Senior Business Analyst

CMC Markets; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in London is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to bridge the gap between business needs and technical implementation. The role involves leading requirement gathering across various projects, translating complex needs into actionable requirements, and maintaining transparency with stakeholders. Candidates should have a strong background in analytics within regulated environments and proficiency in Agile methodologies. This opportunity promises a dynamic work environment focused on delivering quality results.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial services or a regulated environment.
• Ability to understand and challenge development decisions.
• Experience within Agile (Scrum/Kanban) frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead business requirement creation for various projects.
• Liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams.
• Translate business needs into user stories and specs.
• Provide updates to stakeholders through reports and presentations.
• Build relationships across departments to manage expectations.

Skills

Proven experience in a Senior Business Analyst role

Strong background in business analysis and technical disciplines

Experience in Agile project delivery

Proficiency in JIRA and Confluence

Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills

Strong problem-solving ability

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

MS Project

Job description

We are seeking a highly experienced and technically proficient Senior Business Analyst to join our Enterprise Delivery team. This role is pivotal in bridging the gap between business needs and technical implementation, ensuring that projects are delivered with precision, quality, and strategic alignment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Discovery and Business Requirement creation across a range of specific commercial and operational Projects: Crypto Integration, Geographical expansion Programme, Global Custody Solution.
• Act as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams to elicit, define, and document clear and actionable business and functional requirements.
• Lead and facilitate structured workshops, stakeholder interviews, and working groups to extract detailed requirements for new and existing strategic initiatives.
• Translate complex business needs into user stories, use cases, and functional specifications, ensuring alignment with development team capabilities.
• Provide regular updates to stakeholders through status reports, dashboards, and presentations, ensuring transparency and accountability.
• Display a strong delivery mindset, taking responsibility and tasks to see items through to completion.
• Build strong working relationships across departments to ensure stakeholder expectations are managed and met.
• Represent the Business Analysis function with professionalism and promote the values of CMC Markets across internal and external engagements.

KeySkills&Experience:

• Proven experience in a Senior Business Analyst role within financial services or a regulated environment.
• Strong background in both business analysis and technical disciplines, with the ability to understand and challenge development decisions where necessary.
• Experience working within Agile (Scrum/Kanban) and/or hybrid project delivery frameworks.
• Proficiency in tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and MS Project or equivalents.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong problem-solving ability with a structured, analytical mindset.

CMC Markets is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

About Us

CMC Markets is one of the world’s first ever fin-tech companies and was launched in 1989 to break down the barriers of financial trading and make trading accessible to everyone.

Our mission is to use our award-winning, Next Generation trading platform and unparalleled client service to empower millions of people to have the best trading experience out there. Our clients can trade on thousands of instruments using the best technology, supported by sophisticated charting, competitive pricing and automated execution.

We're trusted by investors globally, but also by banks, brokers, funds and trading desks though our top-tier liquidity institutional offering, enabling these businesses to expand into new markets and increase revenue potential.

We were recently listed on the FTSE250, and our business continues to go from strength to strength as we continue to invest in our technology and our people.