Business Analyst Specialist, Capital Markets Technology 1

Requisition ID : 183584

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Team

Global Technology Applications (GTA) is the fast-moving, award-winning technology engine that powers Scotiabank's Corporate and Investment Banking and Capital Markets businesses.

We are committed to investing in our employees and helping you continue your career at Scotiabank.

The Role

Do you enjoy working closely with end-users, Business Analysts, and team members to understand business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions?

Must take an interest in understanding the business functions of the end-users? Do you have experience Investigating, analyzing, developing and maintaining a strong knowledge of trading workflows, technology and market structure to ensure most streamlined approaches are implemented?

We're looking for a Business Analyst Specialist who ensures re-engineering of VAR (Value at Risk) / FRTB application, works closely with business to understand existing functionalities, and working closely with developers to migrate functionalities to new technology stack and write scripts for analysis, testing and regression.

Responsibilities

Successful candidate will be responsible for liaising with business and working with developers to understand existing application processes, streamlining processes within the application, consolidating and centralizing functionalities.

The candidate will also be responsible for performing heavy data driven analytics and reconciliations using queries and scripts as the calculation logic in VAR / FRTB application is highly statistical and computational intensive.

Ideal candidate would be required to

• Understand and investigate risk metric values from database and files with scripts like python, R and shell scripts.
• Understand regulations around market risk capital and the business processes to calculate capital
• Perform integration testing on the end-to-end application processes
• Extract business logic by reading existing code such as java, python, and shell scripts

Qualifications

• 3+ years of strong data analytics experience in SQL, R or Python
• 3+ years of experience working in UNIX environments with shell (ksh / bash)
• 5+ years of business analyst experience on software development projects
• Hands on experience in using analytics libraries like numpy, scipy, dataframes is a plus
• Proactive and curious to learn new technology and learn about business is a plus.
• Masters / Bachelor's in computer science / Statistics / Math Related discipline.
• Experience in capital markets / banking domain is a plus.

What's in it for you?

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank.

We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.

Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone.

Scotiabank continues to locate, remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.

• Remote-friendly work environment will provide you with the flexibility to perform at your best.
• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one. .
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

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ScotiaTechnology

CapitalMarketTech

Location(s) : Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose : "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone.

If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know.

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We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.