Capital Markets Business Analyst

Global Financial Firm located in MISSISSAUGA, ON has an immediate contract opportunity for an experienced Capital Markets Business Analyst

Work Mode: Hybrid

Pay rate range: $ 93.00 - $ 98.00 Negotiable based upon years of experience 

Responsibilities:

• Support Program Initiative Leads in the execution of strategic deliverables, ensuring alignment with program objectives.
• Manage project plans, including tracking milestones, deliverables, and tasks, while ensuring adherence to PMO standards.
• Oversee and manage project risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies (RAIDD), proactively identifying challenges and escalating risks/issues in a timely and well-articulated manner.
• Facilitate and manage project meetings, including scheduling, agenda preparation, minute-taking, and tracking action items.
• Produce accurate, insightful, and tailored project update materials and artifacts for various forums and committees.
• Manage and maintain project documentation, including holiday calendars and other relevant project data.
• Liaise with Project Leads and Stakeholders to cascade guidance and requirements, ensuring compliance with established PMO standards.
• Manage queries and requests from the ICG/Markets Transformation PMO, providing prompt and accurate information.
• Leverage project tracking tools to provide ad-hoc updates and reports as required.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, fostering a collaborative and joined-up approach to program execution.
• Create materials and coordinate various governance forums (e.g., SWG, STC, OPCO, DWG), ensuring effective communication and decision-making.
• Contribute to operating model design work, analyzing current states and defining target state processes, tools, and controls.
• Assist in the socialization and approval of target state tools, processes, and controls at appropriate governance forums.
• Conduct testing activities, with a preference for experience in Front Office or Finance (Capital) contexts, to ensure solutions meet business requirements.
• Review Change Request Forms and confirm required sign-offs, ensuring changes are properly documented and approved.

Preferred Skills:

• Banking Domain Expertise: Proven experience in the banking sector, combining both Business Analyst and PMO skill sets.
• Project Management Acumen: Strong PMO capabilities, including managing project plans, RAIDD logs, status updates, presentation decks, meeting management, and holiday calendars.
• Operating Model Design: Practical experience in operating model design work.
• Testing Experience: Experience in testing, with a preference for Front Office or Finance (Capital) systems/processes.
• Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to identify challenges, analyze root causes, and proactively seek resolutions or escalate effectively.
• Communication & Presentation Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to produce accurate, insightful, and tailored project updates.
• Tool Proficiency: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint is essential, VBA, SQL, Python an advantage.
• Relationship Building: Demonstrated ability to build strong, collaborative relationships across different teams and seniority levels.
• Adaptability: Capability to manage both strategic, long-term initiatives and fast-paced, BAU-style changes.
• Exposure to Front Office Trading preferred.