As a Senior Business Analyst, you are passionate about business analysis, implementation, support and improvements of Risk management systems, Risk model implementations and Risk reports.
This role will play a key part in underlying all initiative delivery. Your responsibility is to understand, document and facilitate agreement on requirements, approaches, specifications and decision variables that enable the delivery of appropriate solutions to achieve the business and project goals. The Senior Business Analyst will elicit client needs and ensure requirements traceability as part of delivering applications and information solutions for internal business partners.
Who you’ll work with
In this dynamic role, teamwork will be the key to your success as you work with other functional teams including: Product & Delivery, Agile team, Application Management, Project Management, Solution & Quality Engineering, external vendor consultants and QA on a dynamic portfolio of initiatives that encompasses production support, ad-hoc requests, small & medium improvements and multi-year projects. You will work in Agile teams or Project teams to deliver business value through defined outcomes.
This role does not entail direct people management. It may, however, entail leading the activities and being accountable for the quality output of other Business Analysts in the context of delivering an initiative.
What you’ll do
Engages business clients to elicit business requirements and understand objectives and works with business and solution teams to ensure that solutions being delivered meet their business intent and provide business value
Produces business analysis related documentation, functional specifications, current and future state processes and workflows, and solution specifications to a high-quality standard
Conceives, proposes and facilitates the selection of viable functional solution alternatives
Provides effective business context, solution knowledge, artifact transfer to Support teams as part of progressing initiatives to Production
Demonstrates requirements traceability and, where appropriate, leads the User Acceptance phase of initiatives (define strategy, plan, approve test cases, lead all aspects of execution). Works with Business, Product Owner, Solution Engineering and QA to ensure built solutions meet stated requirements
Participates in the initiation and planning of new projects including facilitating the definition of objectives, scope, BA approach and WBS as well as provides work estimates
Works with Development and QA teams to develop test plans and ensure they understand the business requirements and are able to test solutions appropriately
Works with Agile delivery teams to map user stories and define user acceptance criteria for work packages
Contributes to the operation and improvement of the delivery team
Exercise appropriate judgment in identifying and calling out risks and issues
Mentor BAs in the team through feedback, documents review, role modelling, training and experience sharing
What you’ll need
University degree or equivalent experience (Business/Finance, Financial Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering)
Asset would be one or more of: CFA, FRM, MBA or CBAP; Process improvement methodology accreditation
Minimum 7 years’ experience in one or more of the following roles:(Senior) Business Analyst or Business Consultant or BSA or Risk Analyst (Senior) Product Manager or Product Owner
Experience with financial instruments valuation and risk calculation, risk management technologies, approaches and practices (including Liquidity Risk, Market Risk, Credit Risk, financial modeling and Monte Carlo simulations)
Strong knowledge and experience in risk measurement methodologies (VaR, Sensitivities, Option Greeks, Stress Testing)
Experience of relative risk valuation with benchmark is an asset
Extensive knowledge of institutional investment products including: Exchange-traded products, Derivatives and/or Private and Alternative Investments
Experience in planning and leading UAT
Ability to prioritize, coordinate and complete tasks to meet target timelines
Superb communication skills (written and verbal)
Ability to work independently and in a team environment, collaborating effectively with business, delivery and technology partners
Experience collaborating with product-oriented delivery and technology teams to deliver solutions that take on business problems and meet business requirements
Demonstrable understanding of techniques and tools pertaining to the planning, analysis, design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance of technology solutions
Robust understanding of agile and waterfall project management delivery methodologies and the difference between needs and wants
Proactive customer focus
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Experience with the following technologies is an asset: FIS Adaptiv, PL/SQL, MS SQL, Multi- dimensional Database, Bloomberg Terminal, SimCorp Dimension, Charles River, PowerBI, Excel Power Pivot, Jira
What we’re offering
Pay for performance environment that offers competitive salary and incentives
Numerous opportunities for professional growth and development
Comprehensive employer paid benefits coverage, including a Health Spending Account
Guaranteed retirement income through a defined benefit pension plan
Competitive time off
Discount programs including Edvantage and Perkopolis
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How to apply
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Requisition ID:
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