Senior Business Systems Analyst

Purpose

The Senior BSA will play a lead role in the delivery and ongoing evolution of SGWM's Investment Data Hub. You will act as the primary subject matter expert for business requirements and platform capabilities, driving alignment across investment operations, risk, compliance, and technology stakeholders. This role carries significant responsibility for the quality and completeness of the IDH solution, and requires a seasoned professional who can lead complex analysis, challenge design decisions, and mentor junior analysts.

• Lead end-to-end requirements gathering, solution design, and sign-off for Opus EDM workflows, data sourcing configurations, enrichment pipelines, and mastering rules.
• Define and enforce data governance standards across the IDH, including data lineage documentation, ownership assignment, and data quality thresholds.
• Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders (investment management, risk, compliance, finance, operations) and the technical delivery team.
• Lead UAT planning, test strategy development, and execution; own defect triage, prioritization, and formal sign-off processes.
• Develop and maintain target-state data models, field mapping specifications, and integration designs for all downstream consumers including Charles River, Sim Corp, Eagle, and Barra One.
• Provide subject matter expertise on Opus EDM platform capabilities; advise stakeholders on best practices, platform constraints, and available configuration options.
• Mentor and guide BSA team members; contribute to best practice documentation and knowledge transfer.
• Manage vendor engagement with Gresham (Opus EDM) on platform escalations, release planning, and roadmap alignment.
• Drive cross-functional working groups and manage competing stakeholder priorities across a large-scale program.

• 7–10 years of BSA experience in investment management or financial services, with a minimum of 4 years of direct, hands‑on experience with Markit EDM / S&P Global EDM / Opus EDM.
• Deep functional knowledge of Opus EDM architecture: data sourcing, enrichment workflows, golden record creation, exception management, and downstream distribution.
• Comprehensive understanding of investment data domains: securities reference data, pricing, corporate actions, benchmarks, NAV/fund data, and risk analytics.
• Demonstrated experience leading integration design and business requirements for platforms such as Charles River Development (CRD), Sim Corp Dimension, Eagle PACE, and/or Barra One.
• Advanced SQL proficiency; familiarity with data integration patterns, API‑based data flows, and file‑based exchange mechanisms.
• Proven ability to lead cross‑functional working groups, facilitate workshops, and manage competing stakeholder priorities in a large financial institution.
• Experience driving delivery within agile program structures; ability to work across multiple concurrent work streams.

• Familiarity with risk analytics workflows within Barra One or equivalent risk platforms.
• Exposure to cloud data platforms (GCP Big Query, Azure Synapse, Databricks).
• Working knowledge of data governance tooling (Collibra, Alation, or similar).
• Previous experience in a Canadian bank, pension fund, or large wealth/asset management organization.
• Experience managing or contributing to vendor RFP and selection processes.

If your experience is closely related but doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we do encourage you to apply - you might be the right candidate for this or other roles at Scotiabank!

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