Senior Business Analyst

at  Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan HOOPP

Why you’ll love working here:

• high-performance, people-focused culture
• our commitment that equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental to our work environment and business success, which helps employees feel valued and empowered to be their authentic selves
• learning and development initiatives, including workshops, Speaker Series events and access to LinkedIn Learning, that support employees’ career growth
• membership in HOOPP’s world class defined benefit pension plan, which can serve as an important part of your retirement security
• competitive, 100% company-paid extended health and dental benefits for permanent employees, including coverage supporting our team’s diversity and mental health (e.g., gender affirmation, fertility and drug treatment, psychological support benefits of $2,500 per year, and newly extended maternity/parental leave top of 26 weeks)
• optional post-retirement health and dental benefits subsidized at 50%
• yoga classes, meditation workshops, nutritional consultations, and wellness seminars
• access to an annual wellness reimbursement program for health and wellness-related expenses for permanent and temporary employees
• the opportunity to make a difference and help take care of those who care for us, by providing a financially secure retirement for Ontario healthcare workers

Job Summary
We are looking for a passionate, Sr. Business Analyst who will be responsible for working with our business partners to understand their problems and propose solutions to help build the software to automate their workflows, delivering maximum value to our business with minimal cost.
Within the Investment Solutions Group (ISG) at HOOPP (Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan), we’re dedicated to providing cutting-edge technological solutions to traders, portfolio managers, and cross-functional teams. This role is pivotal in driving the inception, design, analysis, implementation, and support of all Investment Trading applications used by our Investment Management team, overseeing a daily portfolio exceeding $60 billion.

As our fund grows, we are updating our technology to handle higher transaction volumes and more complex investment strategies. The Investment Trading Solutions Portfolio delivers technological solutions that enable our business clients to manage, analyze and grow their business. The Investment Trading Solutions Portfolio supports the following areas of investment trading including:

• Futures, FX, Bond, Equity, and Swaps trading
• Collateral Management and Trading
• Payments and settlement tracking and processing

What you will do:

• Partner with our business teams in the back, mid, and front office to understand their needs, create robust solutions, and provide updates on progress.
• Integrate across multiple investment systems both internally and externally using custom or industry protocols e.g. FIX.
• Manage vendor relationships for new builds, enhancements, and support of existing workflows
• Create designs and processes to ensure operations of a critical business.
• Provide support for our business partners when anomalies occur, or questions need to be answered through investigation of technical problems.
• Collaborate with a team that embodies the agile mindset, involving high amounts learning and flexibility to achieve high performing results.
• Learn how we record transactions in our book of record and understand how to accurately confirm the state of the data through the source system and data warehouse
• Actively participate and contribute to Agile/ Scrum practices such as daily standups, backlog refinement, planning and sprint retrospectives.
• Support the team in developing and realizing the Product vision (develop roadmaps, manage scope, minimum viable products etc.)

Who you are:

• 5+ years Capital Markets domain knowledge in at least one of the following areas:
• Futures, Bond, Equity, FX, or Derivatives trading and post trade
• Collateral Trading or Collateral Management
• Payment or Settlement tracking and processing
• Degree in Finance, Business, Engineering, Computer Science, related field and/or relevant experience
• Experience working with 3rd party vendors and their integration teams (e.g., Bloomberg, ICE) to implement technical solutions on defined project timelines.
• Understanding of IT principles such as databases, functions, UI, business rules, and software systems.
• Possess a Quality Assurance mindset and capable of testing software to find issues and confirm functionality.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are necessary for effective interaction with users, developers, and stakeholders.
• Excellent facilitator and interviewer (able to pull out deeper business needs & usage patterns)
• Understands the why (curious, asks probing questions, digs deep, open minded)
• Self-motivation, focus, and the ability to deliver with minimal direction are essential.
• Professionalism, integrity, and the ability to prioritize assignments within a dynamic team are necessary.

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of Bloomberg, SimCorp Dimensions (SCD), SAP HANA, Snowflake.
• Experience working with developers to produce solutions.
• CFA, CSA, FRM or other financial designation.
• Strong people leadership attributes are beneficial for fostering teamwork and enabling change.
• The capacity to make decisions in ambiguous situations is valued.

• Partner with our business teams in the back, mid, and front office to understand their needs, create robust solutions, and provide updates on progress.
• Integrate across multiple investment systems both internally and externally using custom or industry protocols e.g. FIX.
• Manage vendor relationships for new builds, enhancements, and support of existing workflows
• Create designs and processes to ensure operations of a critical business.
• Provide support for our business partners when anomalies occur, or questions need to be answered through investigation of technical problems.
• Collaborate with a team that embodies the agile mindset, involving high amounts learning and flexibility to achieve high performing results.
• Learn how we record transactions in our book of record and understand how to accurately confirm the state of the data through the source system and data warehouse
• Actively participate and contribute to Agile/ Scrum practices such as daily standups, backlog refinement, planning and sprint retrospectives.
• Support the team in developing and realizing the Product vision (develop roadmaps, manage scope, minimum viable products etc.