We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to fulfill the role of Business Analyst cum Product Owner with expertise in Capital Markets and Trading Platform. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of financial markets, trading systems, and related technologies, along with the ability to bridge the gap between business stakeholders and technical teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Product Ownership: Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and development teams, defining and prioritizing product features and enhancements based on market trends, client feedback, and regulatory requirements.
- Requirements Gathering and Analysis: Elicit, analyze, and document business requirements for trading platform functionalities, ensuring alignment with business goals and market needs.
- Stakeholder Management: Engage with internal and external stakeholders to understand their needs, gather feedback, and communicate product roadmap and feature updates.
- Solution Design: Collaborate with architects and development teams to design innovative solutions that address business needs and market demands within the trading platform.
- Agile Methodology: Drive the agile development process, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and user story definition, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality features.
- Regulatory Compliance: Stay abreast of regulatory changes impacting the capital markets industry and ensure that the trading platform meets all compliance requirements.
- Product Strategy: Contribute to the overall product strategy, identifying opportunities for growth, differentiation, and competitive advantage in the capital markets space.
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT): Facilitate UAT activities to ensure that the developed features meet business requirements and are user-friendly.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in finance, business, computer science, or related field. Master's degree or relevant certifications preferred.
- 5+ years of experience in business analysis and product ownership within the capital markets or trading platform domain.
- Strong understanding of financial instruments, trading workflows, and market data within the capital markets industry.
- Proficiency in agile methodologies and experience working in agile development environments.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and negotiation skills.
- Strong Domain skills - Must have working experience in Capital Markets across modules and instruments especially Derivatives (Bonds, Options, Futures, Swaps)
- Technical acumen with the ability to understand and discuss complex software and system architecture.
- Proven track record of successfully delivering complex projects within the capital markets domain.
We can offer you:
- A highly competitive compensation and benefits package
- A multinational organization with 55 offices in 20 countries and the possibility to work abroad
- Laptop and a mobile phone
- 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays)
- Maternity & Paternity leave plans
- A comprehensive insurance plan including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-/short-term disability (plans vary by region)
- Retirement savings plans
- A higher education certification policy
- Commuter benefits (varies by region)
- Extensive training opportunities, focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development
- On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses
- Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups
- Cutting edge projects at the world’s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms
- A flat and approachable organization
- A truly diverse, fun-loving and global work culture
SYNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT
Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Synclusive’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.
All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
