Overview
Senior Business Analyst – London – Fintech – up to 750/day depending on experience – Outside IR35
Adaptive is a financial consulting firm that partners with capital, commodity, and digital market participants. We design and deliver complex front-office technology solutions using proven accelerators to create long-term competitive advantage. Our clients include leading investment banks, investment managers, fintech and capital market service providers. We operate globally with offices in London, New York, Barcelona, Manila and Montreal.
We are seeking Senior Business Analysts to help substantially overhaul an existing exchange, using a mix of Adaptive’s proprietary products and bespoke code.
Responsibilities
* Rapidly boot up from scratch a working backlog to help stakeholders materialize the product vision, especially in early delivery phases
* Convey the project vision to the team and define clear milestones for alignment
* Maintain the backlog of deliverable stories for the team
* Act as the stakeholders’ proxy within the team, making quick, firm decisions on scope, requirements and prioritization/triage when appropriate
* Involve team members to capture value, quantify bang for buck, and support scope and priority decisions
* Follow up during implementation and testing to ensure delivery satisfies requirements
* Drive backlog review and estimation, and participate in planning activities
* Capture non-functional requirements and keep supportability in mind
* Define acceptance criteria and tests upfront as part of a Business-Driven Development approach
* Leverage Agile delivery experience to maximize benefits and mitigate risks
* Measure project progress where appropriate and use technical tools (e.g., Jira or Azure) as required
* Work closely with the Delivery Lead and discuss problems with the broader team (including concepts such as real-time programming, high availability, TDD, BDD, UX design, DevOps concerns)
Qualifications
* Significant experience in the financial sector, with experience on real-time trading systems
* Experience in margin trading is highly beneficial
* Front office stakeholder relationship management experience
* Experience delivering in an agile environment
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Some experience with QA/Business Acceptance Testing
* Some experience working with UX designers
* Some knowledge of Margin and Leveraged products in financial markets
Diversity and Inclusion
Diversity and inclusion are key to a great workplace. Adaptive aims to be representative of the world around us. We ask that colleagues are respectful, collaborative, passionate, and possess the skills needed to be successful.
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