Business Analyst-Fixed Income & Capital Markets

Job Purpose

Deep expertise in Fixed Income Capital Markets, trade lifecycle management, and trading platform design/build. Bridge business and technology, define requirements for complex trading workflows, and collaborate with global development and business teams to deliver highperformance, realtime solutions.

Desired Skills & Experience

• 6-10 years of experience in Business Analysis within Capital Markets, with at least 5+ years focused on Fixed Income.
• Strong understanding of trade lifecycle, clearing/settlement processes, and regulatory frameworks (FINRA, MiFID, DoddFrank).
• Handson experience with SWIFT and FIX messaging standards; ability to interpret message schemas and troubleshoot integration issues.
• Exposure to trading platforms (e.g., ION, Bloomberg, TradeWeb) and blotter systems; familiarity with OMS/EMS workflows.
• Proven ability to document BRDs, FRDs, use cases, and process flows, proficiency in tools like Visio, JIRA, Confluence.
• Experience with realtime transaction systems, market data feeds, and latencysensitive workflows.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problemsolving skills.
• Prior experience working with global teams and managing crossborder delivery.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of derivatives (swaps, options) and structured products.
• Familiarity with cloudnative architectures, microservices, and APIdriven integration.
• Understanding data analytics for trade performance and risk metrics.

Education

Bachelors/Masters in Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or related field.

Key Responsibilities:

• Requirements Gathering & Analysis: Engage with traders, operations, and technology teams to elicit, document, and validate functional and nonfunctional requirements for trading platforms and workflows.
• Domain Expertise: Apply strong knowledge of Fixed Income products (bonds, swaps, repos), trade lifecycle (fronttoback), and regulatory/compliance considerations.
• Platform Design & Build: Partner with architects and engineers to shape platform capabilities (order management, blotter, risk, settlement) ensuring scalability and resilience.
• Protocols & Messaging: Define and validate integration requirements using SWIFT and FIX protocols; ensure accurate mapping for trade capture, confirmations, and settlements.
• RealTime Processing: Collaborate on solutions for highvolume, lowlatency trade execution and realtime position updates; support performance and reliability goals.
• Workflow Optimization: Identify gaps and propose enhancements for STP (StraightThrough Processing), exception handling, and operational efficiency.
• Stakeholder Communication: Translate technical concepts into business language; present options and tradeoffs to senior stakeholders.
• Testing & UAT Support: Assist QA teams in validating workflows; ensure requirements traceability and signoff.

Global Collaboration: Work across distributed teams in US, EMEA, and APAC; manage time zone overlaps and cultural nuances.

Interested can also mail the resume on Payal.kapoor@acuitykp.com