Associate Director - Business Analyst

We are looking for a talented individual to work as a business analyst within the Funding, Treasury and Liquidity (FTL) Apex Application Development team, specifically supporting the Central Funding Group which executes secured funding (repo and security lending business). This role will focus on business analysis and testing outcomes within the technical development team using agile methodology. Key stakeholders include front office trading teams, collateral management, operational support teams, and other technical teams within Quant & Tech Services (QTS). The primary application is Apex, an external vendor product used in the global repo and securities lending business. This opportunity offers interaction with senior stakeholders across business, supporting functions, and technology teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with global stakeholders to create and document business requirements for tactical and strategic changes.
• Coordinate with development and QA through the software development and release cycle.
• Communicate with the team and stakeholders from requirement inception through to code delivery.
• Continuously identify potential issues, conflicts, and risks; analyze, mitigate, and escalate where appropriate.
• Work in a collaborative team environment supporting production queries impacting the application and user processes.
• Establish strong working relationships across business units and platforms to build influence and impact with key business partners.
• Collaborate with groups to define and achieve deliverables and ensure initiatives are effectively integrated into RBC procedures and processes.
• Contribute to ongoing administrative program activities as required.

Requirements

• Relevant experience as a business analyst, with in-depth knowledge of Capital Markets front-to-back trade processing flows.
• Understanding of Capital Markets instruments including Fixed Income, Equities & Equity Derivatives.
• Demonstrable technical capability to use tools to query databases, identify message structures, and troubleshoot data flow issues in production environments.
• Capability to learn about new tools including AI tools to create documents, requirements, and test scenarios.
• Strong analytical skills for data analysis and lineage, and problem solving.
• Expert in writing requirements and associated test cases.
• Excellent oral and written communication.
• Deadline-driven and results-oriented; able to meet consistently high-quality standards while handling a variety of tasks and deadlines simultaneously.

Qualifications

• Experience with repo or securities lending trading processes or collateral management (nice-to-have).
• Clear understanding of Market and Reference data (Securities & Pricing).
• Proficient in drawing business process flow proven through recent project experience.
• Degree-level education in computer science, business, or science subject.
• CFA or Canadian Securities Course or CBAP Certification (nice-to-have).

Benefits

• A competitive rewards program including bonuses and flexible benefits.
• Competitive compensation.
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
• A world-class training program in financial services.
• Flexible work/life balance options.
• Opportunities to do challenging work.

Schedule

• Work hours/week: 40
• Employment Type: Full time

Location: Brookfield Place (fka 3 World Financial Center), 200 Vesey Street, New York, United States of America.