Derivatives Business Analyst

The Business Analyst will join a respected IT team that provides analytical tools to a derivatives trading desk. This role involves analyzing business requirements and collaborating with developers to test and release solutions. The analyst will engage with stakeholders at all levels, including C-suite executives within front-office trading, to ensure effective communication and negotiation.

Objectives:

• Analyze business requirements and work with developers to test and release solutions.
• Engage with stakeholders at all levels, including C-suite executives, within front-office trading.
• Join a respected IT team that delivers analytic tools to a derivatives trading desk.
• Contribute to a team with a strong relationship with business stakeholders, built on years of successful delivery.
• Participate in continuous change delivery with multiple releases per week.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with derivatives traders and IT to define requirements, propose solutions, broker decisions, and achieve consensus.
• Work with developers to deliver requirements and support user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Provide third-line support to traders.
• Ensure IT solutions are delivering revenue and manage stakeholder expectations.
• Identify improvements and recommend solutions to stakeholders.

Skills & Competencies:

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in Python (or other programming languages) and SQL.
• Experience with derivatives (Ideally options)
• Energy experience
• Ability to work with large and complex data sets.
• Comfortable interfacing with mathematical models.
• Experience with ETRM systems and understanding of the trade lifecycle is highly valued.

Soft Skills:

• Self-starter with the ability to work independently.
• Team player capable of achieving results through collaborative initiatives.
• Ability to understand complex business issues and specify IT solutions.
• Proven experience in coordinating and delivering complex projects within Agile frameworks.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and negotiate in high-pressure environments.
• Strong facilitation and influencing skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Ability to cope with rapid business growth and high-pressure situations.
• Motivated, tenacious, and proactive in achieving results.
• Diligent, dependable, and possessing strong integrity.

Experience:

• Demonstrable experience in technical business analysis.
• Experience in front-office trading environments, particularly commodities like energy or gas.
• Exposure to derivatives products, especially options, is highly regarded.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies.

Education:

• Degree (or equivalent experience) in a numerate subject.

Job Title: Derivatives Business Analyst

Location: London, UK

Job Type: Contract