Senior Business Architect

The Senior Business Architect will play a pivotal role in designing and establishing Canadian brokerage operations within a growing financial technology environment. You will translate complex brokerage processes, regulatory obligations, and operational requirements into clear product specifications and actionable technical solutions. Working closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Compliance teams, you will help shape the platform's capabilities across account management, trading, clearing, settlement, and custody. You will lead structured discovery, identify platform gaps, and define operating models that support both immediate launch requirements and long-term growth. As a senior individual contributor, you will have direct visibility with executive leadership and significant ownership over strategic initiatives. This is an opportunity to help build scalable brokerage infrastructure while introducing automation, straight-through processing, and AI-enabled operational capabilities.

The ideal candidate combines extensive brokerage operations knowledge with strong business architecture capabilities and the ability to translate complex operational and regulatory requirements into practical technology solutions.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or an equivalent discipline.

• At least 8 years of experience as a Business Architect, Business Analyst, Consultant, or in Product Operations within brokerage, clearing, custody, or capital markets.

• Strong understanding of brokerage operating models, including account management, trading, clearing, settlement, custody, and securities operations.

• Demonstrated ability to translate brokerage processes and regulatory requirements into clear product specifications and technical requirements.

• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to structure complex workflows, business entities, process states, exceptions, and operational controls.

• Excellent documentation and communication skills, including the ability to produce precise specifications, process diagrams, and actionable decision records.

• Experience collaborating with Operations subject matter experts, Product Managers, Engineering teams, and Compliance stakeholders.

• Ability to distinguish between product changes, operational procedures, and policy decisions.

• Strong judgment, attention to detail, and a preference for precise, structured requirements over ambiguous documentation.

• Ability to work independently as a senior individual contributor, influence stakeholders, and drive alignment without direct team management responsibilities.

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to investigate complex operational challenges, identify gaps, and drive decisions to completion.

• Genuine interest in building and scaling Canadian brokerage operations and financial technology infrastructure.

Nice to have:

• Experience building or supporting a carrying, self-clearing, or custody platform.

• Previous experience with Canadian dealers, carrying brokers, or introducing brokers.

• Background in business architecture, enterprise architecture, or solution architecture within capital markets.

• Familiarity with CDS/CDSX and Canadian securities clearing and settlement workflows.

• Experience with Canadian registered accounts, including TFSA, RRSP, and RESP, and their associated tax and reporting requirements.

• Experience with API-based or platform brokerage products.

• Previous experience in fintech companies, startups, or greenfield platform launches.

• Regular use of AI-powered tools such as Cursor, Claude, or ChatGPT for requirements drafting, discovery synthesis, and gap analysis.

• Experience developing greenfield capability roadmaps in collaboration with executive sponsors.