Business Analyst

Business Analyst | £700 per day (Inside IR35) | London | 2 days in Office | 6-Month Initial Contract

Industry: Commodities Trading
Location: London
Job Type: Contract (6 months initial)

Our client within the commodities trading sector is seeking a Business Analyst to support electronic trading solutions, primarily across the pre-trade lifecycle. The role involves working closely with Front Office stakeholders and technology teams to translate business requirements into deliverable backlog items.

Responsibilities:

• Gather and analyse business requirements across commodity trading workflows.
• Translate requirements into Epics, Features, and User Stories.
• Work closely with developers, architects, and Product Owners within an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Define Definition of Ready and Definition of Done.
• Support unit, QA, and regression testing, including test strategy and test case creation.
• Contribute to solution design and integration with in-house and vendor systems.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Strong Agile/Scrum experience.
• Solid understanding of investment banking/capital markets.
• Knowledge of commodity derivatives (pricing, risk, trade lifecycle).
• Proven end-to-end business analysis experience.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience defining and executing test plans and regression testing.
• Good SQL knowledge and strong Excel skills.

Desirable Experience:

• Front Office exposure.
• Electronic trading platforms experience (commodities preferred).
• Cloud exposure (Azure/AWS).
• Familiarity with financial data formats (XML, FPML, FIX, JSON).