Senior Technical BA – Equities & Trade Processing Lead

Pontoon; City Of London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Pontoon is seeking a Senior Technical Business Analyst to support equities and trade processing in a leading investment banking environment. You will bridge business and technical delivery teams, owning requirements through the full delivery lifecycle on large capital markets projects.

The role requires 10+ years of BA/Technical BA experience in financial services, strong SQL, Jira and QA collaboration. Office-based with a phased in-office pattern and agile delivery emphasis.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience as a Business Analyst or Technical Business Analyst within investment banking or capital markets.
• Strong hands-on experience in equities trading or securities trade processing.
• Excellent understanding of the end-to-end securities trade lifecycle.
• Experience delivering complex technology projects within financial services.
• Strong SQL skills, including writing complex queries and working with multiple database joins.
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into detailed technical specifications.
• Experience working closely with developers, business stakeholders and QA teams - involve in testing (Selenium).
• Strong communication, analytical and stakeholder management skills.
• A proactive, self-motivated approach with the ability to work independently at a senior or lead level.
• Hands-on experience using Jira for backlog management, user stories, defect tracking and management reporting.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and deliver against a large project backlog.

Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis activities across complex capital markets and trade processing projects.
• Gather, analyse and document business and technical requirements.
• Develop detailed functional and technical specifications for development teams. Demonstrate strong understanding of the end-to-end securities trade lifecycle, particularly equities.
• Work closely with developers to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Collaborate with QA teams throughout testing, implementation and deployment.
• Support enhancements to trade processing platforms and straight-through processing (STP).
• Engage with global business stakeholders and technology teams.
• Independently lead workstreams and drive delivery without requiring close supervision.

Skills

Business Analysis

Technical BA

Equities trading

SQL

Stakeholder mgmt

QA collaboration

Jira

Selenium

Backlog management

Tools

Jira

Selenium

MQ

SFTP

Plenum

Job description

Pontoon is seeking a Senior Technical Business Analyst to support equities and trade processing in a leading investment banking environment. You will bridge business and technical delivery teams, owning requirements through the full delivery lifecycle on large capital markets projects.

The role requires 10+ years of BA/Technical BA experience in financial services, strong SQL, Jira and QA collaboration. Office-based with a phased in-office pattern and agile delivery emphasis.