Lead Business Analyst, FM Trade Management

Standard Chartered; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Standard Chartered is seeking a dynamic Lead Business Analyst for its Financial Markets Trade Data Services team in London. This role involves driving business analysis for regulatory reporting and collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve trade data accessibility. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in financial market project delivery, strong communication skills, and a background in trade lifecycle management. If you're looking to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you.

Benefits

Core bank funding for retirement savings

Flexible working options

Proactive wellbeing support

Continuous learning culture

Inclusive and values-driven organization

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in financial markets project delivery.
• Background in middle/back office processes and trade flow is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with SABRE, trade STP, or ISDA CDM standards is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Drive business analysis for SABRE Trade Lake initiatives, including regulatory reporting.
• Collaborate with teams across asset classes to gather and validate requirements.
• Lead cross-functional workshops to gather requirements and propose solutions.
• Translate business problems into detailed functional specifications.
• Work alongside developers and QA in agile squads.
• Enhance logical data models and maintain data standards.

Skills

Product knowledge across financial markets

Trade lifecycle experience

Business analysis in agile environments

Documentation and communication skills

Data modelling and querying (SQL/NoSQL)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Technology, Engineering

Tools

Murex

BTS

Apex

Sophis

Job description

Job Description

Are you a strategic thinker who thrives on solving complex problems at the intersection of data, regulation, and technology? We’re looking for a dynamic Lead Business Analyst to join our Financial Markets (FM) Trade Data Services team. You'll play a critical role in shaping the evolution of SABRE — our in-house platform for risk, valuation, and trade reporting.

If you're passionate about modernising trade infrastructure, improving regulatory data, and delivering high-impact solutions across global teams — this could be the opportunity for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Product & Platform Strategy
• Drive business analysis for SABRE Trade Lake initiatives, including regulatory reporting (e.g., MiFID II, SFTR, MAR).
• Collaborate with teams across asset classes (FX, ALM, Rates, Credit, Commodities) to gather and validate requirements.
• Help extend the SABRE data model (FpML) and API capabilities for faster, more intelligent trade data access.
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Build trusted relationships with business, technology, and control function stakeholders across regions.
• Lead cross-functional workshops to gather requirements and propose future-proof solutions.
• Solution Delivery & Documentation
• Translate business problems into detailed functional specifications and test scenarios.
• Work alongside developers and QA in agile squads to ensure high-quality product delivery.
• Support UAT planning, execution, and issue resolution.
• Data Governance & Modelling
• Enhance logical data models and maintain SCB data standards across FM trade systems.
• Contribute to the data integrity and control framework for trade lifecycle and reporting.
• Risk & Issue Management
• Proactively identify risks and dependencies, ensuring timely resolution and stakeholder communication.
• Contribute to the stability and accuracy of trade data supporting internal and external reporting.

Skills and Qualifications

• Strong product knowledge across financial markets (FX, Credit, Commodities, etc.)
• Experience with trade lifecycle, booking systems, and regulatory reporting (e.g., EMIR, CFTC)
• Proven ability to lead complex business analysis in agile, fast-paced environments
• Exceptional documentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Familiarity with platforms such as Murex, BTS, Apex, Sophis, and eCommerce tools
• Data-savvy with strong knowledge of data modelling, querying (SQL/NoSQL), FpML, and Elastic Search (a plus)

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Technology, Engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of relevant experience in financial markets project delivery
• Background in middle/back office processes and trade flow is highly desirable
• Exposure to SABRE, trade STP, or ISDA CDM standards is an advantage

Soft Skills & Attributes

• Inclusive and adaptable team player with strong analytical mindset
• Excellent command of English (written and spoken)
• Multicultural awareness and the ability to work across global teams
• High personal integrity and commitment to ethical leadership

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thingand are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle,continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together,we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter,we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance,with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-offincluding annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible workingoptions based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing supportthrough Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills,global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning cultureto support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation,one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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