Front Office Business Analyst

Quick Facts

• Role: Front Office Business Analyst (Senior Business Analyst)

• Domain: FX and Money Market (MMT) products

• Engagement: 6-month contract (Inside IR35)

• Onsite: 4 days on site

Description

Support a Front Office transformation programme for a leading investment bank by leading feasibility studies for new FX and Money Market product functionality. You will gather, document, and validate business requirements, perform gap analysis of trade booking and lifecycle workflows, and produce cost/effort and delivery estimates to support approvals. You will act as a trusted partner and primary business analysis contact for Front Office stakeholders, leveraging product expertise and Murex knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead feasibility studies for new FX and Money Market initiatives, including solution assessment and cost estimation

• Partner with Front Office and business stakeholders to gather, document, and validate requirements

• Conduct GAP analysis to identify process inefficiencies and improvement opportunities

• Review and enhance current and future-state trade booking and trade lifecycle workflows

• Perform detailed analysis across FX/MMT products; provide recommendations and drive solution delivery

• Map financial products into trading system templates; perform detailed pricing model analysis

• Produce delivery estimates to support project approval and planning

• Investigate and resolve trade booking queries

• Provide regular project/workstream status updates to stakeholders

• Support additional business and project requirements as needed

Requirements

• Proven Business Analyst experience within a top-tier investment bank

• Strong product knowledge across Foreign Exchange (FX) and Money Market (MMT)

• Ability to interpret and map products from term sheets and business specifications

• Excellent understanding of trade booking and trade lifecycle management

• Strong knowledge of P&L, Risk Management, and Market Data concepts

• Experience with pricing models, trade pricing, simulation, and curve construction

• Good working knowledge of the Murex platform

• Good knowledge of Bloomberg products and data services

• Strong stakeholder management skills; ability to engage business and technology teams

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and deliver under pressure

• Proven track record owning feasibility study activities from inception through approval

• Good understanding of RET interfaces and related workflows