Title: Business Analyst
Location Address: Toronto, ON
Contract Duration: 6 months
Our large financial client is looking for a Senior Business Analyst with a focus on Middle Office support with Fidessa
The successful candidate will be joining a high performing team that adapts to new technology and integrates for Front, Middle and Back Office applications.
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 in order to provide technical solutions to meet user needs
Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
1) 10 + years’ Business Analyst experience within Financial Industry
2) 5 + years’ Recent project experience supporting Middle Office applications in Capital Markets
3) 5 + years’ Recent project experience creating SQL Queries
4) 5 + years’ experience with Agile projects
5) Good communication skills to articulate to development team, product owner and respective managers
Nice-To-Have Skills:
– Recent experience with the Fidessa product will be highly prioritized
– Scrum Training / Certifications is a plus
– Exposure to Front and Back office teams / applications is a plus
Degrees or certifications:
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required