Business Analyst - Toronto, Canada - Exadel open positions

Exadel open positions

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Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Work at Exadel - Who We Are:

Since 1998, Exadel has been engineering its own software products and custom software for clients of all sizes. Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Exadel currently has 2000+ employees in development centers across the Americas and Europe. Our people drive Exadel's success, and they are at the core of our values.

The Role

The Business Analyst will work with Investment Management Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and other stakeholders to formulate and define business and/or systems scope, requirements and objectives based on a good understanding of applicable industry requirements.

Lead requirements definition sessions ensuring that the team articulates requirements and specifications. Drive dialogue to a detailed level to allow capture of actionable requirements.

Use understanding of business objectives, technical environment, and project timeline and scope to analyze needs; capture them in documentation of business and system requirements.

High level responsibilities*- Perform requirements management planning for medium to large scale projects

Lead business analysis across multiple parallel initiatives
Gather and document functional and nonfunctional requirements
Facilitate and drive requirements gathering sessions
Collaborate with business and systems experts
Lead analysis of business processes, procedures, data and rules
Negotiate and influence requirements direction
Perform analysis and evaluation of business processes, information and rules
Make determination of alternatives for optimizing business processes
Identify solutions to business problems
Create business process models, context diagrams and use case models
Help or facilitate process improvement and/or process mapping sessions
Adhere to formal software development processes and procedures
Define, and update documentation tools such as business terminology stored in the master business glossary and data dictionaries
Mentor less seasoned business analysts

Skills*-
Investment data knowledge: Master data, pricing, valuation, holding, transaction, accounting:

Data Management, Data Model, Data Mapping and Database structure:

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Stakeholder management (large number of stakeholders):

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Business knowledge

Wealth Management Distribution, Financial Marketing, Mutual Fund Administration (revenue, expenses):

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Writing, document, presentation and communication:

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Development

SQL, informatica, ETL process:

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Investment product knowledge: fixed income, equity, loan, private, real estate, commitments:

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Investment Management system specific knowledge across different platforms inclusive of securities, derivatives, IBOR, etc
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Project management and planning:

Data Reporting
Managing difficult conversations
Dealing with ambiguity
Experienced in agile, iterative project techniques including Scrum; experience with Jira is a plus
Experienced in Waterfall methodologies
Demonstrated ability to partner with investment personnel to elicit and advance requirements
Experience working with Investmentfocused projects, preferred
Working knowledge of investment credit or market risk, preferred
Seasoned individual capable of handling broad scope projects that have medium to longterm focus
Demonstrated ability to understand how tasks and milestones collaborate and connect together across related projects.
Strong organizational and time management skills
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively using verbal and written methods
Proficient with standard documentation tools (Visio, Excel, Word)

Education*Bachelor's Degree