Senior Analyst, Asset Finance Support

Attendance: Hybrid

Employment Category: Intermediate Professional

Type of Contract: Permanent

A career as a Senior Analyst in the Asset Finance Support team at National Bank Capital Markets, means you’ll be an OTC operations specialist. With your knowledge of the OTC products (mortgage-backed securities, securitization, asset acquisition and financing), your will to contribute to the transformation of the sector and your knowledge and passion of the financial markets, you’ll have a positive impact on the growth and profitability of the bank.

Your role

Front Office Support

Assist traders with the entry and validation of OTC transactions (mortgage-backed securities, securitizations, etc.).

Ensure accurate representation of the various financial transactions executed by our traders across different systems.

Act as a key point of contact for traders to support time-sensitive requests and ensure timely execution of transactions

Perform funding activities, including coordination of cash movements, ensuring timely and accurate funding of trades, and resolving any discrepancies impacting settlement.

Perform reconciliation of payments, ensuring alignment between systems, and proactively investigate and resolve discrepancies impacting settlement and funding flows.

Perform the pooling process, including validation of loan data, creation of pools, and reconciliation of loan balances to ensure accuracy and completeness prior to issuance and settlement.

Perform reinvestment of MBS cash flows, ensuring accurate allocation of principal and interest proceeds in line with trading strategies and settlement timelines

Control and Validation

Verify deal consistency (pricing, counterparty, dates, terms and conditions).

Ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.

Perform validation of pooling activities, ensuring accuracy of loan data, pool balances, and settlement readines

Conduct payment and cash reconciliations, ensuring alignment between Murex records, Swift messages, and cash received

Validate funding activities, ensuring trades are properly funded and aligned with settlement timelines

Perform reconciliation of Murex trades against downstream systems, identifying and resolving discrepancies

Ensure completeness and accuracy of trade booking and lifecycle events across all systems

Investigate and resolve breaks and exceptions, escalating issues where required

Perform daily controls on positions, cash balances, and transaction activity

Validate data integrity across systems, including trade attributes, settlement instructions, and counterparty details

Trade Flow Management

Coordinate with Middle Office, Back Office, and Risk Management teams.

Issue Resolution

Identify and correct system or data anomalies.

Communicate with IT teams to resolve technical issues.

Reporting and Documentation

Maintain clear and up-to-date procedural documentation.

Your team

As part of the Capital Markets Operations sector, you’ll be part of a team of 140 colleagues. Our team stands out for expertise in OTC products, by our active and passionate employees and by our contribution to the profitability of the financial markets.

You will be on the front line to support our traders, offering them quality support by constantly bringing in new ideas, by automating existing procedures and suggesting new training methods in your team. You will be the guardian, with your team, of our processes that are constantly evolving with new business opportunities and major initiatives.

We offer a wide range of ongoing learning opportunities for your development, including hands-on learning, training courses and collaborating with colleagues who have varied expertise and profiles.

The candidates will have the chance to be part of one of the operation teams in an evolving chair. This evolving chair is part of a clear and determined development path that can allow you to evolve in your role and, thus, to access different levels of function and propel your career.

Prerequisites

Completed bachelor's degree related to the industry, or any relevant experience OR any other combination of education and experience considered equivalent

Experience in Financial Markets Operations

Knowledge of different systems (Murex, Swift, ISM, Bloomberg or Reuters)

Good knowledge of Microsoft and Excel software (VBA, Macros, pivot tables, dynamic tables, etc.)

Good knowledge of derivative products in general, mortgage-backed securities and asset lending

Experience in resolving issues on complex financial transactions

Must have the capacity to work under pressure, versatility, resourcefulness, proactive and curious

Flexibility to work overtime based on business needs and market activity

Your benefits

In addition to competitive compensation, upon hiring you’ll be eligible for a wide range of flexible benefits to help promote your wellbeing and that of your family such as:

Health and wellness program, including many options

Flexible group insurance

Generous pension plan

Employee Share Ownership Plan

Employee and family assistance program

Preferential banking services

Involvement in community initiatives

Telemedicine service

Virtual sleep clinic

We have an offer that keeps up with trends as well as your needs and those of your family.

Our dynamic work environments and cutting-edge collaboration tools foster a positive employee experience. We value employees’ ideas. Whether through our surveys or programs, regular feedback and ongoing communication are encouraged.

Making a bold move in a people-first environment

We’re a bank on a human scale that stands out for its courage, entrepreneurial culture, and passion for people. Our mission is to have a positive impact on people’s lives. Our core values of partnership, agility, and empowerment inspire us, and inclusion is central to our commitments. We aim, wherever possible, to provide a barrier-free and accessible environment to all employees.

We strive to provide accessibility measures throughout the recruitment process within the limits of our available resources. If you require accommodations, feel free to let us know during our initial conversations. We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team?

Join us!

Additional required languages: English

Skills: Continuous Improvement, Diversity & Inclusion, Driving Results, Teamwork, Client-focused, Empathy, Initiative, Learning Agility, Resiliency