Head of Capital Markets Product
With over 30 years of recognized expertise, COFOMO is now a leading Canadian consulting firm specializing in digital and artificial intelligence. Supported by more than 3,000 experts, 10 Centers of Excellence, and 4 offices across the country, we are uniquely positioned to successfully guide our clients through their transformations. Both strategic and tactical, we help organizations across a wide range of industries thrive in today’s rapidly evolving world.
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Help our clients succeed and maximize the impact of their transformation initiatives, turning them into powerful drivers of growth and innovation.
Job description
- Represent the voice of internal clients and ensure a clear understanding of the needs, business objectives, expected benefits and priorities of the capital markets business lines;
- Define the positioning, planning, implementation and follow-up of the initiatives under his/her responsibility, while maintaining and prioritizing the product backlog for projects, evolutions and maintenance activities;
- Develop, monitor and present the product roadmap, including the progress of the work, risks, issues, required trade-offs and budget consumption;
- Clarify and document business needs, success objectives, expected features, target processes, business rules, context diagrams and operating models necessary for delivery;
- Guide and challenge business and functional analyst deliverables, including objectives, benefits, gap analyses, requirements, target processes, use cases, acceptance criteria, business rules, and traceability;
- Contribute to structuring decisions by presenting analyses, options, impacts, risks, trade-offs and clear recommendations to stakeholders and governance committees;
- Maintain clear visibility on progress, risks, issues, decisions, trade-offs and value delivered;
- Ensure the alignment between support, maintenance, evolution and projects impacting the products or solutions under his/her responsibility;
- Collaborate in the preparation, execution and follow-up of business acceptance tests, including the traceability of requirements, the documentation of deviations, the prioritization of anomalies and the coordination of validations with users;
- Bachelor's degree in finance, administration, technology, engineering, mathematics, economics or a related field;
- Have at least five (5) years of capital markets experience at a major financial institution, as a business analyst or product manager, on technology solutions related to derivatives, fixed income, equities or financing;
- Proficiency in capital markets sales activities, particularly those related to fixed income and derivatives, including sales and trading platforms, order management and transaction lifecycle;
- Knowledge of financial products, rating mechanisms, bond types, yield curves, credit ratings, transaction valuation and fixed income derivatives, including futures and swaps;
- Understand derivatives and fixed income desk operations as well as real-time pricing of financial products, market data consumption and calibration of pricing curves;
- Demonstrate a solid understanding of market and reference data management, data flows, yield curves, data quality, and reconciliation processes;
- Master the concepts related to accounting, risk, risk hedging and regulatory requirements applicable to the capital markets;
- Be familiar with financial regulations and standards such as Dodd-Frank and MiFID II;
- Experience with the different phases of a project or with the life cycle of a product in continuous evolution;
- Apply Agile, Scrum, or Kanban methodologies and have hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence, and product backlog management practices;
- Knowledge of capital markets platforms such as Bloomberg, TOMS, Bloomberg Data License, BPIPE, CanDeal, GLMX, Tradeweb, ION/Fidessa, Murex or similar solutions;
- Demonstrate strong communication, prioritization and problem-solving skills, as well as an ability to manage trade-offs between value, risk, capacity, suppliers and timelines;
- Demonstrate customer focus, rigor, autonomy, judgment, accountability and influential leadership;
- Contribute to solution design, feasibility analyses, estimating, planning and preparation of deliveries, while prioritizing measurable value and reducing ambiguity in demands;
- Experience in a banking, financial services or regulated environment (an asset);
- This position requires fluency in French and English for daily tasks, understanding documentation, and professional communication with customers, suppliers, and colleagues across Canada. French and English language skills are essential, both oral and written.
Why choose a career at COFOMO?*
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Wellness program
- 24/7 telemedicine access
- Support for legal, accounting, and mental health needs
- Focus on growth, development, and skills enhancement
- Personalized career plan and tailored guidance
- Hybrid work environment
- Active social club and year-round events
* Only applicable to permanent COFOMO employees.
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