IT Risk Analyst

Job Summary

FP Inc. is seeking an IT Risk Analyst for a 12-month contract based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This hybrid role requires 3 to 4 days on-site weekly. The successful candidate will be responsible for reconciling access to Capital Markets systems, identifying and reporting access control violations, and assisting technical staff with data mapping and reporting for regulatory compliance.

Daily Responsibilities

• Obtain files of access setup for Capital Markets systems.
• Reconcile access to approvals obtained.
• Investigate unapproved access to determine if an access control violation has occurred.
• If a violation is identified, determine the root cause.
• Write a report detailing the occurrence and root cause.
• Setup meetings with appropriate personnel to communicate findings.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide assistance and guidance to technical staff for developing mapping logic for source data feeds.
• Configure and extract position data using internal Enterprise Risk System for generating business specific products.
• Generate future cash flows, create new products/accounts, model customer behaviour, and balance position data to general ledger.
• Develop reports to comply with regulatory requirements.
• Develop and generate reports in appropriate format to be submitted to regulatory bodies.

Must-have Skills/Experiences and/or Education, certifications, qualifications, designations

• Proficient in Excel.
• Undergraduate degree in a technical field (engineering, mathematics, physics, or computer science) and a graduate degree in business, economics, or MBA.
• 2-4 years relevant work experience.
• Practical knowledge and experience in financial data mapping concepts and processes.
• Practical and solid knowledge of business-specific banking products.
• Experience and knowledge in the areas of data warehousing, relational databases and information flow.

Nice-to-have Skills/Experience and/or Education, certifications, qualifications, designations

• IT Control and Risk knowledge and experience.
• Working knowledge of risk measurement (market, credit, or liquidity risk) and valuation methodology of capital markets and banking products with any risk system.
• Proven business analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to identify, analyze, and rectify project issues.
• Well-developed PC Skills (spreadsheets, Access database, presentation software).
• Ability to construct and execute complex SQL queries.
• Ability to deal with ambiguous inputs/user requirements, question, interpret, investigate, define, and obtain answers.
• Ability to convey complex conceptual information involving extensive interpretation and opinion (technical and business components).

Key skills/competency

• IT Risk Management
• Access Control
• Regulatory Compliance
• Financial Data Mapping
• Capital Markets
• Data Warehousing
• SQL Queries
• Business Analysis
• Risk Measurement
• Excel Proficiency