Job Description

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 CIB s 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.

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