Senior Business Analyst

TP ICAP; Belfast; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial firm in Belfast is looking for a Senior Business Analyst to support Trade Surveillance initiatives. The role involves managing BA tasks, analyzing data, and ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations. Candidates should have 5-10 years of experience in Trade Surveillance and strong problem-solving skills, with a focus on Agile methodologies.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years experience in Trade Surveillance and Market Abuse Risks.
• Solid understanding of regulatory obligations in financial markets.
• Strong analytical skills with excellent communication.

Responsibilities

• Manage BA tasks for Trade Surveillance Tech changes.
• Analyze data and investigate anomalies.
• Coordinate requirements gathering workshops.

Skills

Trade Surveillance expertise

Data Analysis

Agile methodology

Problem solving

Tools

SQL

BML/XML

Job description

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Regulators globally have an increasing expectation that firms have adequate systems and controls in place to mitigate against Market Abuse Risk within Financial Markets.

Trade Surveillance, alongside Communications Surveillance capabilities are at the forefront of internal and external regulatory enquiries. We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to support TP ICAP’s Trade Surveillance Tech Programme.

Role Responsibilities

Manage and deliver on BA tasks associated with any Change relating to technology, processes or people under the Trade Surveillance Tech remit, such as, but not limited to supporting Scila Surveillance platform. This includes, but is not limited to:

Eliciting, understanding and analysing problem statements/business requirements.

Data analysis and investigating data anomalies with upstream teams/systems

Creation User stories that clearly define the problem statement, requirements with measurable acceptance criteria

Work with the Vendor/Applicable team in designing the solution that achieves the success criteria within the timeframes set.

Support QA team with test scenario creation and execution.

Coordinate, hold, and lead requirements gathering and process definition workshops with stakeholders across the firm.

Manage effective stakeholder relationships.

Own ongoing commitments assigned within your area and manage expectations accordingly, escalate to the PM or Product Owner where appropriate

Monitor and track issues, risks and dependencies and ensure the Team, Technology Product Owner and Compliance is kept appraised of the status of the assigned projects and activities.

Liaison between IT & Compliance on a day to day basis, supporting all daily queries and managing vendor support, and support for both upstream and downstream platforms.

Experience / Competences

Subject Matter Expertise in Trade Surveillance and Market Abuse Risks with 5-10 years of experience.

Solid understanding of Regulatory obligations and expectations in relation to Trade Surveillance within financial markets.

Strong background in Data Analysis and root cause problem solving.

Strong Business or Technical experience in a BA role in a regulated/financial context.

Strong experience in delivering in an Agile manner.

Excellent analytical skills, with excellent oral and written communication.

Passionate about delivery, and being the best in class.

Proven problem solving skills, with a structured, logical approach.

Ability to self-prioritise ongoing work, and influence stakeholders.

Project Management experience in a regulated/financial context

Hands on experience on Alert tuning of Market risk Models

Experience with systems integration projects

Experience working with BML/ XML

Experience working within a SAFE agile environment

Familiarity with SQL, scripting and understanding data base frameworks