Title:  Business Analyst Specialist - Equity Trading Technology

Requisition ID: 260258

 Salary Range: 90,000.00 - 167,200.00 

Please note that the Salary Range shown is a guideline only. Salary offered may vary based on factors, including, but not limited to, the successful candidate’s relevant knowledge, skills, and experience.

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Purpose

To provide responsive operational support for Fidessa and other Institutional Equity/Converts/Option Trading desk Front office systems.  The incumbent is responsible for assisting in conducting analysis leading to the definition of requirements, design, testing, project coordination and implementation processes.  The successful candidate will also assist in the resolution of complex business problems for Equity Sales and Trading Business unit, and other business lines being serviced.  The incumbent is also responsible for participating in projects for new systems or enhancements, working with development personnel, and participating as a team member in Agile scrums.  The candidate will work with other technology groups and vendors, and provision of ongoing support for all users in the business lines supported.

What You’ll Do 

• Provide responsive operational support which includes troubleshooting existing and new functionality, the incumbent must also contact the appropriate vendor for assistance in determining corrective action to be taken as well as participate and manage the activities of the vendor to ensure satisfactory results have been achieved.
• Assist in resolving complex, multi-faceted problems to meet the system needs of the Institutional Equity Trading Desks and their internal and external customers, by applying your business and technological knowledge to analysis, defining user requirements, design and implementation of systems solutions. This may involve rapid prototyping, with requirements and solutions developed on an iterative basis that provides interim deliverables until a final production solution is created.
• Determines the best approach for eliciting, analyzing, validating, and prioritizing requirements to ensure that the necessary information is captured from the relevant stakeholders to address the business needs
• Builds, sustains, and leverages relationships with individuals within his/her area of immediate responsibility when gathering, validating, and approving requirements to establish a comfort level in managing relationships and understanding business needs and assurance that a quality result will be delivered
• Collaborates with business partners, including senior management, to define business objectives, process, and requirements.  Within the context of the project, collaborates on and sometimes leads discussions with business partners to better understand the business environment, to determine potential impacts on the project scope and objectives.

What You’ll Bring 

The incumbent must have possess strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills with the ability to work under pressure while keeping up-to-date with new technology solutions for our trading business.

The incumbent must have knowledge of the following:

• Trading Floor style support
• Experience in GCM and or High paced environments
• Equity systems (preferrable Fidessa)
• Equity Trading Knowledge
• Exposure to Listed Options Trading, Convertible Bonds, and Futures
• The incumbent must possess good oral and written communication skills for the purpose of providing reports to management and effectively communicating with the user community
• Possesses a university degree and 5-10 yrs experience in an Equity trading environment.
• Series 7 and 63 preferred

Interested? 

If your experience is closely related but doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we do encourage you to apply - you might be the right candidate for this or other roles at Scotiabank! 

At Scotiabank, every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are and, embraced for their differences. That’s why we work to grow and diversify talent and engage employees in a performance-oriented culture. 

What's in it for you? 

 
Scotiabank wants you to be able to bring your best self to work – and life, every day. With a focus on holistic well-being, our many flexible benefit programs are designed to help support your unique family, financial, physical, mental, and social health needs. 

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Location(s):  United States : New York : New York City

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