Senior Business Analyst – (Front-to-Back) - Vendor integration

As the founding entity of RAINBOW PARTNERS, Quanteam is a consulting firm specialized in Banking, Finance, and Financial Services. Through our core human values – proximity, teamwork, diversity, excellence – our 1000 expert consultants, hailing from 35 different nationalities, collaborate across 13 international offices: Paris, Lyon, New York, Montreal, London, Brussels, Luxembourg, Geneva, Lisbon, Porto, Casablanca, Madrid and Singapore.

Overview

• We are supporting several clients in the East Coast with Orchestrade implementations and upgrades and are looking for a Senior Business Analyst with strong front-to-back office functional expertise. The ideal candidate has deep product knowledge in Fixed Income and/or Equity, strong exposure to the full trade lifecycle, and the ability to work closely with Front Office, Middle Office, Operations, and Technology teams to ensure successful delivery through go-live and post-go-live support.
• This is a hands-on role requiring both delivery ownership and production support mindset, in a fast-paced environment (buy-side and/or investment banking).

• Key Responsibilities
• Support Orchestrade implementation projects from requirements gathering through testing, UAT, cutover, and go-live
• Translate business needs into functional specifications / user stories for IT and delivery teams
• Drive workshops with stakeholders to define workflows across Front, Middle, Back Office
• Contribute to setup and configuration discussions (workflows, booking models, static data, etc.)
• Own and document end-to-end processes: trade capture → validations → confirmations → settlements → accounting → reporting
• Partner with Operations teams to ensure correct handling of events such as lifecycle changes, amendments, and reconciliations
• Provide strong functional support during business-critical periods (including go-live and hypercare)
• Define and execute test strategy (SIT/UAT), including test cases, test data, and defect triage
• Validate data quality and ensure upstream/downstream integrity (reference data, market data, static data)
• Coordinate issue resolution with internal IT teams, vendors, and end users
• Work face-to-face with stakeholders when required and ensure clear communication across teams
• Act as the bridge between business users and technical teams, ensuring alignment on priorities and delivery timelines

• Required Skills & Experience
• 7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst / Product Manager in Capital Markets environments
• Strong front-to-back functional knowledge in either:
• Fixed Income (Repo, Bonds, Rates, Credit, MBS)
• Equity (Cash, Derivatives, Swaps, Options)
• Multi-asset experience is a plus
• Proven experience working on trading/booking platforms (one or more of the following):
• Orchestrade (strong plus)
• Murex / Calypso / Summit (excellent substitutes)
• Strong understanding of key concepts:
• Trade workflows, lifecycle events, P&L / risk reporting, reconciliations, controls
• Hands-on experience with UAT/SIT, production support, incident triage, and root cause analysis
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills (Front Office exposure required)

• Nice-to-Have
• Exposure to hedge fund environments or fast-paced buy-side delivery models
• Understanding of platform architecture and data flows (static data, reference data, integrations)
• SQL knowledge for validation and data analysis (nice-to-have)