Cash Equity Business Analyst and SME
Cash Equity Business Analyst and SME
Sheffield, UK (Hybrid 3 days weekly from office)
Department Overview:
Cash Equities Technology solves complex, high-impact challenges across the trading life cycle to help our global business and clients succeed. The Cash Equities Technology SME team operates globally covering our main trading hubs across EMEA, APAC and the AMERS, partnering closely with Trading Desks, Regulatory Compliance, Product Control and Operations.
The Cash Equities Technology SME team acts as a conduit between product-aligned technology Product Areas and the different arms of the global Cash Equities business. The team ensure the smooth delivery of challenging and complex business and technical solutions using industry experience as well as strong problem solving, communication and co-ordination skills.
Continuous improvement and learning is central to the way the team works, challenging each other to push the boundaries of financial and technological innovation, in an open, inclusive, and diverse environment.
Job Profile
This role is accountable for shaping and enabling the technical development and run-time operation of products and services within the global Cash Equities platform, working with multiple product owners and development teams globally.
In this role you will:
Lead front-to-back analysis of trading workflows and systems (order capture, routing, execution, allocations, confirmations, post-trade feeds) to support build and migration to the strategic platform.
Shape future-state platform design by translating EMEA market structure and regulatory constraints into clear functional and non-functional requirements (latency, resiliency, auditability, controls).
Partner with Product Owners to deconstruct outcomes into deliverable features, ensuring coherent solution definition across product areas and regions.
Ensure service resilience and recovery objectives are met for delivered solutions (including operational readiness, monitoring and supportability).
Be accountable for ensuring new products/services align with mandatory and regulatory requirements, embedding controls and evidencing compliance-by-design.
Operate effectively in a global virtual team of specialists, collaborating across all cash equities product areas and time zones.
Requirements
To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:
In depth Front-to-Back Cash Equities knowledge - specifically STP trading, order management, market access, regulatory reporting, and middle/Back Office integration feeds.
Excellent analytical skills, structured problem-solving, and strong task management; able to lead complex investigations and drive clarity in ambiguous environments.
Strong understanding of European Cash Equities market structure (venues, routing patterns, liquidity/access models) and how this shapes platform capabilities.
Deep knowledge of the European regulatory landscape (eg MiFID II, Market Abuse (MAR), Short Selling).
Proven ability to influence and build trusted relationships across Trading, Regulatory Compliance, Operations and Technology at multiple seniority levels.
Experience delivering change in a global, virtual, multi-POD environment; comfortable coordinating across regions and product areas.
Exposure to the full SDLC and appreciation of Front Office architecture and design trade-offs (performance, resiliency, observability, controls).
Strong business analysis capability with experience in eliciting and documenting requirements (functional and non-functional), mapping end-to-end processes and data flows, defining clear acceptance criteria, and maintaining traceability from business outcomes through to delivery and testing.
Technical fluency to engage engineers effectively (eg, Java awareness and SQL know-how to support technical walkthroughs, data analysis and troubleshooting).