Business Analyst – Equity Swaps

As a Business Analyst Equity Swaps you will support a Global Markets Equity Swaps programme working closely with Front Office Risk Operations Finance Legal Compliance and Technology teams. The role focuses on understanding business requirements ensuring front-to-back alignment and supporting the delivery of strategic and regulatory initiatives related to equity derivatives.

You will provide ongoing BAU support and contribute to continuous improvements across the end-to-end Equity Swaps lifecycle with operational coverage aligned to US business hours (11:0020:00 Spanish time).

Key responsibilities include:

• Partner with Trading and Sales teams to understand business priorities and Equity Swaps requirements.

• Elicit analyse and document business and functional requirements across the full trade lifecycle.

• Translate business needs into functional specifications user stories and acceptance criteria.

• Support the definition and maintenance of target operating models for Equity Swaps.

• Coordinate with Risk Finance Operations Legal and Compliance to ensure alignment with control and regulatory frameworks.

• Perform impact analysis for regulatory business and technology-driven changes.

• Validate data outputs reports and reconciliations from a business perspective.

• Support User Acceptance Testing including scenario definition execution support and business sign-off.

• Identify opportunities for process optimisation to reduce operational risk and increase efficiency.

• Act as the main liaison between business stakeholders and technology delivery teams.

• Facilitate workshops and working groups across Global Markets functions.

• Support programme governance by tracking risks dependencies and business readiness.

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst within Global Markets or Investment Banking.

• Strong knowledge of Equity Swaps and equity derivatives products.

• Solid understanding of front-to-back trade lifecycle and operating models.

• Experience working in Agile or hybrid delivery environments.

EDUCATION

• Bachelors degree or higher in Business Finance Engineering or a related field.

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills in English.

• Experience working in regulated environments with robust control frameworks (desirable).

• Exposure to regulatory initiatives impacting equity derivatives (desirable).

• Familiarity with tools such as JIRA Confluence and Microsoft Office (Excel Word PowerPoint).

• Technical awareness of system integrations (APIs SFTP queues such as Kafka or Tibco).

• Basic understanding of network connectivity concepts (IPs Firewalls NATs).

• Analytical mindset with strong attention to detail and control orientation.

• Ability to work collaboratively in global teams with a proactive delivery-focused approach.

• Desirable experience using AI productivity tools such as ChatGPT or Copilot.

Additional Information

What do we offer you

- Hybrid position based in Malaga Spain
- Possibility to manage work permits.
- Permanent full-time contract.
- Training and career development.
- Possibility to be part of a multicultural team and work on international projects.
- If you are passionate about data development & tech we want to meet you!

Talan Spains commitment to non-discrimination based on gender race ideology or any other reason in accordance with the companys Equality Plan and the current regulations on gender equality between women and men (Royal Decree-Law 6/2019).

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time