Senior Business Analyst to support execution of test cases on a CDS rewrite project for large financial bank - 139416-1

Job ID: 139416-1
Duration: 6 months
Location: Hybrid - Toronto

Department: Portfolio and Change Management, Business Management
Business Unit: Business and Client Services

Portfolio and Change Management sits within the Business Management pillar of BCS. We have 6 operational pillars of PMs and BAs each managing the projects within their pillars.

Responsibilities: 
 

• Coordinate with stakeholders on daily execution of test cases
• Coordinate with CDS, Broadridge and internal partners on defect triage, and resolution on JIRA tickets
• Outline test scope and write/ refine test cases
• Perform ad-hoc tasks in preparation for testing, e.g. environment and access set-ups
• Lead and assist junior BA/s and provide status updates to the project lead

Project: CDS Rewrite

• CDS is upgrading their platform for all industry users in towards a new Web based GUI for Post Trade Management. The implementation effort will require a significant coordination of activities amongst TMX-CDS, its clearing and settlement participants, service providers and regulators
• The target go live date for the industry is Q1 2023
• The CDS project started in 2017-18 when TMX initiated the proposal to upgrade the post trade management. The bank has been working on this project to align itself with the Canadian clearing and settlements market. The bank is gearing up to move their settlements from the current mainframe to the new CDS GUI.

 Must Haves: 
 

• 4-7+ years experience as a Business Analyst
• Experience working in Capital Markets, Settlements and Clearing, Broadridge

Nice to Haves: 
 

• Bachelor’s degree in business (or a closely related field) or equivalent experiences
• Exposure to project environment