Senior Business Analyst – Financial Markets & Transaction ReportingOverviewWe are seeking a Senior Business Analyst with strong expertise in financial markets, transaction reporting, and regulatory reporting systems.
The role requires deep domain knowledge of capital markets products, trade lifecycle processing, and regulatory frameworks, with a focus on ensuring accurate, compliant, and efficient reporting across global financial regulations.
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience working across Front-to-Back trade lifecycle, particularly in OTC derivatives and FX products, and will have exposure to industry platforms such as Broadridge Financial Solutions or similar regulatory reporting solutions.
This role acts as a key interface between business, operations, compliance, and technology teams, driving requirements definition, solution design support, data analysis, and regulatory interpretation for transaction reporting initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Work as a Senior Business Analyst across transaction reporting and regulatory reporting initiatives within financial markets
- Gather, analyse, and document business, functional, and regulatory requirements for reporting obligations (e.g., MiFID II and related regimes)
- Translate regulatory rules into clear business and system requirements, ensuring alignment with compliance and reporting standards
- Analyse end-to-end trade lifecycle flows, including trade capture, booking models, enrichment, validation, and reporting
- Perform detailed data analysis and mapping across Front-to-Back systems to ensure reporting accuracy and completeness
- Work closely with compliance, operations, technology, and product teams to define reporting logic and resolve gaps
- Support implementation and enhancement of transaction reporting platforms (including Broadridge or equivalent systems)
- Conduct impact analysis for regulatory changes, new products, and booking model updates, especially in FX and OTC derivatives
- Validate data quality, consistency, and reconciliation across source and target systems
- Participate in solution design discussions, ensuring regulatory interpretation is correctly implemented in system design
- Provide clear documentation, business rules, and functional specifications for development and downstream teams
- Support issue analysis and resolution related to reporting breaks, data inconsistencies, and regulatory exceptions
- Stay updated with evolving regulatory requirements and financial market practices
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Finance, Economics, or related discipline10+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in financial markets / capital markets domain
- Strong expertise in transaction reporting regulations (MiFID II mandatory;
- EMIR desirable)
- Deep understanding of financial products, especially FX and OTC derivatives
- Strong knowledge of Front-to-Back trade lifecycle and booking models
- Experience working with or supporting regulatory reporting platforms such as Broadridge Financial Solutions or equivalent systems
- Strong experience in data analysis, requirement gathering, and functional specification writing
- Understanding of trade lifecycle events (new trade, amendment, cancellation, allocations, lifecycle adjustments)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills for working across business, compliance, and technology stakeholders
Preferred Skills
- Strong domain knowledge of capital markets transaction reporting processes
- Hands-on experience with FX as a primary asset class (mandatory preference)
- Understanding of regulatory data lineage, controls, and reconciliation frameworks
- Exposure to regulatory reporting engines or vendor platforms (Broadridge, similar tools)
- Exposure to Agile delivery environments
