it business analyst - regulatory reporting and compliance

We are seeking a business analyst with over 5 years of experience in completing business process analysis and requirements gathering to support the delivery of complex software development projects, particularly in the areas of compliance and regulatory reporting.

Support reporting functions for regulatory regimes like EMIR, CFTC, MAS, FMIA, REMIT, and MiFID.

The candidate will be responsible for understanding and verifying arguments for change, completing process analysis, and defining requirements for business, function, and design.

This will be completed across multiple projects within the trading division. The candidate will be in charge of managing relationships and expectations with business collaborators and sponsors, while supporting development and testing teams throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Candidates should demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills and work effectively in new domains.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:

Knowledge Skills And Abilities

• Strong passion for working as a business analyst in financial regulations and compliance domain.

• Ability to develop and maintain productive working relationships with both business and IT collaborators.

• Solid knowledge of various financial instruments, including equities, futures, options, and swaps.

• Hands-on experience with regulatory reporting applications such as Axiom (or similar) is a plus.

• Prior exposure to Capital Markets, Investment Banking or Commodities Trading is a strong advantage.

• Well-versed in modern development methodologies, including iterative development, continuous integration, and Agile practices.

• Strong academic background with a degree from a reputable university, preferably in a discipline that emphasises logical thinking, precision and clear communication.

Key Responsibilities

• Elicit, define, and articulate business and functional requirements using a range of analysis artifacts, including Scope Documents, Business Requirements Documents (BRD or equivalent experience), Functional Specifications Documents (FSD), and User Stories.

• Collaborate with various stakeholders involved in regulatory reporting, compliance, market surveillance, position limit monitoring, and reconciliation systems.

• Coordinate and communicate extensively with both internal stakeholders (e.g., Compliance, Derivatives Operations, IT) and external parties (e.g., solution vendors, brokers, trading platforms).

• Collaborate with business teams to define UAT scope, develop test strategies, and design functional test scenarios.

• Complete test cases to ensure that deliverables meet specified functional requirements.

• Coordinate analysis and development work performed by external vendor teams.

• Work closely with development and QA teams to ensure business requirements are effectively translated into delivered solutions.

• Provide third-line support for production issues, ensuring timely resolution and root cause analysis.

Competencies

• Strong focus on delivery and approach towards achieving results.

• Effective great teammate who contributes positively to group dynamics and ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment

• Clear and engaging communicator, comfortable working with geographically dispersed teams across multiple time zones.

• Decisive and adaptable, excelling in growing, fast-paced environments.

• Excellent written and communication skills

Key Relationships and Department Overview:

Key Relationships

• Foster strong collaborative relationships with solution architects, developers, project managers, and fellow business analysts to ensure alignment and effective delivery.

• Work closely with testing teams to support test planning, execution, and defect resolution.

• Engage with training teams to support the creation and delivery of user training materials and sessions.

Department Overview

Trafigura focuses on developing top-tier IT applications and infrastructure. The Trading IT group supports the trading business, which is enhancing its applications to drive business growth.

These programmes are aimed at delivering functional capabilities, improvements and technical infrastructure upgrades to enable continued business growth and improved profitability for the firm.