Digital Asset Business Analyst

Project overview

Job Description:

Digital Asset Business Analyst

Project details

London, UK (Hybrid - 3 days/week in office)

Initial 6 months

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Digital Asset Business Analyst with deep expertise in capital markets and post-trade technology to join a high-profile financial services initiative in London.

In this role, you will bridge the gap between traditional custody infrastructure and next-generation Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). You will drive requirement gathering, system interface specifications, and end-to-end integration across digital asset custody and tokenised asset solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Required Experience and Qualifications

£500.00 - £545.00/day

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• Requirements Engineering: Gather and document comprehensive business, functional, and technical requirements for digital asset custody and tokenised asset platforms.
• Process Mapping: Translate complex custody and post-trade business operations into workflows, user stories, acceptance criteria, and system interface specifications.
• DLT and Legacy Integration: Analyse integration points and data flows between DLT-based applications and core banking platforms (custody, ledgers, settlement, and asset servicing).
• Controls and Lifecycle Design: Define transaction lifecycles, data mapping, exception handling, reconciliation, and operational control frameworks.
• API and Technical Analysis: Support API and messaging analysis, event-driven architecture specifications, and interface mapping.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with enterprise architects, software engineers, product owners, and operations SMEs throughout design, build, SIT/UAT, and defect resolution.
• Traceability: Maintain full requirement traceability from initial business scope through to delivered system functionality.
• Experience Level: Minimum 5+ years of Business Analysis experience within Capital Markets, Custody Banking, Securities Services, or Post-Trade technology.
• Domain Expertise: Strong operational understanding of the trade lifecycle, settlement processes, safekeeping, positions, transactions, and reconciliations.
• Technical BA Skills: Hands-on experience writing technical specifications, mapping APIs, and working with event-driven architectures.
• Digital Assets Knowledge: Exposure to blockchain/DLT, tokenised securities, digital custody platforms, or networks such as Canton Network is highly desirable.
• Stakeholder Management: Proven track record of operating effectively across business leadership, operational teams, and engineering teams.
• Start: flexible
• Location: London, UK, GB
• Rate: 63-68 EUR/h