Business Analyst

Salary Competitive

Vela provides a range of enterprise level products and solutions for commercial clients such as Tier 1 investment banks, global hedge funds and international exchanges. Our company has a broad and diverse product portfolio where our core strength centers on innovation and technology.


The successful applicant will be joining an elite group of individuals charged with implementing and delivering all aspects of Vela feed handler products. This role is focused on ensuring that the software products have been designed, implemented and delivered to a common market data model that allows our customers to maintain their edge in the most challenging IT dependent sector in the world.

This will require an individual with excellent analytic skills, meticulous attention to detail and the ability to work with multiple engineering teams and stakeholders. It will be a very challenging and rewarding role ideally suited to a person who is willing to learn and with a desire for career progression.

Key Accountabilities

- Provision of financial market data content expertise to the teams across the Vela organisation

- Development of Vela Market Data Model to include new technologies and asset

- Support for the on-boarding of all new market data venues required by feed handlers, market gateways and other products

- Definition and promotion of good data normalisation practice for key trading events, principles and governance

- Development of processes and tools to enhance the quality and efficiency of market data management within Vela

Knowledge, Skills & Experience Required

Essential

- A Degree (Min 2.i) in IT or Business with an IT related discipline or equivalent

- Effective communication – good oral and written interpersonal skills adequate for dealing & communicating clearly with people from all levels of the organisation

- Excellent problem solving and analytical abilities

- Good documentation and presentation skills

- Ability to work as a self-starter requiring limited supervision

- Proven track record of exceptional performance, high productivity and meeting deadlines

- Ability to multitask and prioritise responsibilities

- Highly motivated with desire to learn and broaden knowledge in a fast-paced environment

- Understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodology

- Strong stakeholder management skills

Desirable

- Understanding of Financial Markets – the trading of financial instruments (Equities, Derivatives, Fixed Income, FX)

- Ability to interpret financial market data for key trading events such as Quote, Trade, Security Status and Reference data across different market data feed protocols (e.g. FIX, ITCH)

- SQL and relational database experience

- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, specifically Microsoft Excel

- Business process analysis/data modelling experience

- Experience of computer programming/scripting/Linux

 

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

Maternity / paternity leave
Maternity / paternity leave

Kids are the future, go spend time with them.

Pension plan
Pension plan

We take care of you, even when you are old and wrinkly.

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Social gatherings and games; hang out with your colleagues.

Near public transit
Near public transit

Easy access and treehugger friendly workplace.

Working at
Vela

Vela is a leading independent provider of trading and market access technology for global multi-asset electronic trading. Our software enables clients to successfully execute on their trading strategies and manage risk across multiple fragmented markets, liquidity pools, and data sources. We help firms successfully differentiate and innovate in an ever-changing, increasingly-regulated and fiercely-competitive landscape, while also reducing total cost of ownership.

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