Business Analyst / IT Project Manager Trading

Project overview

Our client in the Banking and Finance sector is looking for an IT Business Analyst / Project Manager Trading H/F

Mission Description:

Context

Within the IT teams of an asset management company in the banking and financial sector, the consultant will work on Order Management Systems (OMS) and execution systems, in close collaboration with Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office, and technical teams.

The mission is part of the evolution of trading platforms, automation of financial transaction processing, improvement of order routing, and implementation of regulatory requirements.

Mission

The consultant will gather and translate business needs into functional evolutions of trading and order management systems. They will contribute to the automation of financial operations, manage tests and acceptance, coordinate stakeholders, and support production deployments, while ensuring regulatory compliance and data quality.

Main Responsibilities

Technical Environment

Expected Deliverables

Candidate Profile

Experience

Technical Skills

Personal Skills

Essential Skills / Qualities:

Functional analysis and specification writing, OMS systems and Front-to-Back trading processes, Financial products and OTC derivatives, FIX protocol and electronic trading platforms, SQL and functional testing / UAT acceptance, IT project coordination in financial markets

• Gather and analyze the needs of Trading, Front Office, Middle Office teams, and other stakeholders; lead functional workshops.
• Write business requirements, functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria, and translate business needs into solutions adapted to information systems.
• Coordinate business teams, developers, architects, and solution providers.
• Participate in the evolution and maintenance of OMS systems, as well as the improvement of the order and financial operations lifecycle, from entry to execution and confirmation.
• Define and evolve Smart Order Routing rules, integrate new asset classes and financial products, and work on connections to electronic trading platforms and brokers via FIX.
• Contribute to securing execution processes, exception management, and automatic routing emergency stop mechanisms.
• Identify automatable manual operations in the OTC transaction lifecycle and participate in the automation of derivatives, particularly Interest Rate Swaps (IRS), Asset Swaps, Credit Default Swaps (CDS), and Swaptions.
• Define rules for entry, processing, and management of financial operation events; contribute to the automation of hedging operations and the consistency of positions and risks.
• Specify data flows between trading systems, transaction management tools, and clearing infrastructures.
• Develop functional testing strategies and acceptance test plans; prepare and execute end-to-end (E2E) tests, non-regression tests, and user acceptance tests (UAT).
• Coordinate testing campaigns, analyze and track anomalies, support development teams in their resolution, and organize functional demonstrations.
• Support users during the deployment of new functionalities, monitor functionalities in production, and contribute to incident resolution.
• Plan work, track milestones, and coordinate stakeholders; monitor risks, dependencies, blockers, and corrective actions.
• Prepare and lead project monitoring committees and governance bodies. Monitor budgets, consumption, and deliverables when necessary.
• Manage new client onboarding and coordinate deployments in testing, pre-production, and production.
• Participate in the implementation of regulatory requirements related to market operations, particularly MiFID II and EMIR Refit.
• Contribute to the improvement of Best Execution processes and Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) systems, as well as the quality and consistency of data for regulatory reporting and transaction cost analysis.
• Collaborate with Compliance, Risk, and Operations teams to ensure the reliability of data and processing.
• Order management systems and platforms: OMS, Bloomberg EMSX, Bloomberg TSOX, Bloomberg BTCA, Tradeweb, LSEG FXAll, Murex, MarkitWire, LCH, Aladdin, Fidessa Minerva
• Languages, protocols, and formats: SQL, PL/SQL, FIX 4.4, FpML
• Tools and systems: JIRA, Confluence, Unix/Linux, Sybase ASE
• Methodologies and project management: Agile (Scrum, Kanban), V-cycle / Waterfall, PRINCE2
• Regulation and market processes: MiFID II, EMIR Refit, Best Execution, Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA), Smart Order Routing
• Business requirements and functional specifications
• User stories, management rules, and acceptance criteria
• Test plans, acceptance results, and anomaly tracking
• Demonstration materials and functional documentation
• Project tracking dashboards, minutes, and progress reports
• Documentation of processes, data flows, and production evolutions
• Proven experience in Business Analysis and/or IT project management in the banking sector or Asset Management
• Good knowledge of order management systems and Front-to-Back trading processes
• Higher education in IT, information systems, or financial markets
• Mastery of financial products: stocks, bonds, currencies, listed derivatives, and OTC derivatives
• Experience with electronic trading platforms and FIX protocol exchanges
• Good command of SQL and tools for development and test tracking
• Ability to write functional specifications and manage acceptance testing
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams
• Autonomy, rigor, and analytical skills
• Good communication skills and service orientation towards business teams

Nice to have

Mandatory Trading knowledge + FIX

Information regarding teleworking:

Yes — 2 days/week

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Paris, France, FR
• Rate: 63-63 EUR/h
• Languages: French