Buy Side Trading Business Analyst

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 8 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Ourclient is seeking a highly skilled Senior Technical Business Analyst (BA)to support and enhance their buy-side trading platforms working closely with portfolio managers traders quantitative teams technology partners and external vendors. This role is ideal for a seasoned BA with deep knowledge of front office buy-side workflows order and execution management systems (OMS/EMS) and trading lifecycle processes.
The Senior Technical BA will drive requirements solution design platform enhancements and integration initiatives across equity fixed income FX and derivatives trading applications.

Key Responsibilities
Business Analysis & Requirements

Partner with frontoffice stakeholders to gather analyze and document business requirements for trading workflows compliance rules data integrations and UI enhancements.
Translate complex investment and trading concepts into clear functional specifications and user stories.
Facilitate workshops process reviews and requirement elaboration sessions across investment trading risk and operations teams.

Technical Delivery & Solution Design

Work with engineering teams to design scalable solutions for OMS/EMS including order routing execution logic trade capture allocations portfolio modeling and exposure management.
Support data mapping API specifications FIX protocol flows and systems integration across market data analytics positions/holdings and downstream applications.
Review technical designs test plans and architecture proposals for alignment with business objectives.

Project Execution & Governance

Lead cross-functional delivery initiatives using Agile or hybrid methodologies.
Develop project artifacts such as BRDs FRDs workflow diagrams user stories acceptance criteria and test scripts.
Manage UAT cycles coordinate with QA teams validate trading workflows and ensure seamless production deployment.

Application Support & Continuous Improvement

Serve as a subject matter expert for buy side trading systems and front-office tools.
Support production issues by troubleshooting data logic and workflow problems in real time.
Recommend process improvements platform enhancements and best practices for trading technology.

Required Qualifications

710 yearsof Business Analyst experience in buy sideor investment managementtechnology.
Deep knowledge of front office trading across equities fixed income FX derivatives and multi-asset portfolios.
Hands-on experience with OMS/EMS platforms(e.g. Charles River Bloomberg AIM Aladdin Eze ThinkFolio).
Strong understanding of the trade lifecycle market structure FIX messaging and order routing.
Ability to author detailed functional documents data mapping specs and user stories.
Strong SQL skills for data validation and analysis.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience within a global asset manager hedge fund or custodian bank.
Background with regulatory requirements (MiFID II 15c35 best execution policies).
Familiarity with cloud-based architectures (AWS/Azure) APIs microservices and real time event processing.
Knowledge of Python or other scripting languages for analysis a plus.
Experience supporting trading desks or real time production environments.

Partner with frontoffice stakeholders to gather analyze and document business requirements for trading workflows compliance rules data integrations and UI enhancements.
Translate complex investment and trading concepts into clear functional specifications and user stories.
Facilitate workshops process reviews and requirement elaboration sessions across investment trading risk and operations teams.

Technical Delivery & Solution Design

Work with engineering teams to design scalable solutions for OMS/EMS including order routing execution logic trade capture allocations portfolio modeling and exposure management.
Support data mapping API specifications FIX protocol flows and systems integration across market data analytics positions/holdings and downstream applications.
Review technical designs test plans and architecture proposals for alignment with business objectives.

Project Execution & Governance

Lead cross-functional delivery initiatives using Agile or hybrid methodologies.
Develop project artifacts such as BRDs FRDs workflow diagrams user stories acceptance criteria and test scripts.
Manage UAT cycles coordinate with QA teams validate trading workflows and ensure seamless production deployment.

Application Support & Continuous Improvement

Serve as a subject matter expert for buy side trading systems and front-office tools.
Support production issues by troubleshooting data logic and workflow problems in real time.
Recommend process improvements platform enhancements and best practices for trading technology.

Required Qualifications

710 yearsof Business Analyst experience in buy sideor investment managementtechnology.
Deep knowledge of front office trading across equities fixed income FX derivatives and multi-asset portfolios.
Hands-on experience with OMS/EMS platforms(e.g. Charles River Bloomberg AIM Aladdin Eze ThinkFolio).
Strong understanding of the trade lifecycle market structure FIX messaging and order routing.
Ability to author detailed functional documents data mapping specs and user stories.
Strong SQL skills for data validation and analysis.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience within a global asset manager hedge fund or custodian bank.
Background with regulatory requirements (MiFID II 15c35 best execution policies).
Familiarity with cloud-based architectures (AWS/Azure) APIs microservices and real time event processing.
Knowledge of Python or other scripting languages for analysis a plus.
Experience supporting trading desks or real time production environments.