Chief Functional Analyst

A career as a Chief Functional Analyst - Back-Office Technical Systems Analyst at National Bank means being a specialist in some of our most critical systems.
This position allows you to have a positive impact on our organization thanks to your expertise in market systems, your understanding of transaction flows, and your ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
Your job

• Act as an expert in the applications and technology and their connectivity and architecture
• Review, test, and deploy infrastructure and connectivity requirements, and provide daily support for back-office platforms and all their technical components.
• Actively participate in technical design discussions and produce the necessary functional and design deliverables.
• Meet business needs by breaking down requests, estimating the required effort, and ensuring continuous delivery based on agile principles.
• Continuously improve technological performance by optimizing processes and identifying effective solutions, conducting technology watch, proposing innovative ideas, and participating in their evaluation and implementation.
• Take charge of incidents, problems, and change requests, including planning and executing disaster recovery activities, and engaging the right stakeholders to troubleshoot, communicate, and resolve incidents with ownership, accountability, and urgency.

Your team
The IT and Operations team is made up of more than 5500 experts. The Vice Presidency Technologies Financial Markets, it is more than 100 specialists who work in an agile, proactive and collaborative way to seize opportunities, stay at the cutting edge of technologies and improve processes continuously.
Within the electronic negotiation sector, you are part of a large team of 15 colleagues and report to the Senior Manager, Transversal Technology Delivery. Our team stands out for its high level of expertise, its constant collaboration with the development, strategy and negotiation teams, as well as its commitment to innovation and operational excellence.
We want to contribute to your quality of life by offering you as much flexibility as possible. For example, we offer a hybrid work environment along with a flexible schedule that you can adapt to your needs.
The Bank values ongoing development and internal mobility. Our personalized training programs with on-the-job learning help you to master your role and develop new fields of expertise. Tools such as the Data Academy, language training, Harvard Manage Mentor, coaching, and mentoring support are always available.
Prerequisites

• A university degree or another diploma in computer science, software engineering, finance or a related field with several years of experience
• CSE or Series 99 Certification or in-depth knowledge of Market Events and post trade settlement, an important asset
• Good knowledge of trading and back-office systems and financial markets, an asset
• Experience in software development, network administration or server administration
• Proficiency in Linux, Wintel, AWS environments and Python/Java languages, an important asset
• Knowledge of FIX, MQ, JSON, XML and SFTP, a strong asset
• Ability to manage priorities in a dynamic and pressured environment.

Your benefits In addition to competitive compensation, upon hiring you’ll be eligible for a wide range of flexible benefits to help promote your wellbeing and that of your family.    * Health and wellness program, including many options * Flexible group insurance * Generous pension plan * Employee Share Ownership Plan * Employee and Family Assistance Program * Preferential banking services * Opportunities to get involved in community initiatives * Telemedicine service * Virtual sleep clinic    These are a few of the benefits available to you. We have an offer that keeps up with trends as well as your needs and those of your family.   Our dynamic work environments and cutting-edge collaboration tools foster a positive employee experience. We actively listen to employees’ ideas. Whether through our surveys or programs, regular feedback and ongoing communication is encouraged.   We're putting people first We're a bank on a human scale that stands out for its courage, entrepreneurial culture, and passion for people. Our mission is to have a positive impact on peoples' lives. Our core values of partnership, agility, and empowerment inspire us, and inclusivity is central to our commitments. We offer a barrier-free workplace that is accessible to all employees.     We want our recruitment process to be fully accessible. If you require accommodation, feel free to let us know during your first conversations with us. We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team?    Come live your ambitions with us!