Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is a multi-manager platform that invests its capital with Internal and Partner portfolio managers, primarily on an exclusive or semi-exclusive basis, across four trading strategies; quantitative, fundamental equity, tactical trading and discretionary macro & fixed income. We have created a unique structure to provide global portfolio managers with autonomy, flexibility and support to best enable them to maximize the value of their businesses.

Over the last 30 years, Schonfeld has successfully capitalized on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We have developed and invested heavily in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics and continue to capitalize on new opportunities. In 2021 we launched our newest strategy, discretionary macro & fixed income as part of the continual growth of Schonfeld’s investible universe. Our portfolio exposure has expanded across the Americas, Europe and Asia as well as multiple asset classes and products.

The Senior Business Analyst will serve as a key resource in Schonfeld’s endeavor to redesign its real-time order and execution message capture backbone and trade reporting systems strategy. This role requires a strong fundamental understanding of the Trade Lifecycle across Front/Middle and Backoffice functions. The position will require strong interpersonal and organizational skill as it entails business requirements discovery and formalization across our Trading, Operations, Risk and Compliance teams. The applicant will be a key contributor in development sprint planning and will be part of the team dedicated to our redesign efforts. This position is a member of the Product Management team and will report into the Product Director – Portfolio Management Systems.

What You’ll Do

The Business Analyst – Portfolio Management Systems will partner with business stakeholders and technical teams to design and implement innovative solutions to complex trade capture and operational trade reporting problems. The candidate will be responsible for requirements definition, stakeholder management and overall product delivery. They will perform critical analysis on key business functions and form data-validated conclusions to drive platform decisions.

The Business Analyst – Portfolio Management Systems will interface across multiple internal and external teams to promote cross-team collaboration and create platform efficiency. They will work with the Front Office, Risk, Compliance and Operations team to establish best practices around Documentation, Testing, Acceptance Criteria and Project Communication. A successful candidate will build team domain knowledge with a collaborative approach and mindset to share subject matter expertise.

Prior professional experience designing and implementing automated trade capture and processing solutions for middle and/or back office workflows is required and critical to success in this role.

What you need:

• Minimum of five years’ experience at a hedge fund or investment bank in a middle or back office business analyst or similar role
• Experience with modern enterprise data distribution practices and event driven processing
• Expertise with SQL and Excel
• Solid understanding of the product lifecycle
• Superior communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to form strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders with a team-first mentality
• Project Management experience
• Experience with Documentation and Work Management Suites (Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, Visio)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• A strong “systems thinking” mindset and the ability to articulate the big picture
• Proven experience working with FIX and other industry standard messaging protocols

We’d Love If You Had

• Post-trade processing experience with asset/products prevalent in Macro/Fixed Income strategies
• Data Visualization/Business Intelligence Tools experience (PowerBI, Tableau, Qlik, etc.)
• An understanding and experience with Agile methodologies, technical understanding of products, and familiarity with industry standards and best practices
• Experience working with RDBMS and Data Warehouse solutions such as Postgres, MySQL and/or Redshift
• Experience with Python, scripting and ability work and interact with APIs