Senior Business Analyst

ABOUT THE JOB: 
The aim of Global Banking Technology & Operations (GBTO) Canada is to deliver day-to-day services to Société Générale investment and corporate bank units and their clients to accelerate their transformation. GBTO differentiates itself from competitors with the pace of the agile transformation delivered, spreading the technology and data culture, shortening the decision-making process, and adopting a true industrial approach, leveraging different teams either transversal or aligned to the different sub business units.

The Market Risk and Collateral (MRC) team belongs to the XRM (Cross Risk Metrics) department that aims at supporting and developing tools mainly for Market Risk department (RISQ). Our partner aims at evaluating and monitoring the markets risks, metrics and limits applied to Front Office.

You will report to the regional Head of MRC and will take care of key projects or initiative as Project Manager / Business Analyst. 
The projects are all technology oriented and aim at providing standard solutions to support our users’ processes.

YOUR MISSION

You will be leading several projects all related to IT and with wide diversity.

One of the main projects is to modernize the RENTD (Reasonably Expected Near Term Demand) process by migrating this RISQ process to the target application Metric Platform. This project started in 2026 and will last 2 years. 
 

Your role is to understand the user processes, specify the key modules to transfer the RENTD activity to MPT. You will also define with the end users the acceptance criteria and define the tests campaign to validate the metrics in the new platform.  You will also ensure the SLA and support prerequisites are also ready before the release.
You will collaborate with users located in New York and Paris and the development team mainly located in Montreal.

In addition to this major project, you will also contribute to the industrialization of the EUC (End user computing) of RISQ AMER. This project aims to study the replacement of the end user’s customization by integrating the features in existing applications or building new applications.
This project is critical to improve the efficiency and resiliency of technology solutions for RISQ.

Last you will also drive and animate important projects related to the production (Improvement of DevOps skills in MRC/AMER, vulnerability management…).

WHAT WILL BE YOUR DAY-TO-DAY? 
In this context, you will oversee the following missions:

• Ensure the stakeholders have the right inputs and environment to make the project progress: specification, environment, technology
  • You will collaborate with users and other business analysts to understand user needs and translate requirements into solutions

  • You will write functional specifications (including acceptance criteria) and document system and process workflows

     

  • You will ensure that the agile and continuous delivery methodology is followed
  • You will ensure that the features are properly tested and that the artifacts are produced
  • You will coordinate and carry out the phases in the different environments and present the test results to users
  • You will collaborate closely with people in other locations (US, France, India)
• Setup governance and maintaining close collaboration with our partners RISQ or GBTO
• Work with architect and application managers and developers to define IT solutions.
   

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Must Have: 

• You have a strong experience in a financial institution as Business Analyst
• You are comfortable managing multiple priorities, commitments and projects.
• Bilingualism (English/French) would be considered an asset
• You are comfortable acting as the point of contact for business clients and to understand/document the needs of the company and their priorities
• You have a strong desire to learn and contribute solutions and ideas to the team

The Functional and Technical Skills:

• Knowledge in Investment Banking
• Knowledge of SQL and ability to read and produce queries / stored procedures
• Experience with Python / scripting development

Bonus skills:

• Experience with concepts and literature related to Market Risk and PnL 
• Experience with concepts and literature related to Dodd Frank regulation (Volcker, RENTD)
• Experience with PowerBI
   

LANGUAGE: 

Ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing, is a requirement as the person in this position will need to collaborate regularly with colleagues and partners in the United States. 

Due to US Federal Securities law that may apply to this position, candidates who will apply for this position may be required to submit to an enhanced background screening, including the collection of their fingerprints by a third-party vendor selected by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA").

Societe Generale is committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates. If you require any reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let our Recruiters know.

OUR CULTURE: 
At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit and innovation. We are engaged and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes. Societe Generale is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities, and the world in which we live, because relationships are at the heart of how we operate. For more information about our Culture and Conduct initiatives, please visit this link (https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/careers/get-know-culture/)

D&I: 
Our Diversity & Inclusion Mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.
Our Diversity & Inclusion Vision:

• Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operate
• Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents
• Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients

For more information about our D&I initiatives, please visit this link (https://americas.societegenerale.com/en/careers/get-know-diversity/)