Scotiabank · 2 weeks ago
Business Solutions Expert, Global Equity Technology & Quantitative Trading Solutions
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$121K/yr - $231K/yr
3+ years expScotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas, and they are seeking a Business Solutions Expert to provide operational support for Institutional Trading Desk front office systems. The role involves conducting analysis, defining requirements, and collaborating with technology groups and vendors to resolve complex business problems in equity trading.
BankingFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge
Provide responsive operational support which includes troubleshooting existing and new functionality, the incumbent must also contact the appropriate vendor for assistance in determining corrective action to be taken as well as participate and manage the activities of the vendor to ensure satisfactory results have been achieved
Assist in resolving complex, multi-faceted problems to meet the system needs of the Institutional Trading Desks and their internal and external customers, by applying your business and technological knowledge to analysis, defining user requirements, design and implementation of systems solutions. This may involve rapid prototyping, with requirements and solutions developed on an iterative basis that provides interim deliverables until a final production solution is created
Determines the best approach for eliciting, analyzing, validating, and prioritizing requirements to ensure that the necessary information is captured from the relevant stakeholders to address the business needs
Builds, sustains, and leverages relationships with individuals within his/her area of immediate responsibility when gathering, validating, and approving requirements to establish a comfort level in managing relationships and understanding business needs and assurance that a quality result will be delivered
Collaborate with business partners, including senior management, to define business objectives, process, and requirements. Within the context of the project, collaborates on and sometimes leads discussions with business partners to better understand the business environment, to determine potential impacts on the project scope and objectives
Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions
Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of their respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk
Champions a high performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment
Qualification
Required
University degree and 3-5 years' experience in an Equity trading environment
The incumbent must have possess strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills with the ability to work under pressure while keeping up-to-date with new technology solutions for our trading business
The incumbent must have knowledge of the following: Trading Floor style support, Experience in high-paced environments, Experience with supporting Order Management Systems, especially Fidessa, Equity Trading Knowledge, Exposure to Listed Options Trading
The incumbent must possess good oral and written communication skills for the purpose of providing reports to management and effectively communicating with the user community
Preferred
Series 7/63 is desirable
Company
Scotiabank
Scotiabank is a banking firm that provides banking and financial services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.07B2024-04-17Post Ipo Debt· $1.07B
1972-03-01IPO
Leadership Team
Jabar Singh
President & CEO Scotiabank Colpatria (Colombia) & Head Central America & Caribbean
L.Scott Thomson
President and CEO
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