Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a company who is a provider of banking and financial services. The company operates through two divisions Retail Banking and Services and Corporate and Institutional Banking
Position: FRS LAP Business Analyst
Location: Montr al QC H3A 2A6
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Contract
Work Type: Onsite
Shift: 8.00AM-5.00PM
Job Description:
MISSION AND OBJECTIVES:
- The Business Analyst is responsible for delivering projects and managing the development and support of the General Ledger (accounting system) and regulatory reporting.
- The Business Analyst position will be dedicated to the integration of business and regulatory projects into the accounting platform. Typical projects include:
- Development of operational system interfaces across CIB products from trading and back office systems for enhancement of existing or launch of new businesses
- Enhancing and configuring the general ledger to support new reporting/legal/regulatory requirements and projects for operational efficiency.
- The team works closely with IT and users in Finance middle (Risk) and Operations and other Finance and reporting systems teams.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Analyzing user requirements and business processes
- Liaising with users and internal counterparts from Finance IT and Operations in NY Montreal London Paris and Mumbai
- Providing users with Subject Matter expertise for finance processes and systems
- Liaising with end-users for requirements gathering UAT and migration testing up to successful delivery of the expected solution
- Developing functional specifications for delivery to IT
- Ensuring IT developments are in line with the functional specifications
- Performing integration testing and User Acceptance Testing
- Ensuring on-time quality delivery of all activities assigned.
Requirements:
TRAINING AND OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Proven experience as a Finance professional with good working knowledge of CIBs core businesses in particular a good knowledge of the financial systems
- A good understanding of the finance an IT functions in the context of a CIB Bank
- A solid background (5 to 10 years of experience) in a role of Business Analyst
- Extensive experience in working with users and their interaction with IT and systems
- Experience of working with back office systems in terms of accounting and profit and loss flows such as Calypso Murex OMR UBIX
- Experience of accountancy systems (3rd party or in-house)
- Experience of regulatory reporting systems such as offerings from Axiom WKFS Lombard Risk
- Knowledge of RDJ or other accounting interpretation engines
ESSENTIAL SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
- Qualified accountant or other relevant professional qualification.
- PRINCE2 qualified or other is a benefit but not essential
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS
- Good understanding of the products traded by an Investment Bank : Foreign Exchange Interest Rates derivatives securities Repos Credit derivatives
- Strong accounting skills
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Proven organizational skills with excellent multi-tasking and prioritization skills
- Good systems skills good understanding of IT databases (although programming skills are not required)
- Good documentation skills
- Ability to work independently
- Commitment to project deadlines sense of drive and urgency
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills able to communicate and relate easily with IT Finance and back office users.
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.