Capital Markets BSA
Location Address: WFH, followed by Toronto
Contract Duration: 6 months
Extension: Possible
FTE: Possible
Number of Positions: 1
Schedule Hours: 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday
Story Behind the Need
• Business group: Prime Services, Collateral Management & Funding Engineering (PACE)
• Looking for Business Analyst with development background on Locates (short-selling pre-trade approval request) processing team in PACE group with good communication skills. The role requires understanding of Capital Markets with the ability to work within a team of Business Analysts and Developers and work closely with business users and vendor for deliverables.
• Reason for request: Backfill
Candidate Value Proposition
– The role will provide this person with extensive opportunity to interact directly with securities lending sales-traders in Toronto, NYC, London, and Singapore and will provide them with unique insight into how hedge funds & prime brokers operate
Typical Day in Role
– Work closely with business stakeholders in the Prime Service business (Hedge Fund Sales Desk) in understanding business requirements and work closely with vendor for deliverables.
– Analyze and document business and functional requirements as per business needs.
– Must be able to test and analyze data as part of data testing using various tools such as Microsoft Excel, SQL tools etc.
– Analyze and understand the deliverables as per business needs and work on the allocated tasks based on priority.
– Work closely with QA for testing vendor deliverables
– Work closely within the BA/Dev team and QA team as part of system testing.
– The role will provide this person with extensive opportunity to interact directly with securities lending sales-traders in Toronto, NYC, London, and Singapore and will provide them with unique insight into how hedge funds & prime brokers operate
Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
– 5-7+ years’ experience in a relevant capacity as a BSA
o 3-5 years’ of experience in Capital Markets (some experience in Prime Services/Brokerage required)
– Must have knowledge of using SQL on databases such as Oracle, Sybase etc. (comfortable writing queries)
– Must be familiar with Unix scripting
– Understanding of Software design and software development lifecycle
– Must have experience in gathering and documenting business requirements, functional requirements, gap analysis
– Experience in testing and analyzing data as part of data analysis
Nice-To-Have Skills:
• Knowledge Securities Lending a plus
• Experience with order management /order processing systems a strong plus
• Experience with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Visio a plus
Soft Skills:
• Good communication skills
• Ability to communicate with key business and technology stakeholders on a daily basis
Best vs Average: Someone with an understanding of securities lending and locates processing. Also refer to the “Story Behind the Need” section
Degrees or certifications:
• Bachelor of Science or related field required
Candidate Review & Selection
• Structure and Format: Two rounds
o First round with HM and another member of team (60 mins)
o Second round with the product development group (60 mins)