Derivatives Business Analyst
Posted 2 weeks ago by TEKsystems
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
London, GB-ENG, UK
Summary: This role involves analyzing business requirements and collaborating with developers to test and release solutions for a derivatives trading desk. The position requires interaction with traders and IT to define requirements, propose solutions, and support user acceptance testing. The candidate will also provide third-line support and work closely with the front office to ensure IT contributes to revenue generation. Strong technical and soft skills are essential for success in this dynamic environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define requirements, propose solutions, broker decisions, and achieve consensus with traders and IT.
- Work with developers to deliver requirements and support user acceptance testing (UAT).
- Provide third-line support to traders.
- Collaborate with the front office to ensure IT is delivering revenue and managing stakeholder expectations.
- Identify improvements and recommend solutions to stakeholders.
Key Skills:
- Good understanding of Python (or other language) and SQL.
- Ability to work with large and complex data sets.
- Comfortable interfacing with mathematical models.
- Some skills in the use of an ETRM and understanding of the trade lifecycle.
- Self-starter with limited guidance.
- Team player with results-oriented approach.
- Able to understand complex business issues and specify IT solutions.
- Experience coordinating and delivering complex projects within agile delivery.
- Able to meet tight deadlines and negotiate in a pressurized environment.
- Strong facilitation and influencing skills.
- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation).
- Able to cope with rapid business growth and pressure.
- Motivated, tenacious, and proactive in achieving results.
- Diligent and dependable with strong integrity.
- Demonstrable technical business analysis experience.
- Experience in Front Office trading environments, particularly commodities like energy or gas.
- Some exposure to derivatives products, especially options.
- Working to Agile Delivery methodology.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Description
This role is responsible for analysis of business requirements and working with developers to test and release solutions. You will be part of a small, respected IT team that provides analytic tooling to a derivatives trading desk.
The role requires someone to work with derivatives traders and IT to:
Define requirements, propose solutions, broker decisions and achieve consensus.
Work with developers to deliver those requirements and support UAT
Assist in providing third-line support to traders.
Work closely with front office to ensure use of IT is delivering revenue, and to manage stakeholder expectations.
Identify improvements and recommend solutions to stakeholders.
Hard skills
Good understanding of Python (or other language) and SQL
Ability to work with large and complex data sets
Comfortable with interfacing with mathematical models
Some skills in use of an ETRM and an understanding of the trade lifecycle would be highly regarded.
Soft skills
Self-starter/able to work with limited guidance
Team-player with ability to achieve results through shared initiatives
Able to understand complex business issues and specify IT solutions
Demonstrable experience of coordinating and delivering complex projects/initiatives within agile delivery.
Able to meet tight deadlines and negotiate in a pressurised environment
Strong facilitation and influencing skills
Excellent communication skills eg written, verbal and presentation
Able to cope with rapid business growth and a pressurised environment
Motivated, tenacious and pro-active in achieving results
Diligent and dependable with strong integrity
Demonstrable technical business analysis experience
Experience in Front Office trading environments, particularly commodities like energy or gas.
Some exposure to derivatives products especially options is highly regarded.
Working to Agile Delivery methodology.
Skills
- Front Office Acumen
- Cross-Commodity Understanding
- option derivatives
- sql
- python
Job Title: Derivatives Business Analyst
Location: London, UK
Job Type: Contract
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