Sr. Business Analyst (Quant Systems Overhaul)

Talan Group; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Life insurance

Training and career development

Smart Office Pack

Job summary

An international consulting firm is seeking a Senior Business Analyst experienced in working with financial Quants for a hybrid role based in Warsaw, Poland. The candidate will be responsible for defining requirements, managing projects, and maintaining Agile methodologies. Ideal candidates will possess strong technical knowledge and experience in similar roles within investment banks. Benefits include private medical insurance, training, and opportunities for development within a multicultural team.

Qualifications

• Experience in working with Quants or similar roles in financial institutions.
• Good grasp of technical matters in a modern cloud-based architecture.
• Experience in a formal structured IT project environment.
• Experience maintaining Epics and aligning to a Roadmap in Agile.

Responsibilities

• Define requirements and communicate with stakeholders and technical teams.
• Perform project management functions and communicate progress.
• Maintain Epics and User Stories consistent with a Roadmap.
• Track progress and report to Rates/Credit Programme Manager.

Skills

Experience with Quants

Technical knowledge of libraries

Requirements gathering

Project management

Agile methodology

Communication skills in English

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Finance

Tools

Jira

Job description

Talan is an international consulting group specializing in innovation and business transformation through technology. With over 7,200 consultantsin 21 countriesand a turnover of €850M, we are committed to delivering impactful, future-ready solutions.

Talan at a Glance

Headquartered in Paris and operating globally, Talan combines technology, innovation, and empowermentto deliver measurable results for our clients. Over the past 22 years, we’ve built a strong presence in the IT and consulting landscape, and we’re on track to reach €1 billion in revenuethis year.

Our Core Areas of Expertise

Data & Technologies:We design and implement large-scale, end-to-end architecture and data solutions, including data integration, data science, visualization, Big Data, AI, and Generative AI.

Cloud & Application Services:We integrate leading platforms such as SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft, AWS, and IBM Maximo, helping clients transition to the cloud and improve operational efficiency.

Management & Innovation Consulting:We lead business and digital transformation initiatives through project and change management best practices (PM, PMO, Agile, Scrum, Product Ownership), and support domains such as Supply Chain, Cybersecurity, and ESG/Low-Carbon strategies.

We work with major global clients across diverse sectors, including Transport & Logistics, Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, Retail, and Media & Telecommunications.

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst, experienced in working with trading floor Quants in the fixed income and credit derivatives space, with some overlap with FX. Ideally, this person has played a major role in performing similar overhauls at other investment banks.

The role of the Business Analyst will be critical to ensure full definition, visibility and understanding of the requirements across all stakeholders, and to communicate the detail of the requirements to the technical teams and architectural lead, to ensure delivery of a high-quality solution.

The Business Analyst will also perform project management functions; tracking and communicating progress to stakeholders, senior management and to the Rates/Credit Programme Manager.

Santander uses the Agile methodology, so the Business Analyst will be responsible for maintaining the Epics and User Stories consistent with a Roadmap, and for building out the content of the User Stories for consumption by the development and testing / QA teams.

• Experience in working with Quants (or similar, who typically build core pricing and analytics libraries for Fixed Income Bonds, Swaps, Credit Derivatives and FX), and knowledge of such libraries and functions.
• Technical knowledge at high-level; while the candidate will not be required to define the details of the solution, they need to have good grasp of technical matters and to work closely with the technical team, in the context of a high performance, lower latency, scalable, modern, cloud-based architecture.
• Experience in requirements definition and requirements gathering and working with end-users, technical teams, and other stakeholders, in a formal structured IT project environment.
• Exposure to Agile requirements gathering and scrum / sprint cadences.
• Project management, tracking and communication to stakeholders and senior management.

Desirable (but not essential)

• A major consideration is, has this person already played a major role in performing similar overhauls as described above, at other investment banks.
• Spanish language would be a plus (although not required).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Qualifications

Additional Information

What do we offer you?

• Full-time contract.
• Smart Office Pack so that you can work comfortably from home.
• Training and career development.
• Benefits and perks such as private medical insurance, life insurance.
• Possibility to be part of a multicultural team and work on international projects.
• This is a hybrid position based in Warsaw, Poland.Relocation is mandatory.
• Possibility to manage work-permits.

If you are passionate about development & tech, we want to meet you!

Talan Spain’s commitment to non-discrimination based on gender, race, ideology, or any other reason, in accordance with the company’s "Equality Plan" and the current regulations on gender equality between women and men (Royal Decree-Law 6/2019).