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WE ARE:

At Adaptive, we are a financial consulting firm that partners with capital, commodity, and digital market participants. We value differentiation through technology. Our experienced teams design and deliver complex front-office technology solutions using our proven accelerators to create long-term competitive advantage.

Our clients include the world's leading investment banks, investment managers, fintech and capital market service providers. With a global reach with offices in London, New York, Barcelona, Manilla and Montreal, we have a proven track record of delivering powerful, elegant and intuitive trading technology solutions.

We are now looking for a Senior Business Analyst to join our team in London.
The engagement includes building a rich web Front End as designed by our UX team, new supporting components on the Back End such as a risk management system and an OMS, and integration with existing Back End components and infrastructure.
Our development accelerator Hydra, based around Aeron, will provide a resilient architecture for the whole edifice.
The engagement is a strategic project for Adaptive, so the project will be visible throughout the business.

YOU ARE:

• A strategic thinker with great communication skills
• A great relationship builder with your team and clients
• A problem-solver and team player

YOU HAVE:

• Significant experience working in the financial sector, with experience working on Real Time trading systems being especially sought after
• Front office stakeholder relationship management experience;
• Experience delivering in an agile environment;
• Experience working with distributed team;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. In particular, the ability to explain even complex concepts clearly through written & visual mediums is expected, so as to create a trusted set of reference documents for the team and for the client;
• Some knowledge of Spread Betting / CFD - Retail trading platform

YOU WILL MANAGE THE PROJECT BACKLOG:

• Create & maintain a product backlog with multiple stakeholders
• Actively manage the client's expectations, make assumptions explicit and keep a log of important decisions throughout the engagement
• Actively involve oneself in coming up with a realistic roadmap that mitigates project risk
• Work with UX, QA and developers throughout the backlog building process, to avoid the roadblocks inherent in a sequential process

• Have an active involvement with design activities
• Take part in Event Storming/Workflow-Driven Design workshops (prior experience a plus)
• Capture and define the processes/workflows impacted by the solution we are delivering

• Have an Active involvement with Quality Assurance, User Acceptance Testing activities
• Write falsifiable Acceptance Criteria
• Test the application manually & write bug reports to the same standard as a tester (if not with the same efficiency)
• Take an active role/the lead in defect triage

• Have Sufficient understanding of technical idioms
• In particular, an understanding of data structures & communication protocols is expected to allow discussion with technical experts and the capture of related requirements
• Have a keen understanding of the strengths and potential pitfalls that come with an Agile delivery philosophy, based on extensive personal experience

WHY US:

To be immersed in high-standard engineering culture. Our fantastic team takes pride in crafting complex technical solutions but also loves sharing their knowledge and helping you grow professionally (we have extraordinary minds at Adaptive

• ) You can learn from anyone here, which is the beauty of it
• To take part in the growth and development of a great company
• Our teams feel free to speak up, make suggestions and raise concerns.
• Collaborative team environment: we all work together, respect each other, and pitch in
• Great consideration for work/life balance (highly-flexible, hybrid working model, well-being benefits…). The balance between professional and personal life is massively important to us.
• We work hard to provide a positive, collaborative and inclusive culture and to positively impact our staff and local communities through different well-being, diversity and inclusion programmes.

WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK OF US

You can check our Glassdoor page

BENEFITS (What we offer in return // what you'll get ) -

We create benefits with YOU in mind.

• 25 days holiday
• Pension scheme
• Family medical and dental
• Life insurance and Long term disability cover
• Cycle scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Gym subsidy
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders

THE PROCESS

Long interview processes are stressful and boring, and that is not us

We want to make sure that everything runs smoothly.

So here you will have three stage interviews:

1- A chat with one of our great recruiters.
2- A zoom chat with two of BA colleagues where they will ask you detailed questions about your experience
3- A Face to Face interview (via Zoom).

But don't worry; everything will be explained to you step by step by your recruiter.

Here is a little tip for you during those stages:

Collaboration is massively important to us, so don't hesitate to share your thoughts, ask questions, ask for help if needed, etc

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION:

Diversity and inclusion are key to a great workplace, and Adaptive is better when it's more representative of the world around us. We want everyone to feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work without any fear of judgment or negativity. All we ask is that our colleagues are respectful, collaborative, passionate about what they do, and have the skills needed to be successful in their roles