Lead Business Data Analyst- Capital Markets
About The Position
Senior/Lead Business Analyst with strong financial markets experience. Must be comfortable working directly with large datasets. Strong understanding of Equities, Options, Financial market data, Market structure and trading activity. Able to gather requirements from business users and translate them into actionable solutions. Hands-on analyst who can explore data independently and identify patterns, gaps, and opportunities. Experience building prototypes and proof-of-concepts before engineering implementation. Comfortable working in an iterative environment ("fail fast" mentality). Partner closely with software engineers to validate, test, and productionize solutions. Support and lead UAT efforts.
Requirements
- Strong SQL (must-have)
- Advanced data analysis skills
- Ability to reconcile and match datasets to validate expected outcomes
- Requirements gathering and business analysis experience
- UAT experience
- Strong stakeholder communication skills
- Ability to work between business and engineering teams
- Financial markets knowledge is critical
- Understand market data
- Can dig into datasets
- Prototype solutions
- Partner with engineering to bring ideas into production
Nice To Haves
- Data science experience
- Experience building prototypes and analytical models
- Market surveillance experience
- Regulatory technology experience
- Knowledge of SEC/FINRA regulations
- Python or other data analysis/programming experience
Responsibilities
- Gather and refine business requirements
- Analyze financial market data
- Explore datasets and identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities
- Build prototypes to validate concepts
- Collaborate with engineering teams to develop solutions
- Perform data validation and output verification
- Lead/support UAT
- Ensure solutions meet business expectations before production release
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
