Business Analyst

Description:

Our client at one of the top 5 Canadian Banks is is extending the trade surveillance team and has new system needs to be implemented. The successful candidate will be conducting UAT testing to ensure operation runs smoothly.

Candidate Must Have Skills:

1) 5 years of experience with foreign exchange, fixed income, commodities and/or OTC derivatives trading markets , including knowledge of hedging and other trading strategies

2) 8 years of related trading or surveillance experience at a financial institution and/or regulated securities dealer

3) 2 years of regulatory and compliance experience

4) Previous experience in identifying external market activity, news and additional factors that may influence trading activities

5)5 years experience in building testing strategies and executing UAT

Nice-To-Have Skills:

1) Canadian Securities Course, Conduct and Practices Handbook Course, and/or the Trader Training Course are helpful

2) An understanding of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) dealer rules

3) Able to work independently and with other staff across functional lines within the Bank

4) Excellent oral and written communication skills

Candidate Value Proposition:

The successful candidate will be working on high-visibility initiative with opportunities to grow within the corporation.

Typical Day in Role:

1) Apply knowledge of front office trading activities and characteristics to the evaluation of the electronic surveillance systems alerts. Do the generated alerts make sense in the context of the markets being reviewed?

2) Participate in discussions with the vender as well as the project team to ensure that the system is providing valid outputs.

3) Participate in discussions with the vender as well as the project team to ensure that the system is providing valid outputs.

4) Perform ongoing UAT testing across the required products and provide commentary as to problems, issues and potential enhancements. This will be done in a team focused environment.

5) Learn how to understand and operate the Surveillance system, the source systems required to adjudicate alerts and any other systems necessary to provide functional evaluations of the system being evaluated

6) Work with the BAU team to pass along observations and tips derived from UAT testing

7) Learn what the BAU team does and, as required, assist in BAU when not assigned to specific UAT activities

8) Assist the BAU team by passing along specific market knowledge that the incumbent may bring

9) Assort other project activities as assigned

Education:

Post-Secondary education and/or professional designations

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Aston Carter, une division d'Aerotek, est un fournisseur d'envergure mondiale de services de recrutement et de dotation de personnel pour les sociétés à la recherche de professionnels du milieu des affaires hautement spécialisés. Aerotek est une société en exploitation d'Allegis Group, un fournisseur multinational de solutions en matière de talent. Aston Carter s'engage fermement à offrir un service de premier ordre aux clients et aux professionnels du milieu des affaires dans un vaste éventail de disciplines, notamment la comptabilité, la finance, la gouvernance ainsi que la gestion du risque et de la conformité. Avec plus de 60 bureaux en Europe, Asie et Amérique du Nord, Aston Carter offre une expertise locale, régionale et mondiale pour répondre aux besoins uniques de ses clients. Reconnu "best of staffing" par nos clients et le talent que nous recrutons, Aston Carter s'engage à livrer un service hors pair a tous nos partenaires d'affaire.

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Aston Carter is a distinguished global provider of recruitment and staffing services to companies requiring highly specialized business professionals. As a Best of Staffing® Client and Talent leader, Aston Carter has an unrivaled commitment to delivering first class service to clients and business professionals across a variety of disciplines, including Accounting and Finance as well as Governance, Risk and Compliance. With more than 60 offices across Europe, Asia Pacific and North America, Aston Carter provides local, regional and global expertise to drive value and meet our customers' unique needs. Aston Carter is a division of Aerotek. Aerotek is an operating company of Allegis Group, a global talent solutions provider.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

Salary : $55 - $70