Business Analyst- Specialist- Financial Services

As a Business Analyst / Product Owner, you will act as the key link between business stakeholders and engineering teams, ensuring that requirements are clearly defined, prioritized, and successfully delivered. You will play a critical role in shaping product direction, driving Agile delivery, and enabling high-quality solutions within complex environments—particularly in Front Office and trading-related domains.

You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into actionable deliverables, support decision-making, and ensure alignment between strategic goals and technical execution.

Responsibilities

Product & Requirements Management

• Collaborate with the Product Owner to define product vision and roadmap
• Translate business needs into clear Product Features and User Stories
• Prioritize backlog items in alignment with business and technical goals

Agile Delivery

• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, planning, retrospectives, reviews)
• Provide clarification on requirements and support backlog grooming during sprints
• Adapt to the agreed ways of working and delivery model specific to the project

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders
• Ensure alignment between business requirements and delivery priorities
• Support internal coordination to ensure end-to-end coverage and story readiness

Technical Awareness

• Demonstrate understanding of front-end, back-end, and API layers
• Identify system dependencies and support teams with clear requirements
• Participate in technical discussions to ensure feasibility and completeness

Tools & Documentation

• Maintain documentation using Confluence
• Collaborate with UX/UI teams and support with process diagrams (e.g., Draw.io)
• Manage and track backlog using Azure DevOps (or similar tools)

Skills and Experience

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst or Product Owner in Agile/SAFe environments
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
• Good understanding of system architecture (front-end, back-end, APIs)
• Experience with tools such as Confluence, Azure DevOps, Draw.io
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing client and project needs

Mandatory:

• Experience gathering requirements from Front Office and operations stakeholders

Preferred:

• Experience with Agile ways of working (Kanban preferred)
• Experience using JIRA and Confluence

Nice to Have

• Experience working with UX/UI teams
• Exposure to complex integration projects or microservices-based architectures

Soft Skills

• Proactive, autonomous, and delivery-oriented mindset
• Comfortable with ambiguity and managing competing priorities
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills
• Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities