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Business analyst in post-trade

In short

This Senior Associate role involves building new post-trade products on the Rates TradeAgent team at LSEG in London, working as a Business Analyst/Product Owner within an Agile/Scrum environment. The company is a global market-leading financial markets infrastructure provider focused on clearing, settlement and operational processes. It requires 3-5 years of experience in product development, business analysis or post-trade operations, strong analytical skills, and familiarity with Jira, Lucid and MS Office. Exposure to OTC Rates, JSON/FpML and trade processing is a plus.

About the Role
LSEG is expanding its Post Trade capabilities with a new suite of services designed to modernize how firms manage clearing, settlement, and operational processes. As part of this growth, we're hiring a Senior Associate to join our Rates TradeAgent Product Development team in London. If you're passionate about building new products, improving industry workflows, and working with OTC Rates in an Agile environment, this is an opportunity to make real impact in a global market-leading organization.
Responsibilities
•Contribute to the innovation and build-out of new products and services.
•Translate end-user needs into clear product requirements and solution specifications.
•Work closely with technology teams to support development, testing, and release cycles.
•Partner with internal stakeholders and external clients to resolve queries and ensure successful adoption.
•Support automated testing and quality assurance across development sprints.
•Identify opportunities to enhance current systems and shape future technology direction.
•Produce high-quality documentation and contribute to risk and issue management.
Requirements
•3-5 years of relevant experience in product development, business analysis, post-trade operations, or related financial services roles.
•Background as a Business Analyst or Product Owner within a Scrum/Agile team.
•Experience in a delivery-focused role within a middle-office, post-trade, investment bank, institutional investor, or clearing organization.
•Ability to participate in Agile ceremonies, write user stories, define acceptance criteria, and refine backlogs.
•Ability to analyze processes and break them down into deliverables.
•Strong understanding of end-to-end processes and dependencies across systems and services.
•Quality mindset with hands-on testing experience.
•Analytical skills, problem-solving ability, and attention to detail.
•Proficiency with tools such as MS Office, Jira, Lucid.
•Good communication and collaboration skills.
•Proactive, organized, and comfortable managing shifting priorities.
Nice to Have
•Exposure to JSON or FpML message structures; knowledge of OTC Trade Processing, including an understanding of the trade structure, terms, lifecycle and associated settlement processes.
•Experience in OTC Rates is advantageous.
Benefits
LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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