Job Title: Business Analyst Location: Toronto – Hybrid – 100 King St W Start Date: ASAP Contract: 6 months with possible extension Project:
Upgrade Calypso application
Calypso has derivatives, interest rate derivates, equity and comity derivatives
Pops - funnel in other core system data into calypso to generate accounting
Ensuring anything this system is producing from accounting GL perspective is going to be for after. Doing comparisons data before and after
She know they are not going to find a contractor that knows the calypso system and knows how the accounting is configured.
Day-to-day: (this could be split depending on what background the person has) Product Control Type job in the past….
Strong accounting background (she would prefer this)
Worked in capital markets accounting setting they will step in and help run daily reconciliations, go in and post and generate accounting entries and help with investigations
A lot of products they support - derivatives, daily suspense reconciliation
More focused on suspense and bank accounts and doing GL posting
Experience with testing…
They are good with data
They will receive two types of files speaking in "different languages"
One report at the trade level with all evaluations and another that has trade ID. She would want them to look at consistency between the two.
Running compares of data to ensure consistency among the data that is being generated from the application
Must Haves: Years of experience: 3+ (IMO I would look at 5+ to begin)
Accounting Background
Business Analyst Background
Calypso - does not matter what version
Ledger perspective: S4 "sap"
Trading system: does not need all of these
OpenLink
Trader EH
Imgaine
Swop one
Soft skills:
Excellent communication skills
Pluses:
Data and accounting experience (explained in day-to-day)
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