Adaptive on hunt for Business Analyst -Repo Trading Platform

Adaptive, a specialist software company that designs, builds and operates bespoke, real-time, front-to-back solutions for tier-one investment banks and commodity trading firms (see client stories), is looking or a highly skilled business analyst that can be a valued addition to their software delivery team. The role has been pre-determined as outside IR35 (using IR35 Shield).

BUSINESS ANALYST – REPO TRADING PLATFORM

About the project:

The selected candidate would join a medium-sized team distributed in Adaptive's Europe & North America offices, on an ongoing project that we have been designing, building and operating on behalf of our client.

We have been building a trading platform for repurchase agreements (“repos”) that supports RFQ negotiation flows involving multiple buy-side and sell-side parties.

The platform is currently used and operated in Europe & North America, and we continue to support its development.

Required skills:

• Applicants will be expected to have significant experience working in the financial sector, with experience working on real-time trading systems being especially sought after
  • Domain knowledge of repurchase agreements (“repos”) highly appreciated
  • Previous experience & knowledge of regulatory items (e.g. RT24) would be beneficial
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • In particular, the ability to explain even complex concepts clearly through written & visual mediums is expected, so as to create a trusted set of reference documents for the team and for the client

• Ability to work with distributed teams & keep everyone aligned on common goals without meeting face to face
  • There is no expectation to be present on site until the current predicament is under control -- Adaptive is taking a safe stance
  • Once the situation stabilises and only then, there will be an expectation to be able to come on site in the City of London punctually, on short notice
• Flexibility to support releases in the evening on weekdays (at least once a week)
  
• Ability to create & maintain a product backlog with multiple stakeholders

• Actively manage the client’s expectations, make assumptions explicit and keep a log of important decisions throughout the engagement
• Actively involve oneself in coming up with a realistic roadmap that mitigates project risk
• Work with UX, QA and developers throughout the backlog building process, to avoid the roadblocks inherent in a sequential process
• Remain closely involved with the team throughout the delivery of the backlog
• Active involvement with design activities
  • Take part in Event Storming / Workflow-Driven Design workshops (prior experience a plus)
  • Capture and define the processes/workflows impacted by the solution we are delivering
  • Propose functional solutions to the client’s business problems

• Active involvement with Quality Assurance, User Acceptance Testing activities

• Write falsifiable Acceptance Criteria
• Test the application manually & write bug reports to the same standard as a tester (if not with the same efficiency)
• Support users during UAT by answering their queries
• Take an active role/the lead in defect investigation & triage
  
• Experience with the FIX protocol and FIX engines highly valued
  
• Sufficient understanding of technical idioms
• In particular, an understanding of data structures & communication protocols is expected to allow discussion with technical experts and the capture of related requirements
• Keen understanding of the strengths and potential pitfalls that come with an Agile delivery philosophy, based on extensive personal experience
• Please note that the successful candidate will undergo a background check due to the kind of projects we work on.

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