Trading Business Analyst
Posted 2 weeks ago by Us3 Consulting
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Trading Business Analyst will play a crucial role within the Digital Trading vertical, working closely with Senior Traders and Developers to enhance algorithmic and systematic trading capabilities. This position involves optimizing daily operations related to trade execution and management while conducting in-depth business analysis to align applications with business needs. The role is focused on the energy trading sector, particularly in gas and power trading, and requires collaboration to support the development of trading solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the Digital Trading desk to develop algorithmic and systematic trading portfolios.
- Optimize day-to-day operational capabilities of Digital Trading, including trade execution, position management, trade capture, product configuration, and algo order submission.
- Perform in-depth business analysis of applications in accordance with business needs.
- Coordinate complex projects and initiatives within the trading environment.
- Deliver energy trading or energy supplier software solutions.
Key Skills:
- Proven knowledge and experience in the energy trading arena, particularly in gas and power trading.
- Experience with electronic trading, real-time position monitoring, and PNL reconciliation.
- Demonstrable business analysis experience in a trading environment, ideally within energy or commodity trading companies.
- Experience in specifying and writing user specifications and business requirements for algorithmic trading and/or quant development teams.
- Familiarity with requirement elicitation techniques, including workshops, interviews, prototyping, and document analysis.
- Experience working with iterative development methodologies such as Agile.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
One of our leading clients are seeking for "Trading Business Analyst" for a 6 to 12 months contract opportunity London, UK.
Role Objectives
The Trading BA will be a key member of the Digital Trading vertical, collaborating with the Digital Trading desk to develop our algorithmic and systematic trading portfolio. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with Senior Traders and Developers to help them achieve their commercial objectives whilst building a platform to support the development of algo trading solutions.
Key responsibilities include; optimising day to day operational capability of Digital Trading including trade execution, position management, Trade Capture, Product Configuration and algo order submission. To do this the you will need to perform in-depth business analysis of applications in accordance with the business needs.
Experience
Proven knowledge and experience in Energy Trading arena (ideally Gas and Power trading, although LNG Trading would also be of interest ). Previous experience of electronic trading, real time position monitoring and PNL reconciliation is highly desirable Demonstrable Business Analysis experience in a trading environment ideally an energy (or commodity) trading company or consultancy (ideally European markets or global perspective) Experience of specifying and writing user specifications and business requirements for algorithmic trading and/or quant development teams is essential. Experience of requirement elicitation techniques. Such as facilitating workshops. Interviews, Prototyping and Document Analysis. Experience of working with iterative development methodologies such as Agile Demonstrable experience of coordinating complex projects/initiatives Demonstrable experience of delivering energy trading or energy supplier software.
Please apply with an updated CV, if you are interested and available.