Business Analyst - Derivatives 1245 - Contract

The Business Analyst will be responsible for analysing business requirements, working closely with developers to test and release solutions, and ensuring that technology aligns closely with front-office needs. Strong communication, facilitation, and negotiation skills are essential, as the role involves regular interaction with senior trading stakeholders.

• Partner with derivatives traders and technology teams to define requirements, propose solutions, and drive decision-making
• Act as a bridge between business and IT, brokering consensus and managing stakeholder expectations
• Work closely with developers to deliver solutions and support user acceptance testing (UAT)
• Provide third-line support to traders where required
• Ensure front-office technology usage is aligned to revenue generation and trading objectives
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement and recommend pragmatic solutions

• Good working knowledge of Python (or a similar programming language) and SQL
• Experience working with large, complex data sets
• Comfortable interfacing with mathematical or pricing models
• Experience with an ETRM system and understanding of the trade life cycle is highly desirable

• Self-starter, able to operate effectively with limited guidance
• Collaborative team player, achieving results through shared initiatives
• Strong ability to translate complex business problems into clear IT solutions
• Proven experience delivering complex initiatives in an agile environment
• Comfortable working to tight deadlines and negotiating in a pressurised setting
• Strong facilitation, influencing, and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication
• Resilient and adaptable in a fast-growing, high-pressure business
• Motivated, proactive, and tenacious with a strong sense of integrity

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.