BA Consultant, Market Risk
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What you’ll do

Develop detailed understanding of current state including data feeds required for Risk Engines and Reporting

Understand changes required in current state to support the future state including Internal Risk Management integration for Trading Book Modernization

Mapping of newly standardized data feeds to data required for Market Risk engines reconciling and explaining variances in old and replacing risk measures

Work closely with business users to understand business requirements and demo system functionality

Prepare high level and detailed requirements specifications for the project in accordance with SDLC objectives

Efficiently perform the day to day business analysis tasks including documentation of requirements, data analysis and UAT

Work closely with development team to explain the requirements, validate the design assumptions for various business scenarios and testing

Support QA team in creation of UAT test cases against business requirements

What you bring to the role

Experience working on projects related to pricing/risk and market data for Risk engines

Previous work with Market Data/Risk Factors sourcing and Scenario Generation, Time Series and Analytical Data bases

Modeling of different product types including Bonds, Equities, FX, Commodities, and Interest Rates etc. Enhancements required in IRM to onboard new product types and produce sensitivities (Delta, Vega, Gamma) and PnL vectors





Understanding of financial Instruments including the various types - Rates Derivatives, Credit Derivatives, Equity Derivatives FX Options & FX Cash etc. and their valuation

Strong knowledge of market risk management (Basel/FRTB, VaR, Greeks etc.) is essential

10+ years previous work experience as a Business or Data Analyst, or in a technical/functional Role

Documentation skills – ability to succinctly articulate requirements, summarize data analysis and present to business users and development team

Proficiency in the use of Python, Linux, Hadoop, Hive, Spark and other big data technologies

Strong data analysis skills are required including analyzing large data sets using SQL queries

Experience building enterprise scale applications involving large data volumes and computations

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or Quantitative finance, Mathematics or related field

Nice to Have

Good understanding of Basel regulatory environment and its evolution and challenges

Professional risk/finance certifications (e.g., FRM, PRM, CFA)

Relevant FRTB SA & Internal Risk Management experience

Working arrangements
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Toronto, ON. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

Note: The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be transparent about role expectations.

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📌 Business Analyst, Market Risk (Ontario)
🏢 cognizant technologies
📍 Ontario