DRW

Senior Business Analyst, Equity Index Options

DRW$125K — $175K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong knowledge of electronic options trading in Equities markets
  • Knowledge of options risk, pricing, and operational processes
  • 3-5 years of experience in front, middle, or back office roles with options and futures
  • Experience developing detailed technology requirements
  • Familiarity with documentation tools for user stories and process diagrams
  • Proficient with Jira, Miro, and Confluence
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Initiate discussions with traders to identify requirements and assess project impacts
  • Develop technology requirements and plans using Jira in collaboration with front office and tech teams
  • Provide insight on dependencies and development timelines to enhance project predictability
  • Collaborate with technology leadership to refine project plans
  • Deliver weekly project updates to business executives
  • Conduct retrospectives post-project to drive process improvements and celebrate successes.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401k plan with discretionary employer match
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Life and AD&D insurance
  • Health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts.
Full Job Description
We're seeking a Senior Business Analyst to partner with the Equities Options Front Office, risk, and technology teams to translate trader needs into clear, actionable requirements. You'll own the end-to-end business analysis for equity options initiatives, from initial discovery through implementation and post-launch review, ensuring solutions align with business goals, regulatory requirements, and risk controls.

Responsibilities:
  • Initiate and organize discussions with traders to identify new requirements, appraise expected impacts of proposed projects, and recommend priorities
  • Develop technology requirements and plans with clearly specified tickets/stories/epics in Jira, in collaboration with font office and technology organizations
  • Provide guidance on dependencies and development timelines. Identifying potential impacts on project delivery to improve planning, budgeting, and predictability of estimated timelines
  • Collaborate with technology leadership on project plans
  • Provide executive-level project updates to the business on a weekly basis
  • Host retrospectives on completed projects, supporting continuous process improvement as well as recognizing successes.

Requirements:
  • Strong knowledge of electronic options trading in Equities markets
  • Knowledge of options risk, pricing, and operational processes
  • Previous experience developing detailed technology requirements
  • Experience using software documentation tools to capture user stories and diagram processes
  • Previous software collaboration tools experience (Jira, Miro, Confluence)
  • Ability to effectively organize and support prioritization of trading technology scope
  • 3-5 years of experience in front office, middle office, back office or risk management roles working with exchange-traded and over-the-counter options and futures
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
    Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, or quantitative field or material equivalent exposure
    Demonstrated ability to work independently

The annual base salary range for this position is $125,000 to $175,000 depending on the candidate's experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition, DRW offers a comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance, 401k (with discretionary employer match), short and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts.

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About DRW

DRW is a financial trading firm that specializes in derivatives trading. The company was founded in 1992 by Don Wilson and has since grown to have offices in Chicago, London, Montreal, New York, and Singapore. DRW trades a variety of financial instruments, including futures, options, and cryptocurrencies. The company is known for its quantitative trading strategies and has developed a number of proprietary trading systems. DRW is also involved in venture capital and has invested in a number of technology startups.
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Size
1,000 employees
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Founded
1992

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