Technical Business Analyst - Compliance

Susquehanna International; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Education Assistance

Employee Referral program

Lunch allowance

Social events

Charity matching

Job summary

Susquehanna International Group (SIG) – Technical Business Analyst Compliance – Asia Pacific is seeking an experienced analyst to bridge Technology and Compliance across APAC. You’ll lead compliance tech requirements, trading controls, surveillance, monitoring and reporting tools.

The role partners with Compliance, traders and top technologists to understand needs and deliver robust solutions across multiple markets in APAC, including equities and derivatives.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in a Business Analysis role in an IT environment with SDLC project management.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or related field.
• Experience in a trading firm, investment bank or financial institution.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to assess, understand, implement and guide on requirements.
• Plan and facilitate development, manage backlog and scalable production environments.
• Prepare detailed requirements documents with stakeholders.
• Communicate project status to staff and management to increase transparency.
• Understand system integration across hardware, networking, middleware and software.
• Assist with testing when required.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Jira

Relational Databases

BI tools (Qlik Sense)

Job description

Susquehanna International Group (SIG) – Technical Business Analyst Compliance – Asia Pacific

Susquehanna International Group (SIG) has an opening for an experienced Technical Business Analyst to lead our Compliance technology requirements in the Asia Pacific region. You will be the key bridge between Technology and Compliance. Working closely with Compliance and multiple technology teams, you will ensure the needs of Compliance are fully understood and delivered. This will encompass trading controls, surveillance and monitoring as well as regulatory reporting and enquiries.

In this role you will gain new business knowledge and skills by working closely with Compliance, traders and the firm’s top technologists in a global, market leading firm. SIG is growing and trades on many markets in APAC. You will be required to understand the individual nuances of these markets to help the technology teams build appropriate trading controls as well as surveillance, monitoring and reporting tools. This will provide oversight of SIG’s trading activities in APAC across options, equities, futures and more.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with other teams to assess, understand, implement and provide guidance on requirements.
• Plan and facilitate the development and implementation of projects, manage backlog deployment and understand a large-scale production environment.
• Prepare detailed requirements documents after collaborating with stakeholders.
• Communicate project status to all levels of staff and management regularly to increase project transparency for all participants and stakeholders.
• Take a holistic view of systems and understand how the hardware, networking, and middleware layers integrate with software components.
• Assist with testing when required.

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in a Business Analysis role in an IT environment with management of SDLC projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or other related discipline.
• Experience within a trading firm, investment bank or other financial institution.
• Excellent communication (both oral and written) and organisational skills.
• Strong planning, estimation, and risk management skills.
• Data analysis experience with Python and/or SQL.
• Commitment to innovation with a strong interest in learning.

Good to have

• Knowledge of Agile IT Governance for SDLC reviews.
• Experience with project management and software development methodologies.
• Experience working with project tracking systems required; experience with Jira preferred.
• Experience supporting internal/external audits preferred.
• Knowledge of Python and pandas for data analysis.
• Knowledge of relational databases (such as Oracle, SQL, MySQL) and the ability to write SQL queries.
• Knowledge of Business Intelligence reporting tools (such as Qlik Sense).

What’s in it for you

• Our flat hierarchy enables you to drive meaningful impact, by leveraging your expertise and taking ownership.
• Private healthcare with medical, dental, and vision benefits available.
• Further your learning and career development with our Education Assistance program.
• Employee Referral program for successfully referring high calibre talent to Susquehanna.
• A lunch allowance stipend for each day you are in the office.
• Regular social and community events including annual poker tournament.
• Susquehanna’s matching charity gift program.

About Susquehanna

Susquehanna’s deep integration of trading, technology and quant research makes us experts in trading essentially all listed financial products and asset classes, with a focus on derivatives. We handle millions of trading transactions around the world every day as both a market maker and market taker. Our efforts provide liquidity and ensure competitive prices for buyers and sellers. While our presence in the market is broad, our trading desks are highly specialized to allow for a deep understanding of the unique drivers of each asset class.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities.