Business Analyst – Fintech £100,000 Plus Bonus Hybrid 2 Days per week Quant Capital is urgently looking for a Derivatives Business Analyst to join our high profile client.
The Business Analyst Role has come around due to an expansion and strategic change and the Business Analyst will report in to the two owners of the business.
The firm engages with individual clients as a capital markets consultancy that brings to bear its technology DNA whenever addressing an issue within the client.
The Business Analyst Will: Lead key stake-holders to meet the common business programme goals.
Active requirement gathering, either in one-to-one sessions or in workshops.
Spec writing and close partnership with the offshore development team Software Releases every 2 week Definition and prioritization of the solution behavior to meet business requirements.
Design, definition and proposal of messaging protocol formats Validation of requirements with client business analysts, development and QA teams to ensure a common understanding of requirements Our client provides independent expert advice software and remediation for front office electronic trading environments.
Their clients include leading investment banks, asset managers and hedge funds.
They use well-established and bespoke methodologies to deliver solutions ranging from trading platform reviews to ultra-low latency design and development of front office trading systems.
Their engagements span front office engagements within Fixed Income, Equities and FX.
Business Analysts Must Have: · 2 - 5 years' experience working within software / financial services business analysis · Experience of OTC Derivatives · Good technical knowledge General Skills The ability to follow the logical path from initiation to completion.
Attention to detail and the ability/desire to challenge convention.
Taking an holistic view of a problem – not just corner cases but non-core functions.
A basic grasp of English (and an absence of jargon) Basic Skills (a selection of what would interest) Terms of Reference Requirements Gathering Process Flow Documentation State / Lifecycle Definition Gap Analysis Test Planning UML BPMN Data Modelling Techniques Analysis Documents: TOR, Requirements Specification, Functional Specification, Test Plan My client has a family feel and traditional values but is known as by far the best trading and reporting consultancy in the world.
They have recently implemented a FIX standard for Fixed Income Trading.
They have been trading for 8 years and have around 150 people in the office so personality fit is important.
My client is based in London Hybrid 2 days a week.
Business Analyst, Electronic trading consultant – FIX, Index, Benchmark, Latency, Infrastructure