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Senior Business Analyst

City of London Permanent £130,000 - £150,000 per year View Job Description
The primary role of the Senior Business Analyst is to ensure business needs are clearly understood and turned into the right technology solutions. They will have hands-on experience with trading systems and financial market processes, including how trades move through their full lifecycle.
  • Are you a Business Analyst with a cash equities trading background?
  • Do you have extensive trading systems and trading execution experience?

About Our Client

My client is a global investment banking and securities firm that provides equity research, brokerage, investment banking, and capital markets services.

Job Description

  • Act as the link between business teams and IT teams.
  • Work closely with stakeholders to understand business needs and problems.
  • Gather, document, and analyse business and technical requirements.
  • Map out business processes and help design technical solutions.
  • Work with front-office development teams to align system designs and features.
  • Present ideas clearly and confidently, including system designs and technology solutions.
  • Help start projects, support delivery, and ensure knowledge is shared across teams.
  • Support technical design decisions, with a focus on performance, stability, and scalability.
  • Work with Quality Assurance teams to ensure thorough testing.
  • Make sure software is delivered on time and meets business expectations.
  • Follow required training programs and regulatory standards.

The Successful Applicant

A successful Senior Business Analyst should have:

  • Strong background in cash equities trading with extensive OMS and EMS trading systems experience
  • Comprehensive Trade Flow knowledge and required experience in all types of execution - High Touch, Program Trading, DSA and DMA.
  • Experience with MiFID trading reporting
  • Proven experience as an IT Business Analyst or Solution Lead.
  • Project management experience
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Familiarity with project management tools (e.g. JIRA).
  • Familiarity with software delivery tools (e.g. issue tracking, documentation, CI/CD tools).
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

What's on Offer

  • Competitive salary ranging from £130,000 to £150,000 per annum.
  • Bonus and pension.
Contact
George Thomas
Quote job ref
JN-042026-7004098
Phone number
+442072692167

Job summary

Job function
Banking & Financial Services
Subsector
Business Analysis / Change / PMO
Sector
Financial Services
Location
City of London
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
George Thomas
Consultant phone
+442072692167
Job reference
JN-042026-7004098