely a project manager. The priority is finding someone who combines financial markets/Product Control knowledge, U.S. banking experience, FAS 133/hedging expertise, and strong PM/BA capabilities. The candidate must be comfortable operating independently while collaborating with globally distributed business and technology teams.

Required Experience

• Strong understanding of U.S. financial markets.
• 7+ years of experience in banking and/or financial services technology.
• Strong experience supporting Product Control and/or Regulatory Banking environments.
• Proven Project Management + Business Analysis experience.
• Experience working with financial instruments and P&L.
• Experience supporting regulatory reporting and financial technology initiatives.
• Strong Agile/Scrum and DevOps experience.
• Advanced experience with Jira, Atlassian tools, and/or Rally.
• Experience with project management tools such as Clarity and/or Microsoft Project.
• Hands‑on experience with SQL and Excel for data analysis.
• Excellent communication, problem‑solving, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with globally distributed teams.
• FAS 133 / Hedging Experience

FAS 133 knowledge would be considered a preferred skill for this role.

Experience with hedge structures and underlying financial instruments is highly valuable, particularly:

• Interest rate swaps
• Fixed income
• Hedging applications/systems
• P&L systems
• Regulatory systems
• General Ledger environments

You don't need to know every regulatory code—but you should understand how regulatory requirements impact financial products, systems, reporting, and technology projects.

Required:

• Jira
• Rally / Atlassian
• Agile / Scrum
• SQL
• Excel
• Data analysis

Experience with:

• Clarity
• Microsoft Project
• Confluence
• Qlik
• Cloud reporting tools
• AI productivity tools

Summary

This is an opportunity to join a global Finance IT organization where your expertise will sit directly at the intersection of financial markets, regulatory requirements, business analysis, and technology delivery.

You’ll have the autonomy to operate as a hands‑on project leader while partnering with teams across multiple regions and functions.

If you're a financial services PM/BA who understands what happens behind the numbers—not just how to manage the project plan—this could be an excellent opportunity for you.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity‑seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non‑binary/gender non‑conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [e-mail] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.