Business Systems Analyst
Scotiabank•Dallas, TX
•Onsite
About The Position
As a Business Systems Analyst on the IDH team, you will support the implementation and ongoing operations of a flagship strategic data platform. You will serve as a bridge between business stakeholders and the technical delivery team, ensuring that investment data requirements are accurately captured, clearly documented, and effectively implemented within the Opus EDM platform.
Requirements
- 3–5 years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst in financial services or investment management
- Hands-on experience with Markit EDM / S&P Global EDM / Opus EDM — including workflow configuration, data mapping, exception management, or data sourcing
- Familiarity with investment data domains: securities reference data, pricing, corporate actions, benchmarks, and/or fund data
- Strong SQL proficiency for data analysis, validation, and reconciliation
- Experience working with financial data vendors such as Bloomberg, ICE, Refinitiv, or equivalent
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; proven ability to engage both technical and business stakeholders
- Experience working within agile/scrum delivery frameworks
Nice To Haves
- Direct integration experience with Charles River Development (CRD), SimCorp Dimension, Eagle PACE, or BarraOne
- Familiarity with data governance frameworks and tooling (Collibra, Alation, or similar)
- Exposure to cloud data platforms such as GCP (BigQuery), Azure Synapse, or Databricks
- Previous experience at a large Canadian financial institution or asset manager
Responsibilities
- Gather, document, and translate business requirements into clear functional specifications for Opus EDM configuration, data sourcing workflows, and integration designs
- Analyze data quality issues across securities reference data, pricing, corporate actions, and related investment data domains; work with technical teams to identify root causes and resolution paths
- Support UAT and system testing activities, including test case creation, execution, and defect tracking and resolution
- Collaborate with data vendors and downstream application teams (Charles River, SimCorp, Eagle, BarraOne) to validate data flows and ensure alignment with business expectations
- Maintain business process documentation, data dictionaries, workflow specifications, and operational runbooks
- Participate in sprint ceremonies and contribute to agile delivery practices across the IDH program
- Support data governance activities including the documentation of data lineage, ownership, and quality rules
Benefits
- Flexible benefit programs designed to help support your unique family, financial, physical, mental, and social health needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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