Front Office Business Analyst (Hiring Immediately)

Senior Business Analyst – Front Office/ Quantitative Development

London

Contract - inside IR35

£800-£900 per day

We’re looking for a Senior Business Analyst with a strong technical background and experience working closely with quants in a front office environment.

You'll join a high-performing front office technology team focused on supporting the equities trading team. This role will play a key part in delivering a major system migration, supporting the evolution of investment technology, and working closely with Portfolio Managers, Quant Researchers, and Developers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with quant teams to validate investment models, challenge assumptions, and translate research into robust, production-ready requirements.
• Shape the product vision by capturing business context, defining scope, and articulating the target-state value proposition.
• Apply a range of techniques — data analysis, process modelling, architectural mapping — to solve complex, cross-functional problems.
• Develop deep domain expertise in the tools and platforms your team delivers, with a strong grasp of underlying data and modelling workflows.
• Drive collaboration across quant, engineering, UX, and product teams through documentation, structured workshops, and targeted deep dives.
• Help structure and prioritise the backlog, ensuring that epics and user stories are clear, testable, and value-driven.
• Support sprint delivery by refining scope, clarifying intent, and ensuring smooth handoff between analysis and implementation.

Ideal Candidate:

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst in investment management or investment banking - MUST have exposure to quantitative investing/ trading
• Strong technical background — able to engage with developers and understand system architecture, data models, and APIs.
• Familiarity with front-office investment systems (e.g. order management, portfolio construction, risk and analytics platforms).
• Hands-on skills with SQL or Python for data analysis and validation.
• Experience working on system migrations or greenfield platform builds in a front-office context.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex requirements into structured deliverables.

Bonus Points For:

• Experience in equities, especially quant or multi-factor investing.

If you're an experienced, technical business analyst with extensive experience working with quants in a front office environment, apply now. This is a high-impact role with a renowned financial player. If you don't have this experience, you won't be considered.