Sr. Manager Business Analysis
Sr. Manager Business Analysis - Liquidity Risk
Excellent Full Time Role with a Major Canadian Bank
Location: Downtown Toronto
POSITION SUMMARY:
The incumbent is responsible for research and analysis leading to the definition of requirements and processes to assist in the resolution of complex business problems for Group Treasury business lines. The incumbent is also responsible for testing of new systems or enhancements, the training of users and the provision of ongoing support to users worldwide.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Independently resolve complex, multi-faceted problems to meet the business needs, and the Integrated Support Services, by applying their financial and technological knowledge to the design of methodologies, models, and/or systems solutions. This may involve rapid prototyping, with requirements and solutions developed on an iterative basis, which provides interim deliverables until a final production solution is created. This includes conducting research and analysis, accurately and clearly defining user requirements and processes, and liaising with the users.
Manage multiple small projects and/or manage specific sections of large projects to implement solutions to business problems. This involves planning and scheduling resources, developing detailed project plans, monitoring progress against planned objectives, financial review, and securing consensus and co-operation from users and senior management.
Participate in the systems implementation process by defining business requirements and processes, developing test strategies and test cases, performing testing, defining user procedures and workflows, developing conversion and implementation strategies, verifying conversion, providing user documentation, providing user training, and providing post-implementation support.
Provide business support to all global trading units across Canada and the International sites, including new and existing product and deal structuring, ad hoc queries and MIS, user training, and assisting with the design and implementation of systems enhancements. This is made more challenging due to differences in time zones and the variation in the business lines, which may require additional time to service the business needs beyond regular business hours. The incumbent must be very comfortable and capable of dealing with the demanding needs of the Front, Middle and Back Office users. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring that management is kept informed and that problems and issues are escalated appropriately.
Supervise business analysts, technical staff, and users on an individual project basis as well as administratively supervise up to 3 business analysts.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- The incumbent must have a very good knowledge of financial instruments, including market conventions and valuation methods and risk management methodologies and models including best practices, current and anticipated regulatory requirements, Back Office processes, and the end-to-end workflows among the Front, Middle, and Back Offices for the Group Treasury products.
- The incumbent must be a creative, self starting, results-oriented, and highly motivated individual with good analytical skills in order to apply this knowledge to provide resolution to complex business problems.
- The incumbent must possess a solid understanding of systems development techniques, including requirements specification and testing methodologies, real-time analytical and formal modeling tools, and keep current with rapidly changing technology.
- Further, the incumbent must possess good interpersonal and communication skills, and exercise diplomacy and judgment, to effectively work with end users from the Front, Middle and Back Offices, and members of a project team.
- Knowledge of Murex software is preferred