Business Analyst Specialist (Collateral Management or World Markets)

Is this role right for you?

In this role you will:

• Consistently exhibit and promote our “ScotiaBond” culture and values (client-centric, with integrity, inclusion, and accountability) and related behaviours to deepen client relationships and “win as one team”.
• Support a partnership between Operations Technology and GWO Collateral Management that adds value to the delivery of GWO mandates, while encouraging and recommending efficiency improvements to operations.
• Contribute to the delivery of Level 1 production support to global users, maintenance support (scheduled releases, regulatory changes, configuration updates), vendor management, system enhancements, production bug fixes, Quality Assurance testing (UAT), and resolution of complex operational/systems problems.
• Keep appraised of scheduled releases ensuring the business lines are aware of coming changes and their impacts and scheduling to ensure sufficient resources/time is allotted for testing and implementation. Provide recommendations and guidance on client-initiated operational and system solutions ensuring that GCME and stakeholder interests are served.
• Ensure the maintenance of stable and secure processing platforms per Bank IT control, information security and risk policies. Contribute to the delivery of solutions, with vendors and internal Technology partners, where issues or negative trends are identified that threaten defined SLAs.
• Work in tandem with Scotia Technology teams and external service providers to deliver Change in accordance with agreed systems strategy. Contribute to sprint plans and retrospectives and help foster a learning mindset and culture of improvement.
• Support parts of multi-disciplinary projects of varying size and complexity, ensuring regulatory, compliance, audit, client, and vendor issues are addressed and resolved, and project components are delivered on time, on budget and with quality. Support delivery of projects through the Enterprise Delivery Framework quality gates. Communicate status, risks, and issues to project and delivery managers proactively.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We’d love to work with you if you have:

• Candidates should have in-depth understanding of the collateral management domain and market practices, with experience of the Colline (Vermeg), Margining process (IM,VM,REPO) and other Capital Markets trading environments.
• Candidates should have 5+ years of Business Analysis experience
• Candidates should have conceptual understanding of platform design, data and workflows, and related processing capabilities, modules, and interfaces and be able to produce and maintain related documentation.
• Candidates should have the ability to gather and analyze data from various sources and use BI tools to support decision making and present findings to stakeholders.
• Candidates should have experience working with business partners to identify, assess, and document business requirements into Business Requirements Documents, recommending business priorities, and advising business on options, risks, and costs.
• Prior experience with Agile delivery, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), JIRA, Change Management and Testing practices, and process re-engineering are assets.

What's 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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