Job#: 3037434

Job Description:

Job Description:

Position Title: Senior Analyst, Trading Systems Management

Line of Business: Global Asset Management

What does the LOB do: Global Asset Management (GAM) is a leading North American investment manager with over $330 billion in assets under management. GAM combines deep investment expertise with an innovative, client-centric mindset to deliver dynamic global investment solutions across a diverse range of asset classes, industries, and global markets. The platform serves institutional, private wealth, and retail investors, offering access to differentiated investment strategies and tailored solutions. With innovation at its core and a fiduciary commitment to clients, GAM helps clients navigate complexity and achieve their financial ambitions.

Reason the role is open:

Support for ongoing business requirements

Target Start Date: June 15th

Duration: 12 months

Remote/Hybrid: Toronto or MTL

Work Schedule (hours per week, start time): 9-5

2 interviews to hire

Team Size? counting with this contract, 5

Selling points:

Opportunity to work in a high-impact, hybrid role combining systems, data, and business engagement

Exposure to industry-leading trading platforms and technologies with influence on enhancements and improvements

Strong visibility across teams, collaborating with front, middle, and back office partners as well as technology stakeholders

Involvement in meaningful system and process improvement initiatives that drive efficiency and data quality

Ability to build and apply technical and analytical skills in a real-world trading environment

Job Description:

The Senior Analyst, Trading Systems Management plays a key role in supporting and evolving trading and order management systems across multiple asset classes. This position combines system expertise, data analysis, and stakeholder engagement to ensure platforms operate efficiently, data is accurate and reliable, and business needs are effectively supported.

The role involves working closely with front, middle, and back office teams to understand requirements, resolve system and data issues, and deliver enhancements that improve workflows and user experience. The incumbent also contributes to the development of reporting and analytical capabilities, enabling better visibility into trading activity and operational performance.

Responsibilities include maintaining system configurations, ensuring data integrity, supporting daily operations, and participating in initiatives to enhance processes and system functionality. The role requires building strong relationships with internal partners and external vendors to ensure systems remain aligned with evolving business needs.

Key Responsibilities

•Manage and enhance trading and order management systems (e.g., ThinkFolio, Bloomberg AIM/PORT and related platforms) to ensure optimal functionality, performance, and user experience

•Serve as a central point of contact for system-related inquiries, troubleshooting issues, and supporting front, middle, and back office users across asset classes

•Gather, analyze, and translate business needs into system improvements, workflows, and data requirements, ensuring alignment with operational and strategic objectives

•Perform data extraction, validation, and analysis across multiple systems to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency of trading and operational data

•Develop and maintain reporting solutions, dashboards, and analytical outputs to support decision-making, monitoring, and performance tracking

•Identify opportunities to streamline processes through automation and improved data workflows using tools such as SQL, Python, Excel, or similar technologies

•Monitor system data flows and proactively resolve discrepancies by collaborating with technology teams, data providers, and operations partners

•Support system enhancements, upgrades, and project initiatives, including testing, implementation, and post-launch validation

•Maintain documentation of system processes, data definitions, and workflows to support transparency, audit requirements, and knowledge sharing

•Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external vendors to ensure systems remain aligned with evolving business needs and industry standards

•Contribute to ongoing process improvement initiatives by leveraging data insights and identifying areas for increased efficiency and control

Must Have Requirement:

3–5+ years experience in data analytics, financial systems, or business analysis

Strong hands-on experience with:

•SQL, Python, Excel

•Data extraction, cleansing, and transformation (ETL)

Experience building dashboards and reports (Tableau, Power BI, or similar)

Strong understanding of data validation, quality control, and governance

Ability to translate business needs into data and technical requirements

Experience working with financial data, portfolios, or trading environments

Nice to Have:

Experience with Bloomberg, Capital IQ, or trading platforms

Exposure to predictive modeling / advanced analytics / machine learning

Experience with automation (VBA, scripting, APIs)

Knowledge of asset management, portfolio analytics, or capital markets

Experience working in Agile / Jira environments

Soft Skills:

Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset

Ability to communicate data insights clearly to non-technical stakeholders

High attention to detail and data accuracy

Proactive and solutions-oriented mindset

Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills

EEO Employer

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Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.