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Business Analyst

July 28, 2021 by

Location Address: WFH (Toronto)
Contract Duration: 6-month contract

Story Behind the Need: Department is specifically focused on derivatives technology. They look after the end to end applications of there in house-built trading platform.

Project: The Group is working for a Market Data System for calculating Risk. This project is focused on Benchmark rate reform enhancing the banks rate calculations for more structured process.

Candidate Value Proposition
• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to join an exciting new initiative that is engaging new technology for real-time access to market data.

Typical Day in Role
• Works with key stakeholders within all business functions to align technology solutions with business strategies
• Gathers requirements from business units and translates those to programmers and developers
• 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
• 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 to provide technical solutions to meet user needs

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
1) 5 + years' BSA experience gathering requirements within the Capital Markets industry, ideally within Market Risk
2) Experience working in a Unix environment to navigate and pull files (minimum 3 years’)
3) Experience with CIAD version tools (Jira, Containers, Dockers, etc.) – minimum 1-2 recent projects

Soft Skills:
1) Excellent communication skills to work with multiple business users and project managers to ensure technical
2) Ability to work in a fast-paced environment to work within changing requirements as the project progresses
3) Ability to excel under pressure and tight timelines

Nice-To-Have Skills:
– Experience with RiskWatch is nice to have
– Experience working with Airflow is nice to have
– CFA and FRM designations are a plus
– Ability to read / write queries are a nice to have
– Python working experience is 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
• Certifications: CFA and FRM designations

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