Senior Business Analyst, Wealth, Trade workflow position

Company location: Downtown Toronto, Hybrid working model Salary: Market rate+

Looking for Senior Business Analysts who will work closely with our project teams in GTA area to successfully deliver Application Development and System Integration projects.

Requirements:

• Minimum 7 years experience in the Information Technology
• At least 5 years experience of business and systems analysis in the Financial Industry
• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or Business
• Good knowledge of trade workflow across front, middle and back office in an asset management / Investment management setting including requirements for Charles Rivers, Simcorp Changes, Fund Serv etc.
• Experience with T+1 regulatory changes and related impact to end to end operations and systems
• Scrum Master Certifications preferably CSP (Certified Scrum Professional) or CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner)
• Experience and knowledge in wealth management business domain including product knowledge of any of the following would be an asset – Fundserv, Mutual Funds, Registered Plans, Term Products, R-Wealth and Broadridge
• At least one year experience of in delivering projects using a true Agile/Scrum methodology
• Strong team player and collaboration skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills and data driven decision making.
• Strong business and IT knowledge and experience in the Banking and Financial Industries.
• Experience in requirement management and planning
• Experience in facilitating sessions with business and technical stakeholders for requirements elicitation or JAD Sessions.
• Experience in Object Oriented analysis using Use Cases and UML
• Sound understanding of IT concepts and principles
• Expert in technical and business writing
• Familiarity with business cases, cost/benefit analysis, project sizing and costing
• Good understanding of UI design techniques.
• Thorough understanding of SDLC methodologies and approaches
• Technical computer knowledge
• Strong knowledge of RDBMS, SQL

Responsibilities include:

• Define scope and requirements for projects and systems
• Gather functional and non-functional requirements from various stakeholders
• Document business and technical requirements accurately
• Screen mock-ups and UI design to help visualize the target solutions
• System integration specification analysis and documentation
• Facilitate meeting/interviews and communicate requirements to sponsors, stakeholders and project team members
• Verify the target solution and support the technology to ensure that the target system will meet the requirements
• Test the solution to validate the project requirements and objectives
• Assisting in work effort estimation and planning
• Help mentor and support junior Business Analysts and other team members
• Provide subject matter expertise for our offerings and services