Business Systems Analyst

Description

WHAT YOU WILL DO 

• Elicit, analyze, and understand business and data requirements to deliver comprehensive solutions to respective business units. 
• Work closely with stakeholders to assess the current and future states and perform detailed gap analyses. Propose, and gain agreement on solutions.

• Set stakeholder expectations appropriately. 
• Provide expert guidance with hands-on help where required to solve complex and challenging business problems to the satisfaction of key stakeholders.

• Provide support to the Project Manager in developing and maintaining project timelines
• Assist and support project team throughout the project life cycle
• Provides updates to appropriate business groups on the status of projects in progress
• Collaborate with Quality Assurance team in the definition of test cases related to the business requirements and coordinate User Acceptance Testing
• Subject matter expert on system functionality for projects assigned

WHAT YOU WILL BRING 

• Post-secondary education and/or equivalent applicable IT experience

• 3+ years related working experience in Financial Services industry 
• Strong understanding of end-to-end workflows within discretionary portfolio management: investment management, trade lifecycle, investment accounting and reconciliation.
• Knowledge of capital market instruments including fixed income and equities 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to interpret and share complex concepts with non- technical audiences.

• Highly developed analytical and technical mindset
• Excellent problem-solving skills 

• Ability to multitask and manage a steady stream of priorities

• Action-oriented and proactive with a high degree of initiative.
• Intellectual curiosity, an eagerness to learn
• Effective team player with a collaborative attitude and agile mindset

• AWS, Jenkins, Python, SQL, Unix, JIRA proficiency is an asset 
• Familiarity with hardware and software platforms, connectivity solutions, databases, middleware, cloud computing, etc.
• Ability to translate business requirements to development team
• CSC or CFA designations are an asset but not required