Senior Business Analyst

BME | Bolsas y Mercados Españoles; Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Flexible schedule

Daily meal allowance

Medical insurance for employee and fam

Pension fund

Learning platforms

Parking and shuttle (Las Rozas-Madrid)

Job summary

BME | Bolsas y Mercados Españoles is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for the Exchanges Business Unit to shape strategic initiatives in a fast-paced financial environment. You will translate business needs into actionable specifications and work closely with the team to refine features for the trading platform.

The role requires deep experience in requirements engineering within exchange trading and a solid grasp of market infrastructure, regulatory concerns, and Agile/SAFe practices.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in requirements engineering within exchange trading or financial services.
• Strong understanding of market infrastructure, trading, data, and regulatory considerations.
• Experience in Agile delivery environments and SAFe framework is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements focusing on functionality and architecture; document E2E solutions.
• Collaborate in an Agile setup to deliver new trading platform features and documentation.
• Develop and maintain requirements and functional specs, including interfaces.

Skills

Requirements engineering

Trading platform knowledge

UML proficiency

Agile / SAFe

Analytical thinking

Spanish/English

Team collaboration

Job description

Are you passionate about turning business needs into impactful solutions? Do you have an strong analytical mindset and communication skills to drive projects forward in a dynamic financial environment?

We're looking for a skilled Senior Business Analyst to join our Exchanges Business Unit, where you'll play a key role in shaping the success of strategic initiatives. If you're ready to make a difference and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced setting—this is your opportunity.

What You Will Do

• Analysis of requirements, with focus both on functionalities and architecture, in close cooperation with the team and the department. Specify and document solutions from an E2E point of view; present the results of your analysis to the Release Train as part of a feature refinement meeting
• Work in an agile environment and collaborate with the relevant roles to deliver new functionalities, expand the trading platform and its documentation
• Develop and maintain requirements and functional documentation, including machine-to-machine interfaces specifications
• Participate in the conception of new functionalities and test the acceptance criteria

What You Bring

• At least 7 years of experience in requirements engineering, within exchange trading, market infrastructure, or broader financial services. Solid understanding of market infrastructure topics such as trading, market data, reference data, and relevant regulatory considerations
• Very good knowledge of UML. Proven experience analysing and specifying complex trading functionality, with the ability to assess business, operational, and technical impacts across multiple systems
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments and supporting feature refinement, implementation planning, and delivery activities, ideally within a SAFe framework
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to translate complex trading and instrument requirements into clear, actionable specifications.
• Strong ownership and collaboration skills, as well as a positive mindset
• Very good command of Spanish and English (written and spoken), German is a plus

What We Offer

• Hybrid model up to 40% working from home
• 37,5 hours/week with flexible schedule and 29+2 holidays
• Daily meal allowance
• Additional Medical Insurance for employee and family
• Pension fund
• Access to technical and language learning platforms
• Free parking spots, charger spots and shuttle bus (only for Las Rozas - Madrid location)