Eliassen Group
Business Analyst/Product Owner-Canadian Brokerage Experience
Eliassen Group, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, 07390
Business Analyst/Product Owner Canadian Brokerage Experience
Hybrid Remote | 2 weeks per month onsite in Jersey City, NJ Overview
The Senior Business Systems Analyst / Product Owner is responsible for partnering with the tech lead to drive requirements, prioritize delivery, and ensure solutions meet both business and technical objectives. This hybrid role blends the strategic vision and prioritization skills of a Product Owner with the analytical rigor and detail orientation of a Business Analyst. This position focuses on complex and large-scale brokerage trading platforms, with an emphasis on Canadian brokerage trading, clearing, and settlement processesincluding integration with Canadian depositories, custodians, and regulatory frameworks. The successful candidate will work closely with traders, operations teams, and technology partners to support the full trade lifecycle from order execution through post-trade settlement and reconciliation. You will thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, collaborating across teams and geographies to bring innovative ideas to market within the company. This role requires translating business needs into clear, actionable stories, managing a product backlog, and ensuring delivery aligns with strategic objectives and operational realities. Pay
Pay:
$80 - $85/hr W2 Responsibilities Serve as primary liaison between Canadian brokerage business teams, trading desks, clearing operations, and technology squads. Define and maintain the product backlog for Canadian brokerage trading and settlement features, ensuring prioritization aligns with strategic goals. Lead requirements gathering for enhancements involving trade capture, allocation, confirmation, settlement, and reporting workflows. Partner with clearing and settlement teams to identify automation opportunities and improve operational efficiency. Collaborate with QA and operations to design and execute integration and user acceptance testing for trading and post-trade systems. Ensure regulatory compliance by incorporating IIROC and Canadian securities requirements into functional designs. Facilitate regular agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, and demos, ensuring both business and technical alignment. Actively engage with stakeholders to provide updates, manage expectations, and incorporate feedback into iterative delivery cycles.
Experience Requirements
6+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Product Owner, or hybrid role, with direct exposure to Canadian brokerage trading systems. Strong understanding of the Canadian trade lifecycle (execution, allocation, clearing, and settlement) including NSCC/DTCC equivalents in Canada (e.g., CDS) and applicable regulatory frameworks (e.g., IIROC, MFDA). Experience with post-trade operations such as settlement instruction generation, reconciliation, fail management, and corporate actions processing. Proven ability to analyze and model trade workflows for multi-asset classes including equities, fixed income, and ETFs within Canadian markets. Familiarity with U.S. and Canadian cross-border trading considerations. Expertise in Agile methodologies, backlog refinement, and prioritization. Highly skilled in writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and system documentation for complex trading applications. Technical proficiency with APIs, JSON, REST, Java, and understanding of microservices integrations. Proficiency in JIRA and Confluence.
Education Requirements
Bachelor's Degree
Compensation and Benefits
W2 hourly pay and benefits; medical, dental, and vision benefits; 401(k) with company matching; life insurance.
Employment Details
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level Employment type: Contract Job function: Consulting Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting
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Hybrid Remote | 2 weeks per month onsite in Jersey City, NJ Overview
The Senior Business Systems Analyst / Product Owner is responsible for partnering with the tech lead to drive requirements, prioritize delivery, and ensure solutions meet both business and technical objectives. This hybrid role blends the strategic vision and prioritization skills of a Product Owner with the analytical rigor and detail orientation of a Business Analyst. This position focuses on complex and large-scale brokerage trading platforms, with an emphasis on Canadian brokerage trading, clearing, and settlement processesincluding integration with Canadian depositories, custodians, and regulatory frameworks. The successful candidate will work closely with traders, operations teams, and technology partners to support the full trade lifecycle from order execution through post-trade settlement and reconciliation. You will thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, collaborating across teams and geographies to bring innovative ideas to market within the company. This role requires translating business needs into clear, actionable stories, managing a product backlog, and ensuring delivery aligns with strategic objectives and operational realities. Pay
Pay:
$80 - $85/hr W2 Responsibilities Serve as primary liaison between Canadian brokerage business teams, trading desks, clearing operations, and technology squads. Define and maintain the product backlog for Canadian brokerage trading and settlement features, ensuring prioritization aligns with strategic goals. Lead requirements gathering for enhancements involving trade capture, allocation, confirmation, settlement, and reporting workflows. Partner with clearing and settlement teams to identify automation opportunities and improve operational efficiency. Collaborate with QA and operations to design and execute integration and user acceptance testing for trading and post-trade systems. Ensure regulatory compliance by incorporating IIROC and Canadian securities requirements into functional designs. Facilitate regular agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, and demos, ensuring both business and technical alignment. Actively engage with stakeholders to provide updates, manage expectations, and incorporate feedback into iterative delivery cycles.
Experience Requirements
6+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Product Owner, or hybrid role, with direct exposure to Canadian brokerage trading systems. Strong understanding of the Canadian trade lifecycle (execution, allocation, clearing, and settlement) including NSCC/DTCC equivalents in Canada (e.g., CDS) and applicable regulatory frameworks (e.g., IIROC, MFDA). Experience with post-trade operations such as settlement instruction generation, reconciliation, fail management, and corporate actions processing. Proven ability to analyze and model trade workflows for multi-asset classes including equities, fixed income, and ETFs within Canadian markets. Familiarity with U.S. and Canadian cross-border trading considerations. Expertise in Agile methodologies, backlog refinement, and prioritization. Highly skilled in writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and system documentation for complex trading applications. Technical proficiency with APIs, JSON, REST, Java, and understanding of microservices integrations. Proficiency in JIRA and Confluence.
Education Requirements
Bachelor's Degree
Compensation and Benefits
W2 hourly pay and benefits; medical, dental, and vision benefits; 401(k) with company matching; life insurance.
Employment Details
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level Employment type: Contract Job function: Consulting Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting
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