GLOSS Business Analyst / Subject Matter Expert

About the position We are seeking a seasoned GLOSS Business Analyst / SME to join our capital markets technology team on either a contract or full-time basis. This role is critical to supporting clearance and settlement operations, trade life cycle event processing, and accounting functions within the GLOSS platform. You will serve as the go-to subject matter expert, bridging business requirements and technology delivery across our hybrid work environment with presence in Toronto, Montréal, New York, or New Jersey. Responsibilities • Serve as the primary SME for the GLOSS platform, providing expert guidance on configuration, functional design, and issue resolution • Support end-to-end trade life cycle event processing including trade capture, confirmation, clearance, settlement, and corporate actions • Document and analyze trade life cycle workflows, identifying gaps and opportunities for process improvement • Work with technology and operations teams to design, test, and validate GLOSS-based solutions • Provide deep expertise in clearance and settlement processes across asset classes within capital markets • Collaborate with accounting and finance teams to ensure accurate trade life cycle event accounting treatment • Define and review functional specifications for accounting entries, reconciliation, and exception management • Support the investigation and resolution of settlement breaks, fails, and accounting discrepancies • Elicit, document, and validate business requirements from front office, operations, finance, and technology stakeholders • Produce high-quality functional specifications, user stories, process flows, and test plans • Facilitate UAT and support business sign-off for GLOSS-related enhancements and implementations • Act as a liaison between business and technology teams throughout the project delivery lifecycle Requirements • 5+ years of hands-on experience with the GLOSS platform in a capital markets environment • Strong knowledge of trade life cycle events: trade capture, affirmation, clearance, settlement, and fails management • Solid understanding of securities settlement accounting, including journal entry design and reconciliation • Proven ability to document complex business processes and write clear functional specifications • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder communication skills • Experience working in Agile or hybrid delivery environments • Eligibility to work in Canada and/or the United States Nice-to-haves • Experience with fixed income, equities, or derivatives products is an asset

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