Lead Business Analyst - Orchestrade

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).