The team is responsible for the integration of the Orchestrade trading application, covering the following areas:

Pre-deal origination workflows, as well as post-execution monitoring and full trade lifecycle management
Design and maintenance of dedicated workflows, platform configuration, and business support
Integration with Operations and Finance systems
Reporting and reconciliation processes
Accounting functionality and data alignment

The application ecosystem is based on Orchestrade, with the following characteristics:

Developed in .NET (C#), with integration to Microsoft Excel
Database layer built on Microsoft SQL Server
Deployment options include both in-house installations and cloud-based hosting on Amazon Web Services (AWS)

As part of the Orchestrade Practice, participation involves working within a professional, open-minded, and progressive team environment. The role offers opportunities to enhance both functional and soft skills, while building deep expertise in the industry domain.

Responsibilities:

Analyse current front to back processes (trading, risk, PnL, middle/back office) and document workflows, pain points, and control gaps.
Gather, structure, and prioritise business requirements from PMs, risk managers, operations, and compliance for new tools, reports, and system changes.
Translate requirements into clear functional specifications and work with developers/quant teams on design and implementation options.
Support testing (test cases, UAT, regression) and coordinate production releases for trading and risk platforms or internal tools.
Produce business and technical documentation (BRDs, user stories, process maps, runbooks) and keep them up to date.
Use data analysis to validate requirements, size issues, and monitor the impact of changes (e.g., trade flow metrics, latency, error rates).
Run workshops and interviews with stakeholders to clarify needs, uncover edge cases, and close open questions.
Create and refine product backlogs, user stories, and acceptance criteria help prioritise work against business value and risk.
Perform impact analysis for changes (systems, data models, interfaces), including upstream/downstream dependencies.
Coordinate with legal, risk, ops, and external vendors when projects touch regulations, controls, or third party systems.

Required Skills:

10+ years of experience as a Business Analyst working on Financial products with solid understanding of listed and OTC products (equities, futures, options, fixed income, FX), order lifecycle, and risk/PnL concepts.
Orchestrade hands-on experience is mandatory
Experience in FO on Treasury
Excellent analytical skills, understanding of project life cycles, and ability to act in an entrepreneurial manner to ensure the requirements from the business are gathered in the appropriate manner.
Proven analytical, planning, problem solving and decision-making skills
Comfortable with direct communication with all levels of technical and business resources
Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
Experience with working in a highly collaborative and dynamic multi-team environment
Experience in writing user stories and working with JIRA /similar tools.

Nice to have:

Hedge Fund previous experience is highly preferable.
Ability to work under pressure in a fast paced environment.
Have a willingness to learn new skills.
Attention to detail ability to work independently and also as part of a group.
Technical knowledge (SQL, .NET).

Lead Business Analyst - Orchestrade

Lead Business Analyst - Orchestrade