Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst – Trade Support (FTL / Repo & Securities Lending)

Location:

• Toronto, ON: 2 days/week onsite - 200 Bay Street, Toronto, ON M5J
• Jersey City, NJ: 4 days/week onsite - 30 Hudson St, Jersey City, NJ 07302

Duration: 4–6 months contract, with potential transition to full-time within 6–12 months

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst – Trade Support to join the Funding, Treasury and Liquidity (FTL) Program. This hybrid role combines traditional Business Analysis responsibilities with hands-on Front Office and Back Office Trade Support.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Product Owner, traders, technology teams, and senior stakeholders as part of a global development team. The role will focus on Pre-Trade and Post-Trade functions within the Central Funding Group, supporting FIS Apex and ATOM, a greenfield global front-office analytics, risk, and trade order management platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver enhancements and functional improvements across FIS Apex and ATOM.
• Provide 1st and 2nd line trade support to traders and back-office users.
• Investigate and resolve trade lifecycle issues, including:
• Trade booking errors
• Settlement breaks
• Collateral disputes
• Trade exceptions and incidents
• Perform detailed root cause analysis (RCA) and coordinate permanent fixes with technology teams.
• Support Repo and Securities Lending trade lifecycles across Front Office, Settlements, and Collateral Management.
• Gather and document business requirements through workshops and ad-hoc sessions with Front Office users.
• Translate business requirements into clear functional specifications for development teams.
• Explain technical issues, system constraints, and solutions to non-technical stakeholders.
• Participate throughout the SDLC, from requirements gathering through testing, validation, and production deployment.
• Review and sign off on test results prior to deployment.
• Develop data-driven reports and dashboards to monitor trade-support metrics, recurring issues, and operational trends.
• Collaborate with traders, senior leadership, Product Owners, developers, QA teams, and global stakeholders across multiple time zones.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and automation within the trade-support function.
• Leverage Python, SQL, and AI-powered tools such as Copilot-style assistants to accelerate scripting, query development, data analysis, and root-cause investigations.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Business Analyst supporting both Front Office and Back Office teams.
• Strong experience gathering and documenting requirements from Front Office users.
• In-depth understanding of the Repo and Securities Lending markets.
• Strong knowledge of:
• Repo trading
• Securities Lending
• Settlements
• Collateral Management
• Trade lifecycle processes
• Hands-on experience with a Repo trading platform.
• Experience translating complex business requirements into technical specifications for developers.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts, system limitations, and solutions effectively to business users.
• Strong experience in trade support, incident management, and root cause analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively within a geographically distributed global team.
• Strong technical proficiency with SQL and/or Python scripting.
• Experience performing data analysis and investigating production/trade-level issues.
• Practical experience using AI-powered development/productivity tools such as Copilot or similar assistants.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Understanding of different P&L valuation methodologies.
• Knowledge of financial risk calculation methods.
• Understanding of FIS Apex infrastructure and architecture.
• Experience working with ATOM or similar Front Office analytics/trading platforms.
• Experience supporting global Capital Markets, Treasury, Funding, or Liquidity programs.