Business Analyst – Fixed Income

Overview

In this role you will drive requirements and solutions for front-office electronic trading projects, partnering with owners to shape FIX-based messaging and latency-focused initiatives. You will work closely with exchanges, traders, and QA to ensure delivery of efficient trading workflows across Fixed Income, FX, and related asset classes. This is a high-impact position at a boutique consultancy known for low-latency expertise, offering equity options and a strong team culture. You will play a key role in translating business needs into technical messaging specifications and validated deliverables.

Pay / Benefits

• equity option
• private ownership
• London-based office
• family-like culture

Responsibilities

• Lead key stakeholders and drive requirement gathering in sessions and workshops
• Interact with exchanges/trading venues to collect market model and messaging details
• Define, prioritise, and propose solutions aligned with trading workflows
• Design and specify messaging protocol formats for front-office systems
• Validate requirements through development and QA collaboration

Key requirements

• 4-8 years of experience in buy-side, sell-side, vendor, or ECN environment
• Experience across the trading lifecycle: risk management, price formation, tiering/distribution, execution, STP
• Relevant market experience: Interdealer broker / dealer client / single dealer platform
• FX asset classes: spot, forward, NDFs, swaps, options
• FI asset classes: cash bonds, derivatives, rates, and credit/interest rate swaps

• stakeholder management
• strong communication
• collaboration and team fit
• FIX standard for Fixed Income Trading
• front-office electronic trading
• latency optimization

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