Associate Director, Lead Business Analyst - Capital Markets

Job Summary

Job Description

The Futures Clearing IT group within RBC Capital Markets’ Quantitative and Technology Services organization supports the Capital Markets client clearing business and associated functional groups globally. The technical platform comprises vendor hosted clearing and back-office applications and several internally developed and supported services that are tightly integrated. This core technical platform interfaces to SEF’s, futures exchanges, clearing houses and enterprise applications and provides all trade processing related capability to support the business, operations and regulatory reporting obligations. As the Lead Business Analyst, you will be a key part of an energetic and skilled business and client facing team, having accountability for driving and supporting client facing business initiatives and operational projects; analyzing and determining technical solutions that support overall strategy and contribute to our combined success.

What will you do?

Coordinate and engage directly with business, operations, vendor and IT stakeholders to perform requirements, data  and solution analysis for clearing related development and support items.

Prioritize and manage the backlog of requests with sales and BCS teams. Facilitate dialogue between stakeholder groups on relative priorities. Ensure stakeholders are providing enough direction to maintain a healthy backlog of development-ready stories

Support delivery of wider backlog items with documenting detailed specifications and assisting with prioritization for the developers at team stand-ups.

Support BA’s, project managers and developers; working closely with them as a team to ensure they are productive and have support they need.

Facilitate dialogue between stakeholder groups on relative priorities. Ensure stakeholders are providing enough direction to maintain a healthy backlog of sprint-ready stories.

As a part of performing business analysis when defining requirements and solutions, perform data analysis on relevant internal / exchange / clearing datasets.

In this role, you will communicate and interact frequently with RBC partners and / or employees located across Canada and / or worldwide.

What do you need to succeed?

Must have :

Undergraduate degree coupled with at least 7 years’ experience in a Senior Business Analysis role

Minimum 2 years’ experience in Capital Markets or Financial / Banking industry

Experience working with business and cross functional stakeholders

Inquisitive and strong analytical thinker, proficient in SQL & Data analysis

Experience with end user engagement & driving solutions

Nice-to-have :

ION XTP / XTP Clear (or similar ETD clearing or back-office platform) experience

Futures clearing or back office operational experience

Experience in secured financing trading applications

Management & team lead experience

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable

Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

Flexible work / life balance options

Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

Ability to make a difference and lasting impact

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Job Skills

Analytical Thinking, Business Data Analysis, Business Process Modeling, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Critical Thinking, Data Analysis, Decision Making, End User Engagement, Futures Clearing, Group Problem Solving, Interpersonal Relationship Management, IT Project Planning, Problem Resolution, Requirements Analysis, Software Requirements, System Solutions, Test Execution, Test Planning, User Engagement

Additional Job Details

Address :

1 PLACE VILLE MARIE : MONTRÉAL

City : MONTRÉAL

Country : Canada

Work hours / week : 37.5

Employment Type : Full time

Platform : CAPITAL MARKETS

Job Type : Regular

Pay Type : Salaried

Posted Date : 2024-12-13

Application Deadline :

2025-01-03

Note : Applications will be accepted until 11 : 59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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