Senior Technology Business Analyst - FX Matching

We are looking for an experienced individual in IT business analysis to take up the role of Senior IT Business Analyst to lead the requirements management process and be involved in the complete product delivery life cycle from conceptualisation to production. The role requires working closely with Product, Engineering and Operations teams to capture, review and build requirements for new product launches and improvements to existing features on the FX Matching Venue.

The role presents an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, high-performance environment to deliver value to our customers.

Main Responsibilities

1. Work with product, architecture, engineering, and operations teams to produce and sign off requirements.
2. Use diagrams, flowcharts, tables, and text to elaborate requirements and improve understanding.
3. Critically analyze requirements and identify efficient implementation methods to deliver changes quickly to production.
4. Engage with product, architecture, and engineering partners to assess and prioritize requirements based on return on investment.
5. Rationalize the design and business architecture of solutions.
6. Conduct impact analysis with architecture teams to understand change complexity.
7. Coordinate with internal and external vendor development teams to ensure functional requirements are accurately reflected in technical implementation.
8. Consider dependencies and downstream impacts within the entire LSEG FX platform ecosystem when analyzing requirements.
9. Prioritize backlogs for delivery PoDs, deliver incremental changes, and conduct feedback sessions.
10. Continuously improve requirements gathering and management practices.
11. Work closely with QA teams to review testing scope.
12. Participate in various testing phases, including SIT, UAT, Customer Conformance, and Internal Technical Releases.
13. Gain deep understanding of the FX trading platform\’s architecture and operations, contributing to new requirement design.
14. Build and enhance knowledge repositories.
15. Responsible for operational 2nd line support.

Key Behaviours

• Pro-active and demonstrates initiative
• Passionate about delivering business outcomes
• Seeks to validate the business rationale of requirements
• Promotes a high-performance team culture
• Visualizes the big picture

Candidate Profile / Key Skills

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a technology business analyst
• Degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Communications Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Experience with high-performance, low-latency platforms
• Knowledge of FIX, Binary protocols, and REST APIs
• Experience working in an agile environment
• Experience supporting critical financial market infrastructure systems
• Ability to drive product roadmaps aligned with business strategy
• Strong interpersonal skills and relationship management
• Knowledge of FX Spot/Swaps trading domain is desirable

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