Business Analyst Specialist (Central Market DataCapital Market Technology)

Requisition ID: 241914

Join a purpose driven winning team committed to results in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Team

Scotiabanks Information Technology and Solutions provides global technology solutions support to each of our core businesses - Domestic Banking International Banking Global Banking & Markets and Global Wealth & Insurance. Our technology-based solutions enable Scotiabank to achieve sustained profitable growth and a competitive advantage.

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst Specialist to join our Market Data technology team to contribute to a range of projects including building a consolidated real-time market data system improving our reporting and analytics solution and to deliver high availability applications and solutions to support trading and risk management.

Join a purpose driven winning team committed to results in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Role

The role is a key position in the Market Data Technology team to help move forward our strategy and vision. This is an important role in the Global Banking & Market Engineering Risk and Valuation Technology team responsible for supporting and delivering system solutions for Front Office Middle Office and Regulatory clients.

The successful candidate will work closely with developers and project managers as well as various stakeholders including business partners in risk management & financial engineering to understand business requirements and drive the design of quality technical product solutions that using the latest technology. The candidate will have a solid understanding of market data and work closely with the software engineering teams to ensure that products are developed and maintained according to specifications and best practices.

Is this role right for you In this role you will:

• Collaborate with key stakeholders including business users product team managers and other technology teams to understand business requirements processes and objectives. Analyze and translate these requirements into actionable plans and functional specifications.
• Participate in modernization of legacy applications to increase efficiencies harmonize the Banks solutions as well as keep the Banks systems software currency maintained.
• Act as a subject-matter expert on market data applications and advise management and stakeholders on solutions and promising initiatives.
• Analyze data to extract insights identify trends and make data-driven recommendations throughout the course of business.
• Ability to work on multiple projects as a project team member and dealing with on & off hour production or lower environment support issues.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role Wed love to work with you if you have:

• 5 years experience in financial/IT industry or relevant experience.
• Experience in Market Data such as interest rates IR volatility equities inflation curves or other relevant experience.
• Knowledge of system design data modeling and software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Strong problem solving and analysis skills along with a good ability to evaluate alternatives and provide recommendations and solutions to complex and multi-dimensional problem.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build consensus and obtain cooperation from stakeholders as well as time management and organizational skills to effectively manage deliverables.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment where processes and procedures are consistently refined.
• Ability to adapt and handle multiple tasks/competing priorities simultaneously.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum software delivery model.
• Experience in SQL & no-SQL databases.
• Experience with Jira Confluence Microsoft Excel Microsoft Visio.
• Knowledge of Refinitiv and Bloomberg is an asset.
• Under-graduate degree in Computer Science Business Administration or a related discipline.

Whats in it for you

• Diversity Equity Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential respected for who they are and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities ethnicity race age ability & veterans.
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences everyone brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.
• Upskilling through online courses cross-functional development opportunities and tuition assistance.
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus flexible vacation personal sick days and benefits will start on day one.
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons contests cooking with friends Humans of Digital and much more!

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Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: for every future we help our customers their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice products and services including personal and commercial banking wealth management and private banking corporate and investment banking and capital markets.

At Scotiabank we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including but not limited to an accessible interview site alternate format documents ASL Interpreter or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.