We are seeking a highly skilled and business-savvy Senior Business Analyst with deep expertise in capital markets and trading technology. You’ll play a critical role in delivering enterprise-scale initiatives that support trading and post-trade operations for a top-tier investment management firm. This is an exciting opportunity to collaborate directly with investment professionals, operations, and technology teams to deliver innovative and impactful solutions. This is a contract position.
Project Overview You will join the Public Market Technologies team within Trading Technology, acting as a lead business analyst on high-visibility initiatives. This role demands strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a strategic mindset. You will gather and document complex business and technical requirements, translate them into actionable specifications, and partner with engineering and architecture teams to deliver scalable, high-performing solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the end-to-end business analysis process, from requirement gathering through to solution implementation, across trading and post-trade platforms.
Facilitate workshops and stakeholder meetings to gather business, functional, and integration requirements.
Document detailed system and data specifications aligned with business goals and technical capabilities.
Collaborate with engineers, architects, and business SMEs to design and evaluate solution alternatives.
Drive process improvement and innovation by identifying inefficiencies and proposing automation opportunities.
Support the creation and validation of test plans and test cases alongside the engineering team.
Translate complex outcomes of process design meetings into process documentation, including risk analysis and business continuity planning.
Act as a liaison between business and technical teams to ensure shared understanding and alignment.
Mentor junior business analysts and help drive priorities for critical deliverables.
Operate effectively in an Agile environment using tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
8+ years of hands-on experience as a Business Analyst in capital markets or the broader financial services sector.
Proven ability to capture business and data integration requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
Strong understanding of trading systems, investment workflows, and post-trade processes.
Familiarity with relational databases and ability to work with data models and structures.
Experience working directly with traders, investment professionals, and engineering teams.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present technical and non-technical information to diverse audiences.
Strong analytical and documentation skills with a proactive, detail-oriented mindset.
Demonstrated success working in Agile/Scrum/Kanban environments.
Able to work on-site in downtown Toronto Monday through Thursday.
Nice to Have
Scrum Master or Project Management certification.
Experience designing or enhancing front-office trading platforms or order management systems (OMS).
Knowledge of regulatory and compliance considerations in trading environments.