Business Analyst / Product Manager - Equities

Business Analyst / Product Manager -Equities

An exciting and varied role within an established and growing organisation predominantly working as a Business Analyst / Product Manager with some Project Management.

Candidates MUST have excellent knowledge of predominantly Equities E-Trading / Exchange Connectivity with any Fixed Income,Futures & Options / FX beneficial, ideally, you’ll also have a strong Technical Understanding.

IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE REQUIRED FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE PLEASE DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE.

An ideal candidate may come from a number of areas including

Ex-Trader / Broker with some knowledge of IT.

Account Managers or Functional Support role at an ISV / Trading Software vendor.

Trader Support / Settlements background.

IT Support with an interest in the markets / excellent business knowledge.

The role will cover a number of the company’s different business divisions with the successful candidate will having the opportunity to work on a breadth of different projects. The primary responsibility will be full project lifecycle from the initial Business Analysis to scoping project requirements and managing the project delivery, adapting to any changes in scope in the process and solving problems.

About The Role

Functional requirement gathering with internal and external stakeholders and working closely with development teams to translate requirements into deliverable solutions.

Constantly reviewing Trading Systems and client needs to see where functionality can be improved

Project management - drive the delivery of product initiatives. Defining project timelines and identifying dependencies and risks to delivery. Translate business requirements into clear technical requirements

Client Onboarding - develop and provide comprehensive training materials (in English) for internal teams and clients, ensuring a clear understanding of product features and functionalities.

Proactively managing multiple projects of varying scope and size in parallel

Solving problems with innovative solutions with the confidence to challenge stakeholders to determine the most appropriate solution.

Risk assessment - Appropriately assess risks and identify any required actions required to mitigate risks.

Using tools such as MS Project to manage forecast

Essential Skills

In depth knowledge of financial markets, ideally Equities with Fixed Income, Futures &FX advantageous

Demonstratable experience as a Business Analyst / Product Manager delivering trading solutions within a Fixed Income / Equities trading environment

Experience working with engineering teams in line with Agile/scrum Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology, translating business requirements into stories and epics.

Some knowledge of IT including Windows / Linux and general networking

Good understanding of networking (TCP and UDP) and multicast data delivery

Good understanding of distributed server architectures running on Linux

Knowledge Of Any Desirable

Understanding of ultra-low latency distributed computing environments.

Familiarity with FIX trading protocol and market data systems.

Understanding of traditional and on-premises physical infrastructure and distributed server architectures running on Linux.

Previous experience with Fixed Income, Equities, Futures & Options Trading, Risk and Settlement Systems.

Familiarity with cloud technology - AWS and or Azure

Reasonable knowledge of Databases - SQL Server / Oracle - including performance issues

Knowledge of any of the ISV’s products - Trading Technologies, Stellar, ULLink, WebICE, Object Trading, Fidessa, ION / Patsystems, Trayport.

Exchange Connectivity - ICE / LIFFE, Eurex, CME / CBOT, Euronext, Xetra, Chi-X, LME, LSE, NYSE.

FIX Connectivity - Client On-boarding, Support / Troubleshooting of FIX Logs / Connections.

Other Market Data - Reuters, Bloomberg, CQG, Ateo (Teo and Lisa).

Good understanding of full trade lifecycle

Fluent Spanish Speaker or any other languages spoken to business level would be highly beneficial but not essential

Other Skills

High attention to detail with a technical focus

Excellent verbal and client facing skills

Collaborative

Analytical and problem-solving attitude

Strong organisational and time management skills

Microsoft Office

Atlassian (Jira, Confluence)

The successful candidate will have a strong and positive work ethic with the ability to forge lasting relationships (both internal and external) at all levels.

Benefits

Standard benefits include but not limited to

25 days of annual leave

Private Medical insurance

Flexible working

Pension

Discretionary bonus

Employee equity participation schemes

Regular external training

There is a broad salary range as candidates at all levels will be considered.