Solutions Business Analyst

OneMarketData LLC. (OneTick) - a global leader in high-frequency financial data management with a full-spectrum suite for quant analytics and a front-to-back integrated regulatory solutions provider, is looking to grow its Solutions division with Business Analysts having a range of experience both, functional and technical.

The solutions division offers its global clientele (a) industry-leading regulatory products such as Trade and Market Surveillance, Best Execution/TCA, and (b) low-maintenance high-ROI analytics products such as MDRE (Market Data Research Environment) and MLOps platform.

Existing clients of the Solutions division range from asset managers, quant/hedge funds, tier-1 banks, market makers, and exchanges to major regulators across the globe. The platform is designed to function seamlessly for different asset classes and cross-products.

The immediate requirements for this role are aligned with the needs of OneTick’s flagship Trade and Market Surveillance platform but in time the candidate is expected to contribute across other Solutions products.

Prior to advancing with your application, we kindly request that you review the CONSENT NOTICE FOR HR AND RECRUITING provided by OneMarketData. Your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Consult with new and existing customers to understand their surveillance requirements in the context of their business workflow
• Perform sophisticated analysis covering interpretive thinking to define problems, propose innovative solutions within product/resource/time constraints and influence strategic functional decisions
• In-depth review of the Business Requirement Documents (BRD) provided by customers to seek clarifications by asking probing questions/examples
• Produce clear and concise functional/technical requirement specifications (FRS) for the engineering team based on these BRDs
• Walkthrough of these FRS to all stakeholders - customer-facing and in-house engineering teams
• Perform hands-on analysis of the customer data schema to find any gaps and/or enhancement opportunities. Keep an open mind to leverage any newly surfaced generic information in the data to enhance the product’s data/schema template
• Analyze huge data sets, create flow/UML diagrams, prepare high-level summaries and ETL workflow (to meet surveillance data specifications)
• Partner with product managers/owners to perform industry/competitor research, product documentation, content write-up for marketing, client demos, and more
• Liaise with project managers to provide efforts/timelines inputs on implementation complexity gathered through quantitative (such as data sources, volume, asset classes, etc.) and qualitative (engagement model with customers, unclear/changing requirements, etc.)
• Perform QA function on new surveillance implementations to ensure we have low false positives (good quality alerts) and work with customers for preliminary reviews of the same
• Candidate must be willing to take on and pass advanced courses/certifications to build up any gap in understanding of financial products/markets - e.g. (not limited to) online certifications, CFA, FRM, CSMA, etc.
• Candidate must be ok with on-site visits to Client locations if necessary
  
  

Key requirements:

• 4-7 years experience as a Business Analyst or in a role closely working with the business in a financial services/technology industry - the ability to transform business requirements into precise functional/technical specifications
• In-depth knowledge of the trading workflow and/or market microstructure of at least one of the following asset classes: Equities, Fixed Income, FX/MM, Derivatives
• Demonstrable knowledge of the compliance/surveillance functions and/or hands-on experience with Trade Surveillance vendor platforms such as SMARTS, Actimize, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to transform business requirements into precise functional/technical specifications
• Comfortable working with large time-series datasets (million records per day) and awareness of the challenges it involves
• Hands-on knowledge of Python (data exploration and code interpretation), SQL is required
• Knowledge of Cloud technologies is a plus
• A working knowledge of using JIRA and Confluence
• Must be a self-starter comfortable working individually and as a part of the team
• Able to prioritize conflicting tasks, identifying what is essential and focusing on such
• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience in a quantitative field
  
  

What we offer:

• Fully remote working opportunity 
• Work in a mid-size company with supportive colleagues and a cozy atmosphere, you will feel valued and can create impact without unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Challenging tasks for financial market players: national regulators, central banks, and quantitative hedge funds.

* The position will require a background check, signed NDA, signed contract, and signed GDPR processor passthrough agreement (since we act as a data processor under GDPR).