Markets Treasury IT Canada Team Lead (Murex)

Job title: Markets Treasury IT Canada Team Lead (Murex)

Company: HSBC

Job description: HSBC Global Services Canada Limited (HGCA), is a subsidiary of HSBC Global Services Limited, owned by HSBC Holdings plc. HSBC Global Services Canada Limited (HGCA) provides operational services to countries across the HSBC Group which is the largest and leading international bank in the Canada.

We help companies and individuals across Canada to manage their finances through three global business lines: Commercial Banking, Global Banking and Markets (GBM), and Wealth and Personal Banking.

It’s this global connectivity that you will find yourself inspired and collaborating with colleagues not just locally but also across continents and cultures.

About Global Banking & Markets, IT

Global Banking and Markets (GBM) provides financial services and products to corporates, governments and institutions worldwide, building partnerships with them to help them achieve consistent, long-term performance. We use the strength of HSBC’s international network to connect emerging and mature markets, covering key growth areas. Our products and services include advisory, financing, prime services, research and analysis, securities services, trading and sales, and transaction banking.

The Global Banking and Markets Technology team is dedicated to supporting Global Banking and Markets (GBM) by working in partnership with business leaders who rely on us for delivering innovative, robust, stable platforms to enable their investment and financial solutions for clients. Join Global Banking and Markets Technology and be part of the global connectivity, collaboration and team that spans across 20 countries. The total number of successful production releases surpass some of the biggest blue chip tech companies. Canada is a key location in Global Banking and Markets Technology’s global growth strategy and is receiving global attention for its deliveries.

Key Objectives

The Balance Sheet Management IT / Markets Treasury IT team deliver strategic and tactical development solutions for the Balance Sheet Management and Fixed Income desks globally.

The role will be working closely with Balance Sheet Management systems including Murex MX3. There are a number of local Spring based web applications that the successful candidate will also have to manage. This could mean working to prioritise the book of work and communicate with stakeholders to manage expectations.

Principle Accountabilities:

• Working with the Business, IT development and support teams to ensure successful prioritisation of competing business and technical requirements
• Translating these requirements into appropriate solutions
• Managing metrics and information and ensuring that they are reported successfully
• High degree of organisation and discipline relating to people management and team coordination
• Ensuring consistent processes across sites
• Providing advice and support to other members of the XFOS IT and Balance Sheet Management team
• Arranging user training and initial application onboarding
• Onboarding and improving DevOps capability by identifying automation opportunities and enabling cross training within the team
• Operating as an Officer-In-Charge to the team lead

The large proportion of work will be split across all support lines. A key responsibility of this role is to ensure this front line team has all the required support to carry out their day to day responsibilities.

Qualifications

Knowledge & experience / Qualifications:

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

• Proven technical, support and enhancement experience
• Crisis Management
• Experience supporting a Unix environment
• Experience with SQL and complex datamodels
• Production support management experience
• Has worked in a data driven environment
• Has worked for a global business
• Investment Banking IT background, experience of working with a front office environment

ESSENTIAL SKILLS/COMPETENCIES

• Product Knowledge of Swaps, Bonds, IR Derivatives, FX and MM
• Excellent communication, verbal and written
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Good documentation skills
• Keen sense of ownership of tasks given as assignments, carried through to resolution and review phases
• Team player, with a proven awareness of the importance of team working in a fast paced highly technical environment
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and under pressure without sacrificing accuracy and quality
• Knowledge of a primary trading system
• Knowledge of JIRA, Confluence and other Atlassian products
• Analytical approach to problem solving
• Knowledge of DevOps tools such as Ansible, Jenkins
• Is flexible and can facilitate the resolution of any problem presented. Is a problem solver
• Can navigate a complex organisation and work to get to the right person within that hierarchy
• Can manage a dynamic work environment and a team from a number of different backgrounds

IDEAL EXPERIENCE

• BSM past experience would be a plus
• Team Lead experience would be a plus
• Object oriented programming experience
• Experience onboarding a CI/CD pipeline

HSBC Proud

As a business operating in markets all around the world, we believe diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why HSBC Canada is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation.

If this is not the ideal role for you, we invite you to sign up to our so that we can update you about job opportunities and career events in your area of interest. We are always looking for people with purpose and ambition who can help us build the bank for the future.

We encourage all Indigenous peoples of North America and Persons with Disabilities to self-identify in their applications. In addition, we invite you to reach out to Matt Woods, our Diversity Recruitment Relationship Manager at for support during the selection process.

Expected salary:

Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Thu, 20 May 2021 22:25:22 GMT