Business Analyst - Trading House

Alvarium Talent presents a Business Analyst / Product Owner role with a Boutique Trading House in London.

About our client

Our client, a boutique trading firm founded over a decade ago and driven by technology, initially specialised in trading structured finance products within elite sport. They have since transitioned their focus to the dynamic world of energy and commodities trading. With a steadfast foundational team, they've grown to a strong 30+ member team that's continually evolving.

The role

This an exciting opportunity to take step up from a Business Analyst position into Product Owner, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our client's energy trading systems.

Joining a seasoned team with a rich history of trading across diverse asset classes, this position offers a unique opportunity to define trading system requirements and vision and a fast-track to an exciting Product Management career in energy trading. The role will include:

• Leading the roadmap on Product Direction: You’ll get to work directly with the CTO to shape the product vision, focusing initially on energy products and potentially expanding into other asset classes.
• Acting as a bridge between technical teams, traders, and founder, you’ll be aligning internal needs with business strategy and translating them into technical features.
• Creating and maintaining the product backlog, crafting user stories and criteria to guide effective development
• Evaluating and prioritizing feature requests, enhancements, and bug fixes for efficient scheduling in line with business objectives.
• Working closely with technical teams to ensure feature implementation meets set priorities and requirements.
• Evaluating progress: Regularly assessing product progress and providing feedback for ongoing development improvements.
• Communication with internal and external stakeholders, understanding challenges to offer innovative solutions for enhancing the trading system.

The ideal candidate

Our client is keen to considerBusiness Analysts or Product Owners with c.3-8 years of experience across trading systems, ideally in a front office trading environment.

Expertise in (energy) ETRM trading systems would be desirable. Additionally:

• A comprehensive understanding of trading markets is essential. Energy & commodities ETRM or CTRM expertise is considered desirable.
• An ability to translate business needs into actionable technical solutions, ensuring alignment between the two.
• A high-level understanding of technical concepts in order to understand how trading systems interact.
• Exceptional communication skills and ability to convey complex ideas among stakeholders in this technically intricate field.
• Capability to manage priorities independently, work autonomously with minimal oversight, and consistently deliver.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Why you?

This opportunity offers an exciting path for career growth, granting you real ownership of a trading product in its early stages of development. You will thrive in a highly entrepreneurial and rapidly expanding trading business that places a strong emphasis on data and technology-driven trading innovation.

If you are a motivated Business Analyst or budding Product Manager with some trading systems experience and you’re looking to grow in a role that will allow you to take true ownership of your products and direction while being part of a "people-first" trading firm, we encourage you to apply.

About Alvarium Talent

At Alvarium Talent, we pride ourselves on connecting exceptional individuals with unique opportunities. Our latest exclusive partnership brings us together with an innovative Trading House, located in the heart of the City of London, and we're excited to introduce a new role within their growing team.

Both our client and Alvarium Talent are dedicated to cultivating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community. We actively welcome applications from all backgrounds and embrace diversity across, but not limited to ethnicity, race, culture, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, socioeconomic status, and veteran status.

N.B. to be considered for this role, you must have the permanent right to work in the United Kingdom without the requirement of visa sponsorship, in perpetuity.