Business Systems Analyst- Capital Markets

Typical Day in Role
• Collaborate with other teams within risk management to gather requirements and provide updates on progress
• Working alongside other BAs, developers, and project managers
• Generate business requirements and documents that align to the policies to ensure that the new technology meets the needs of the business lines as they adapt to comply with policy
• Analyzing existing processing and identifying opportunities for optimization
• Work alongside developers and technical experts to develop functions or technical requirements that will provide the reference for new technology and new software
• Design functional test cases and carry out the testing and valuation concurrently with development
• Review test results and identify corrective steps for complex issues across application boundaries
• Utilize strong written and verbal communication skills when conducting and facilitating presentations to stakeholders and management
• Exercise initiative and sound judgment in the execution of project plans and schedules

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
• 10+ years’ experience in the capacity of a BSA
• 5+ years’ recent and relevant experience with capital markets risk and financial risk (PFE/VAR calculation and work with complex financial instruments, etc.)
• Recent hands on working experience with Unix/Linux is required
• Recent hands on experience with Python shell scripting is required (intermediate)
• Previous experience with and knowledge of the SDLC

Nice-To-Have Skills:
• Experience with JIRA and Confluence is a must
• Experience with SQL is an asset
• Familiarity with different data formats such as XML and JSON are assets

Soft Skills:
• Verbal and written communication is required
• Good teamwork
• Flexibility and ability to adapt quickly to changes in requirements
• Proactive problem solver

Degrees or certifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.