Finance Business Analyst - Level I - Daily

Overview :

TekWissen Group isa workforce management provider throughout the USA and many othercountries in the world. Our client is a company who is a providerof banking and financial services.

The company operates through twodivisions Retail Banking and Services and Corporate andInstitutional Banking

Position : Finance Business AnalystLevel I Daily

Location : Montr al QC H3A 2A6

Duration : 12 Months

Job Type : Contract

Work Type : Onsite

Job Description :

Functional support analyst is accountable for dailysupport and responsible to analyze accounting issues duringproduction phases.

As required along with functional support anduser setup may be performed. The Analyst shall serve on a teamwhich acts as the first pointof contact ( Level 1 and 2) : the rolewill be to receive to record and to understand issues to fixbusiness logic issues suggest improvements route unknown issues toLevel 2 vendor support staff and to then communicate the resolutionto the requestor.

Need to be an expert in fund accounting activityhave a good understanding of NAV cycle be able to lead analysis offigures at accounting level (be able to explain NAV variations) befamiliar with classic financial products and derivatives

Main Responsibilities :

Monitoring and supporting the daytoday productionactivities.

Diagnosing and provide and high level of functionalsupport for accounting applications Multifonds FA / WEM &Calculo.

Analysisand solving accounting and technical issues during productionphases raise change requests to the vendor ensure the follow up ofissues until the delivery of patch correction.

Understand prerequisites foraccounting migrations and specific accounting events such as mergersplit / change of currency of share classes.

Contribute to maintain a very stable BAU todeliver NAV on time and match with the deadlines.

Flexible approach to workinghours to meet the demands of the team. Willing to work in differentday if required.

Provide guidance instruction direction to their team andhelp team create and maintain shared team values.

Testing of new Multifondsfunctionalities.

Internal Global Communication between APS IT anddevelopment teams.

Providing an added value to set efficient work around inBAU.

Avoidingrecurring incidents

Closely follow up monitoring dashboards.

Ensure excellent communicationreporting and escalation as and when needed.

Participate in the several fundmigration activities testing internal meetings and catchup callswith the external service providers.

FundAccounting Platform :

The process offund accounting is highly sensitive and is regulated by severalindustry norms. To work in the is process it requires :

Expertisein the business and indepth understanding of the functional processin general. This includes the knowledge of financial instrumentsNet Asset Value (NAV) calculation that is the key value for anyMutual funds.

Mustbe an expert in fund accounting activity.

Be familiar with the different existing fundsstructures on the market (multiclass funds poolings segment masterstructures concept of share class hedging...)

SMEcore accounting applicationMultifonds FA / WEM software (Temenos) to provide a high level offunctional support.

Key Skills andQualifications

Bachelors degree infinance / accounting required; advanced degree considered a plus.

Minimum 4 yearsfinancial industry experience.

Knowledge of ITL is a plus.

Experience with Oracle SQL / PLSQLACCESS& EXCEL

Priorexperience creating procedures

Good written and spoken English

Must have worked on Collecting Metrics &Analyzing the request / tickets

Measure and identify areas for improving Quality andoverall Delivery

Able to communicate efficiently

Good Team Player

French / English

Domain

Knowledge and / or experience of the investmentservices industry / Funds Administration will be mandatory

Prior businessanalysis experience in an application support environment

Soft Skills

Analytical skills : being familiar with figures of accounting reports and rulesincluding taxes figures.

Autonomous : being able to lead investigations to solveissues by mobilizing all resources / departments requested.

Flexibility : beready to be involved in late shift.

Ability to report : Keeps his / her superiorsinformed about his / her activities and the progress of his / her filesin an effective way.

Draws attention to useful information risksand sensitive points.

Client focus : Does everything possible to achieveinternal or external customer satisfaction by identifying thecustomers needs and providing them with the appropriate solution.

TekWissen Group is an equalopportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.