Business Analyst (Capital markets operations )

Business Analyst (Capital Markets Operations)

Pay Rate: $40

Job Type: Contract

Location: Toronto, ON

Our client, a top banking client in Canada, is looking to hire Business Analyst (Capital Markets Operations) x 2 positions for their team with a contract for 12 Months. Hybrid - 4th Thursday of the month and then potentially an additional day in the Toronto Office.

Job Description:

What You'll Be Doing:
Accountable for processing the setup, maintenance, and pricing of securities compliant with policies and procedures. The Analyst will perform daily activities across multiple applications with accuracy, adhering to strict deadlines and changing volumes. Research, gather data, analyze, lead and/or support as required on projects to identify operational impacts and recommend process improvements to management. The incumbent may assume a level of responsibility participating in meetings and answering questions as the Subject Matter Expert and communicate the status of investigations to the team, business partners, and clients.

Key Accountabilities Include:

• Processing scheduled and ad hoc requests related to security setup, maintenance, and pricing across multiple applications.
• Adhering to CID Operations Management procedures and updating documents to capture process changes as required.
• Responding to email inquiries or requests from internal clients on changes or questions regarding pricing and security setup.
• Developing and maintaining productive relationships with designated clients, peers, and other business partners to enable ongoing discussion and communication around data integrity issues.
• Participating in the development, maintenance, and implementation of new policies, methodologies, and standards to improve the quality of the department and ensure compliance with established policies, standards, and methodologies (e.g., security and privacy policies).
• Assisting in implementing process enhancements and in identifying and implementing process controls.
• Cross-training in other positions to assist and provide support to other team members/area(s) of equal value in peak times or on a temporary basis to ensure Service Level Agreements are met.
• Prioritizing and organizing workload to ensure deadlines are met and diarized items are processed according to policies and procedures.

How You'll Succeed:

• Analytical and Process Improvement Mindset: You have a background in understanding operational processes, ideally related to security data. You also have a continuous improvement mindset and a proven record of adding value by finding efficiencies in current processes and procedures, consequently enhancing the performance of operations teams by actively/proactively participating in project activities.
• Business Analysis and Operations: You have experience with requirements gathering, designing or modifying processes, managing the change and implementation as well as working with a wide variety of business partners. You will be part of organizing and leading the implementation of operational changes. To be successful, it may be of value if you have an operational processing background to have a good understanding of alternate channel processes, systems, and applications.
• Relationship Builder with Strong Communication Skills: You are proud of your excellent verbal and written communication skills and how you excel at developing relationships with internal and external business partners. You are not afraid to develop and recommend client-focused solutions to routine and non-routine operational problems. You welcome the opportunity to represent your area of specialization and provide input into the development and implementation of projects.

Must Haves:

• 1+ years of BA experience (preferably within Banking Operations).
• Strong MS Office (Excel and VBA Macros).

Nice to Have:

• Previous banking operations experience.
• Process automation.
• Trading or security in general.

Soft Skills:

• Strong communication skills - both written and oral.
• Detail-oriented.

If you are interested in hearing more about this role, please send your updated resume in MS Word format to Laxmi@ifgpr.com and mention the Business Analyst (Capital Markets Operations) x 2 positions in the subject line.