Business Analyst

Business Analyst – Trade Processing

Location: UK (Hybrid Working)

Employment Type: Contract

A leading global financial institution is undergoing a major front‐to‐back re‐platforming of its Financial Markets technology stack. As part of this multi‐year transformation, we are seeking a highly experienced Principal Business Analyst with deep expertise in trade booking, trade processing, and the end‐to‐end lifecycle of financial products.

This is a senior, hands‐on role working across multiple asset classes and technology domains, delivering strategic platform capabilities that support global trading, operations, risk, and finance functions.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Delivery

• Drive end‐to‐end delivery of features aligned to the organisation’s strategic front‐to‐back re‐platforming programme.
• Propose and validate solution designs that support long‐term architecture and business goals.
• Own the quality of business requirements, functional specifications, and supporting documentation.

Business Analysis & Design

• Collaborate with Front Office, Middle Office, Operations, and Finance teams to understand business requirements across FX, Rates, Credit, and Commodities.
• Produce high‐quality design artefacts including whitepapers, functional designs, and process models.
• Work closely with architecture and engineering teams to translate business needs into technical specifications.
• Participate in design workshops and drive consensus across multiple stakeholder groups.

Delivery Coordination

• Partner with horizontal engineering squads to ensure features are understood, designed, and delivered across multiple systems.
• Track progress across vertical and horizontal streams, ensuring dependencies, risks, and issues are clearly managed.
• Support development and QA teams by clarifying requirements, reviewing test cases, and validating functional outcomes.
• Assist business teams during UAT planning, preparation, and execution.

Governance & Stakeholder Management

• Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, delivery leads, and project managers.
• Maintain RAID items and ensure timely escalation and mitigation of issues.
• Contribute to programme governance forums and agile ceremonies as required.

Experience & Skills Required

• 10+ years of end‐to‐end project delivery experience in a Business Analyst role within Financial Markets.
• Strong product and trade lifecycle knowledge across multiple asset classes, with particular depth in trade booking and trade processing.
• Excellent understanding of FO to BO workflows, including Pricing, Trade Capture, Middle Office, Operations, and Finance.
• Ability to write clear, concise, and high‐quality documentation (UML/BPMN a plus).
• Solid understanding of technology concepts including logical/physical data models, APIs, integration patterns, and event‐driven architectures.
• Familiarity with industry standards such as ISDA FpML and CDM.
• Experience working in agile delivery environments, partnering closely with developers and testers.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem‐solving skills.
• Ability to operate independently, manage ambiguity, and drive cross‐functional alignment.