
Senior Business Analyst
Innocap
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Toronto • Canada
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About the role
- Collaborate with stakeholders, product owners, and development teams to gather and document business requirements
- Serve as a liaison between business units and IT teams to ensure alignment and successful project delivery
- Translate business needs into detailed user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria in Jira
- Maintain and manage Jira boards, workflows, and dashboards to support agile project tracking
- Analyze current business processes and identify areas for improvement
- Work closely with Quality Assurance and Development teams to ensure requirements are clearly understood and implemented correctly
- Demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate business requests into technical specifications and to challenge and refine requests when appropriate
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master's Degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related fields
- Strong experience using Jira in Agile/Scrum environments, with proficiency in drafting user stories, process flows, and functional specifications
- 5-10 years of experience as a Business Analyst, including 5+ years within the technology function of a hedge fund, fund administrator, prime broker, or financial institution in their capital markets division
- Good knowledge of Excel, SQL, and data visualization tools such as Power BI and Tableau, with a proven ability to analyze data using dashboards and reports
- Excellent project management and communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate and present information to stakeholders
- Analytical, detail-oriented, and resourceful, with a proven ability to stay organized and manage tasks efficiently
- Familiarity with leveraging AI assisted tools such as Microsoft 365 Copilot, Rovo and AI enabled platforms for requirements gathering and documentation
- Knowledge of middle-office hedge fund processes such as reconciliation, Treasury, NAV calculation, and margin calculation is considered an asset
- Experience in application development related to Treasury or the Trade Life Cycle within financial services, ideally in the hedge fund space, is considered an asset
- Certifications such as CFA, FRM, PMP, or CSPO are considered assets
- Hands-on development experience (i.e. Python) is considered an asset.
Benefits
- Exposure to diverse alternative investment strategies
- A culture that values creativity, proactivity, and continuous growth
- Flexible hybrid work for better balance
- A strong focus on service excellence and meaningful partnerships
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Jirauser storiesSQLExcelPower BITableauPythonagileproject managementdata analysis
Soft Skills
stakeholder managementcommunicationanalyticaldetail-orientedresourcefulorganizationalpresentation skillscollaborationproblem-solvingtask management
Certifications
CFAFRMPMPCSPO