Product Owner/ Business Analyst. Market Data. Commodities Trading. £115,000 + Discretionary Bonus and Benefits. Hybrid 2 days in Central London Office. Front office trading experience a must.

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom CommuniTech Recruitment Group Full time

Product Owner/ Business Analyst. Market Data. Commodities Trading. £115,000 + Discretionary Bonus and Benefits. Hybrid 2 days in Central London Office. Front office trading experience a must.
My client is a top tier commodities trading company that is looking for a Market Data Product Owner/ Business Analyst to come on board on a 6 month rolling contract.

The Data team is looking for a Product Owner/ Business Analyst to understand business problems, challenge existing practices and approaches, define scope and requirements, propose business improvement opportunities, and develop solutions that enable the Data Team to achieve its goals


Engage key stakeholders to identify underlying business needs to be addressed
Translate business needs into project objectives and business goals
Ensure traceability of project objectives and business goals through requirements definition, design, and testing through to solution implementation
Identify and map stakeholders and actively manage them to ensure positive engagement throughout the project.
Oversee the business analysis approach and agree governance, deliverables and resource including time commitments from stakeholders.
Validate proposed solutions to ensure they meet project objectives and business goals, are aligned with the strategy and the target operating model and can be implemented effectively
Provide input to testing preparations and activities to ensure the solution meets the identified business need
Ensure compliance with Group policy, standards and reporting requirements together with all regulatory and statutory requirements.
Provide domain knowledge and analysis capability, typically to identify additional business opportunities.
Offer an independent review, including quality assurance.
Manage business analysis activities throughout the project life cycle, including associated risks, issues and benefits delivery.

Extensive financial services experience, ideally in Market Data
Exposure and understanding of big data technologies and messaging systems
Experience in SQL for data extraction, transformation and analysis
Experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies, leading the work of others in a Project environment
Proven experience in dealing with stakeholders at all levels from analysts to senior management. Ability to build rapport, nurture business relationships and establish clear communication styles with business and technology teams.
Experience working with JIRA, Azure DevOps or other project management tools
Interested and passionate about data, particularly understanding the source of data, its nomenclature with strong attention for detail and precision.
A flexible approach and a willingness to move between multiple tasks and take on more responsibilities
Self-motivated and able to work remotely and unsupervised
Able to multitask, switch focus and prioritise own tasks being comfortable to work under pressure with demanding front office users
Experience with financial services and/or commodities i.e. as reference data, settlement data and market data as well as private order feeds and trade capture.
Experience in Python for data extraction, transformation and analysis
· PRINCE2 / Agile Practitioner and have IT Project Management Experience

30pm / 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday

If you are interested to learn more, please send a CV for immediate consideration