Overview
Business Analyst, Toronto - 4 days WFO. The Systems Analyst (BA) responsibilities will be conducting requirements gathering sessions and other BA activities with a large diverse set of Product Controllers and Finance Controllers for medium to large size project initiative and able to provide high level key deliverable plan and detail breakdown of major tasks; understanding the various Capital Market Products and ability to differentiate various trade economics; mapping and tracing source data to WSB applications and understanding impact; work on requirements gathering and solution design for change requests and major programs. This position requires a lot of interpersonal interaction at all levels within the organization, from technical personnel to high level management, excellent communication skills are a must for this role.

Responsibilities

Undertake BA responsibilities of multiple strategic applications involving Capital Market Products

Understand the various financial products traded on Markets with clients and how they have been modeled (eg: MBS, Bonds, Rate Derivatives); be familiar with booking and settlement process and concepts of trades, positions, and sub-ledger, price valuations

Analyze existing data models built on MS Access and correlate business requirements to gaps in data models and build solutions

Analyze and document business and functional requirements from business stakeholders; lead and facilitate team-oriented sessions to drive requirements discovery, analysis, and review

Familiarize with current data models and systems; perform data analysis and reverse engineering to assess current and future states and perform gap analysis; identify upstream and downstream dependencies

Construct data flow diagrams,



business and system context diagrams; create design solutions; work closely with development teams to ensure proper understanding and execution of requirements in a timely manner

Provide hands-on support during testing cycles including Functional Testing, Systems Integration Testing, and User Acceptance Testing

Adopt Agile methodologies to enable periodic implementations

Scrum management: provide high level deliverable plans and detail breakdowns to user stories and major tasks; guide and lead the Scrum team during all project phases; handle pressure with multiple priorities

Manage risks, assumptions, and constraints for requirements; communicate to appropriate parties

Work with tools and platforms such as JIRA, Confluence, SQL and be willing to learn ad hoc

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree. Preferably Technology or Business

5-7 years of Business Systems Analysis experience in a fast-paced environment

Expert knowledge of SQL and Excel for data analysis

Good Capital Markets product knowledge, particularly derivatives

Proven data analysis experience and project delivery in financial services, preferably in MS Access

Understanding and experience in software development life cycle

Excellent communication skills are critical for this role

Able to quickly and effectively gather, synthesize and drive resolution of project tasks in a cross-functional team

Self-starter and ability to work with minimal supervision

Teamwork & Collaboration – have principles, disagree if needed, and brainstorm

Analytical and creative thinker

Ability to clearly articulate problems and solutions

Detail-oriented with strong problem solving skills

Excellent time management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines

Nice-to-have

Experience working in Banking IT servicing Product Controllers and Finance Controllers

Familiarity with coding languages like Java, .Net

Dealing with Ambiguity

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📌 Business System Analyst - Capital Market Derivatives, BASEL (Ontario)
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