Business Analyst Specialist – CFA/ FRM, Market Risk

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Hybrid | Downtown, Toronto

Duration: 6 months

Our client a leading financial institution in Downtown Toronto, is looking for a Business Analyst Specialist – CFA/ FRM, Market Risk to coordinate and work with vendor partners, other developers, architects, business analysts, infrastructure and change management groups to deliver project goals, and identify opportunities for process and system improvements. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with one of the Top 5 Banks in Canada.

Typical Day in role:

  • Successful candidate will be responsible for the effective analysis, design, and delivery of high quality solutions that meet the business needs. Responsible for documenting requirements, analysis and design changes.
  • Work with diverse set of technologies to implement new systems, or enhancing existing implementations, and ensure sound integration with surrounding components from end to end operational perspective.
  • Proactively partner with business line representatives to drive improved technology solutions that support the business strategy.
  • Monitor the application and provide support to business queries and concerns.
  • Collaborates with multiple technology groups and vendors to ensure that the application, integrations, infrastructure and security architectures are designed to meet evolving business requirements, meet standards for reliability, scalability, performance and availability and align with the Bank’s Technology roadmap

Must-Have Skills:

  • 10+ years of relevant IT and business industry work experience.
  • At least 5+ years experience in Capital markets and financial instruments
  • 5+ years experience in Market risk management, Valuation and Risk calculations
  • Experience in project executions, agile practice for large scale software
  • Ability to create business solutions that meet the clients’ needs
  • Ability to exercise good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
  • Ability to solve technical problems/ processes and understand complex details
  • Strong technical analysis skills using SQL and Linux is a must.

Nice-To-Have Skills:

  • A CFA or FRM designation would be an asset
  • Exposure to programming languages such as python is an asset
  • Previous experience with Power BI / Tableau is nice to have
  • Recent experience with Top 5 Banks / Financial institutes is highly preferred.

Soft Skills Required:

  • Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as strong problem solving and analytic skills.
  • Must be a self-starter, reliable, highly motivated, results-oriented, customer-focused and attentive to details.
  • Excellent analytical, documentation, and organizational skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver within deadlines.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field required
  • A CFA or FRM designation would be an asset

Finance professional is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. We advocate for you and welcome anyone regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.