Job Title: Business Analyst

Location: Toronto

Duration: 6 months

Story Behind the Need: This GWRT – Derivatives and Structured Product Technology department is specifically focused on derivatives technology. They look after the end to end application of there in house-built trading platform.

Project: The CAMRA Project will be focused on decommissioning a legacy application and building new strategic workflows for the bank.

• Reason for request: Project – Workload

Candidate Value Proposition: The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be exposed to various technologies and algorithms that integrate multiple aspects of the bank.

Typical Day in Role:

• Gathers requirements from business units and translates those to programmers and developers • Able to read and write SQL queries as needed • Prepares cost-benefit and return-on-investment analyses to aid in decisions on system implementation • Demonstrates an informed knowledge of business functions to resolve problems and capitalize on improvement opportunities • Works with key stakeholders within all business functions to align technology solutions with business strategies • Supports one or more highly complex business processes • Works on multiple projects as a project team member • Serves as a liaison between the business community and the IT organization in order to provide technical solutions to meet user needs

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

1. 5+ years’ experience working as Business Analyst within Capital Markets industry 2. 5 + years’ experience reading and writing SQL queries 3. Strong communication skills – able to articulate and communicate with team any suggestions / improvements for project

Nice to have skills:

• Recent derivatives projects are a plus

Degrees or certifications: Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred

Candidate Review & Selection

• 2 Step process: Brief phone screen, 1 in person