Tower Research Capital, a high-frequency proprietary trading firm founded in 1998, seeks a Business Analyst to join our Operations Team. The team is part of Tower’s Middle and Back Office (MBO) function which is a key part to Tower’s business ensuring the completeness and accuracy of Tower’s books and records and meeting the demands of a growing and complex trading business. 

Key Responsibilities

• Provide data analysis and support for operations to improve the processing of financial transactions such as; trades, corporate actions, taxes, commissions/fees, and all other balance sheet impacting transactions.
• Partner with developers, Project Management, Finance, Operations and other external custodians and vendor teams to drive solutions.
• Gather requirements and documentation to analyze and build long term operational enhancement plans related to but not limited; settlements, corporate actions, break handling, UI enhancements, new asset class implementation, reference data and metric reporting.
• Ability to participate and large and small scale projects, being a proactive contributor with the skills to resolve conflicts between teams around deliverables and meet deadlines.
• Participate in UAT and release coordination for internal and vendor systems.
• Business Analyst and liaison for Operations in all regions. 
• Prioritize features, enhancements, based on operation’s feedback and resource constraints. 
• Ability to identify areas of improvement, scope requirements and assist in implementation of automation ideas.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of products and features, to drive for continuous growth.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate should have:

• A Bachelor/Master’s degree.
• At least 4 years of experience working as a business analyst or product manager with exposure to Financial Services Operations or Post Trade processes, including strong working knowledge of across asset classes: Equity, Fixed Income, Derivatives, FX, Commodities, and Crypto. 
• Strong experience with spreadsheet software such as Excel or Sheets . Some proficiency with Python and SQL is a plus but not required.
• Experience with Task Management software such as JIRA is a plus.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Benefits

While we work hard, Tower’s cubicle-free workplace, jeans-clad workforce, and well-stocked kitchens reflect the premium the firm places on quality of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive salary and discretionary bonuses
• 5 weeks of paid holiday per year plus bank and public holidays
• Free breakfast, lunch, and snacks on a daily basis
• Pension, health care allowance, group life and income protection schemes
• Reimbursement for health and wellness expenses
• Public transportation, fuel, and cycle to work reimbursement
• Free events and workshops
• Donation matching program

Tower Research Capital is an equal opportunity employer.