Title: Charles River Developer Specialist

Location: Toronto, ON M5J 2V5  (Hybrid, 1 day in office)

Duration: 12+ months Contract with possible extension

Summary:

Liaises with business stakeholders to understand problems and opportunities and recommends solutions to enable the achievement of functional and organizational goals. Builds exceptional relationships with Client Asset Management, Private Bank and Nesbit Burns business partners and internal stakeholders across front- and middle-office teams that employ the Charles River IMS (CRIMS) vendor platform, Bloomberg DL and Snowflake-based Operational Datastore (ODS) and other trading/ investment management/ market data systems. Analyzes investment management functional process and data flows that primarily rely on Securities Master File (SMF) data and Investment Book of Record (IBOR) data, and creates documents and plans in service of informing, advising, or updating stakeholders. Ensures the requirements map to a real business need, are approved by all relevant stakeholders, and meet essential quality standards. Work on continuous improvements and enhancements of CRIMS user experience, including data extracts, external data feeds, custom reports and application-related workflows & configurations.

• Performs analysis of business activities to determine business requirements. Converts business functional workflow and data requirements into functional specifications. Works closely with the account manager, application development manager, project managers, business users, QA, developers, and other technology professionals to ensure that project deliverables are completed on time and within budget.
• Using currently documented workflows and control points, work with traders, portfolio managers, investment operations and compliance, business applications support and data management, and the Charles River Development (CRD) professional services and vendor support teams to build and configure new workflows that meet the needs of the business as well as eliminate or minimize existing pain points while still maintaining necessary control points. Document new workflows.
• Work with CRIMS business application support (BAS), development and QA teams to ensure existing application integrations are working as designed, including ensuring all SMF, Reference and IBOR data elements are being loaded and displayed properly.
• Provides application and production support as needed to the departments and systems that they support.
• Manages complexity across business value, technology, and interaction models.
• Possesses a deep understanding and problem-solving ability of various complexities.
• Develops innovative approaches to create solutions to resolve problems and significant issues.
• Recommends and implements solutions based on analysis of issues and implications for the business.
• Identifies emerging issues and trends to inform decision-making.
• Contributes to the development of the seed funding request by ensuring project scope and benefits are clearly articulated and risks are identified.
• Enables groups to successfully accept changes by informing stakeholders of their implications; recommends actions as appropriate.
• Works with project stakeholders to validate their requirements and analysis models via techniques such as reviews and walkthroughs.
• Ensures system specifications meet expectations/requirements and negotiates solutions.
• Creates documentation to ensure the supportability of analyses.
• Maintains existing requirements to ensure that current-state needs are known.
• Develops and implements data collection systems and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and data quality.
• Identifies, analyzes, and interprets trends or patterns in complex data sets.
• Remains alert to new techniques for data analytics, custom reporting and data visualization tools, and devises new ways of applying them.
• Recommends approaches to streamline and integrate technological processes in the organization to improve overall efficiency.
• Facilitates discussions and follows a structured approach to plan, elicit, analyze, document, communicate and manage requirements with stakeholders.
• Identifies opportunities to strengthen business analysis capability, such as: sharing expertise to promote technical development, mentoring employees, building communities of practice and networks across Client.
• Stays abreast of industry technical and business trends through participation in professional associations, practice communities & individual learning.
• Provides specialized consulting, analytical and technical support.
• Exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules.
• Works independently and regularly handles non-routine situations.
   

Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience with Charles River IMS – Strong expertise in system configuration, customization, and integration.

  System Configuration & Workflow Automation – Ability to design, configure, and optimize CRIMS workflows, compliance rules, and user permissions.

  Trade Blotter Management – Experience with the Trade Blotter for monitoring, trade execution, and troubleshooting trade flow issues.

  Workbench Expertise – Proficiency in Workbench for managing trade lifecycle, exception handling, and order flow.

  SQL & Database Management – Strong SQL skills for querying databases, troubleshooting issues, and optimizing performance.

  System Troubleshooting & Support – Ability to independently diagnose and resolve system performance issues, data mismatches, and trade discrepancies.

  FIX Protocol & Broker Connectivity – Experience with FIX message troubleshooting and integration with brokers and third-party trading platforms.

  Scripting & Automation (Preferred) – Familiarity with scripting languages (Python, Shell, PowerShell, etc.) for automation and process optimization.

 

About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com

Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers a Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Program to all eligible employees. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and an employee discount program, which provides exclusive access to thousands of discounts on travel, entertainment, and more. SPECTRAFORCE offers unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave, paid holidays, and paid vacation as required by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability, conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered, or any other prohibited grounds as identified by provincial or territorial law. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation. 


At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $70.00/hr.