Business Systems Analyst - IBOR, UAT, SQL, Excel

Location: Toronto, ON

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid — Thursday and 4th Friday of the month (subject to change based on business requirements)

Contract Details

Position Type: Contract Contract Duration: 6 months (with potential for extension) Pay Rate: C$90.00–C$100.00 / Hour (CAD) Shift / Schedule: 37.5 hours/week; no overtime required

Job Summary

We are looking for a Business Systems Analyst focusing on global asset management and investment book of record (IBOR) expertise. The position requires a Senior Business Systems Analyst with deep knowledge of global asset management, particularly IBOR, portfolio management, and various asset classes including equities, fixed income, FX, and money market instruments. The role bridges technology and business operations to drive innovative asset management strategies. The main function of a Business Systems Analyst is to perform the analysis, design, implementation, modification, and daily functional support of all applications. This is a critical role as Global Asset Management (GAM) is on a multiyear transformational journey, currently six months into a business data migration project involving the transition from a legacy book of records to a new investment book of record system.

Key Responsibilities

Works with key stakeholders within all business functions to align technology solutions with business strategies. Gathers requirements from business units and translates those to programmers and developers. Prepares cost-benefit and return-on-investment analyses to aid in decisions on system implementation. Demonstrates an informed knowledge of business functions to resolve problems and capitalize on improvement opportunities. Supports one or more highly complex business processes. Works on multiple projects as a project team member. Serves as a liaison between the business community and the IT organization in order to provide technical solutions to meet user needs. Provide managerial oversight to business analysis activities for a team in order to advance initiatives and ensure project success. Provide management and planning for the Supplier team. Ensure that Supplier Personnel deliver analysis of complex business/function information and provide recommendations/proposals. Ensure the quality of the output of Supplier team. Gather and document complex business requirements, design client-focused solutions, and lead project implementation as a subject matter expert while mentoring technology and project teams. Work with Business to create test cases and, depending on resources, may require executing on test cases or working with QA to execute/automate the test cases. Talk to business teams to gather requirements and analyze what those requirements will look like.

Required Skills

Business analytic skills including understanding complex business processes/challenges, requirements gathering, designing tactical and strategic solutions, understanding SDLC, and having worked with agile development teams to deliver solutions to production environments.

SQL

Excel (including macros) Global Asset Management / Wealth / Capital Market experience; understanding of trade life cycle and how different systems connect to each other. Demonstrated experience with at least one asset class (e.g., derivatives, equities, fixed income, FX, money market instruments). Knowledge of how Book of Record systems work (e.g., Finbourne, SS&C, Aladdin, or similar IBOR systems). Strong understanding of trading workflows and how the trading workflow operates end-to-end. Ability to create business solutions that increase competitive advantage. Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships. Ability to effectively manage a team of individuals. Meeting facilitation experience. Extensive experience with requirements analysis, including Use Case analysis. Extensive knowledge of business process modeling and workflow analysis. Knowledge of the system development lifecycle, application delivery and implementation. Ability to exercise good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. Project management skills in order to handle diverse projects, often simultaneously, and meet aggressive deadlines. Ability to solve technical problems/processes and understand complex details. Ability to increase operating efficiency and produce high-quality technical solutions. A high level of interpersonal and verbal communication skills necessary to relate to other people at their systems knowledge level. Ability to analyze complex situations and problems and do the necessary research using multiple sources of information to arrive at innovative solutions. Basic knowledge of programming languages in order to comprehend reading code and basic functions. Knowledge of how to make a data feed. Some manual testing and regression testing experience.

Preferred Skills

Power BI (willing to learn) Databricks (willing to learn; basic knowledge preferred as the team is moving to Databricks) Python / VBA IBOR migration experience

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering, or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred. Bachelor's or equivalent degree in a related field.

Required Experience

10 years of experience required. Extensive experience with investment product lifecycles, trading instruments, portfolio strategies, and risk calculations. Experience working with agile development teams.

Work Environment / Physical Requirements

Hybrid work model: in-office on Thursdays and the 4th Friday of the month; may change due to business requirements. 37.5 hours per week; no overtime required. No vacation constraints noted. Interview process: Microsoft Teams screening (1 interview, 30 minutes) followed by an in-person interview with the Senior Director.

Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans

401k Retirement Fund

About the Client

This client is a large, full-service multinational financial services and banking institution offering a comprehensive range of banking, wealth management, and capital markets products and services to individuals, businesses, and institutional clients across its home market and internationally, with significant commercial and investment banking presence in the United States and other global markets — serving millions of clients and employing professionals across business analysis, enterprise programs, DevOps engineering, and technology functions. The organization has made meaningful commitments to inclusion and diversity, with employee-led resource groups, active diversity hiring goals, and structured recognition programs celebrating milestones, daily contributions, and career achievements. For job seekers, this is an organization that offers stability, a well-developed training framework, genuine opportunities for career development, competitive compensation, and benefits including health coverage, wellness programming, and performance bonuses, with hybrid work arrangements available for many roles.

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-09238 Industry: Data & Analytics

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