What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Analyst position at ION?
The Role
We are seeking a Business Analyst to support the development and delivery of our order routing products. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, a good understanding of financial markets, and an interest in learning the technical components of complex trading systems. This role will work closely with the Senior Business Analyst and cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality, well-structured solutions.
Key Responsibilities
We’re a diverse group of visionary innovators who provide trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics, and strategic consulting to corporations, central banks, financial institutions, and governments. Founded in 1999, we’ve achieved tremendous growth by bringing together some of the best and most successful financial technology companies in the world.
ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business.
ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.
Learn more at iongroup.com.
We are seeking a Business Analyst to support the development and delivery of our order routing products. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, a good understanding of financial markets, and an interest in learning the technical components of complex trading systems. This role will work closely with the Senior Business Analyst and cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality, well-structured solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in gathering and documenting business and technical requirements from internal and external stakeholders.
- Support analysis and documentation related to:
- Messaging flows between routing components, clients, and exchanges
- API mapping requirements
- Data model for system entities
- Order processing logic and workflow rules.
- Contribute to impact analysis, solution planning, and validation during testing and deployment cycles.
- Assist in solution planning, impact analysis, and project implementation.
- Maintain clear, structured documentation including requirements, workflow diagrams, use cases, and test scenarios.
- Work closely with other business analysts, development, and QA teams to maintain high-quality delivery.
- Minimum of 2-4 years’ experience as a Business Analyst in a financial services, trading, or technology firm
- Foundational understanding of US equities and/or options
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a high-pressure, time-sensitive environment.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with technical and non-technical teams.
- Good understanding and experience with the software development lifecycle
- Exposure to networking concepts (TCP/IP, APIs etc.).
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, Math, or related disciplines
We’re a diverse group of visionary innovators who provide trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics, and strategic consulting to corporations, central banks, financial institutions, and governments. Founded in 1999, we’ve achieved tremendous growth by bringing together some of the best and most successful financial technology companies in the world.
- Over 2,000 of the world’s leading corporations, including 50% of the Fortune 500 and 30% of the world’s central banks, trust ION solutions to manage their cash, in-house banking, commodity supply chain, trading and risk.
- Over 800 of the world’s leading banks and broker-dealers use our electronic trading platforms to operate the world’s financial market infrastructure.
ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business.
ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.
Learn more at iongroup.com.