Job Title: Business Analyst III
Location: Toronto, ON, Hybrid (4 days onsite)
Duration: 5+ Months (Possibility of extension)

Job Description:
Acting as the Business Subject Matter Expert (SME) against data strategy project covering Market Risk and FTP Measurements. This role offers an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to leverage their relevant business experience and work on initiatives that touch on various treasury concepts while strengthening stakeholder management and leadership skills within a project capacity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform comprehensive analysis, provide business requirements, review business regression test results to ensure result variances are explained and accepted
• Support stakeholders by providing expertise on banking product features, valuation systems and project expectations
• Engage multiple stakeholders to maintain a cohesive vision making sure everyone is on the same page, understand the process implications and manage the end-to-end deliverables
• Develop and foster a positive working relationship with partners and stakeholders
• Provide updates on the project and present to all levels of the organization including senior management Years of Overall Experience: 5-7 years of experience (some flexibility)

Familiarity with:

• Principles of asset/liability management, capital markets, and how Treasury delivers value
• Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP) concepts and their application to retail Mortgage, Loan and Deposit products
• The features and characteristics of retail banking products
• Non trading market risk concepts and their application to P&C banking products.
• Agile methodology for project delivery

Experience with:

• Mapping-out/re-engineering processes and workflows, including associated change management
• Communicating with all levels of the organization, including senior management
• Simplifying and presenting complex concepts and business results in terms understandable by audiences with varied backgrounds including senior bank executives
• Managing multiple complex projects concurrently
• Gathering & analyzing financial data to derive value added analysis
• Managing cross functional teams to deliver on key initiatives

Competencies and Personal Qualities:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Quick to learn and apply new concepts
• Demonstrated strong analytical abilities
• Ability to collaborate and teach skills and concepts to colleagues
• Approach responsibilities with diligence and initiative, taking ownership of issues to ensure successful outcomes
• Strong organizational skills with an ability to prioritize and manage competing initiatives
• Challenge the status quo and exhibit a forward-looking mindset to identify enhancement opportunities that are efficient and scalable

Degree/Level of Education: Bachelors degree in finance, engineering
Certifications Required: CFA/FRM designations are considered assets
Years of Overall Experience: 5-7 years
 
MUST-HAVE Hard Skills:
1.) Finance background - treasury and FTP
2.) ALM experience
3.) SQL experience
5.) Strong presentation skills
6.) Strong excel skills

SOFT SKILLS:
1.) Attention to detail
2.) Great communication skills

NICE-TO-HAVE
1.) Tableau
2.) Azure, data bricks and Python

DISQUALIFIERS – is there any information/experience on a candidate’s resume that would disqualify them from consideration for this position?
1.) Job hopping without explanation
2.) treasury operational 
 
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: $ 45.00/daily.