Senior Business Analyst – Front Arena

Contractors
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

SkySparc is a business and capital markets consultancy focused on delivering value to financial institutions through domain expertise, technology excellence, and trusted advisory. For over 20 years, we have supported clients with innovation, strategic delivery, and deep operational insight across treasury, trading, and risk domains.

We are supporting a leading capital markets organisation in hiring a Senior Business Analyst with strong Front Arena expertise to work closely with trading desks focused on certificates, warrants, and leveraged products. The role sits close to the trading floor and plays a key part in supporting and optimising front-to-back trading processes across pricing, execution, risk, and post-trade workflows.

This is a business-facing position, combining hands-on business analysis with deep functional Front Arena knowledge. You will work in an agile delivery environment, partnering with traders, technology teams, and stakeholders to deliver enhancements, automation, and continuous optimisation of the trading platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a Senior Business Analyst supporting Front Arena within a capital markets trading environment
• Work closely with trading desks focused on certificates, warrants, and leveraged products
• Analyse, document, and translate business requirements into functional specifications and solution designs
• Support front-to-back trading processes including pricing, trading, risk, and post-trade workflows
• Collaborate with Front Office, Middle Office, and technology teams in an agile delivery setup
• Support platform enhancements, automation initiatives, and ongoing optimisation
• Work with market data and exchange connectivity including Eurex, Xetra, and market data providers
• Participate across the full delivery lifecycle including analysis, testing, implementation, and production support
• Contribute to platform stability, quality, and continuous improvement initiatives

Required Skills and Experience

• 5+ years’ experience as a Business Analyst in a Front Arena trading environment
• Strong knowledge of derivatives, volatilities, and structured products
• Experience supporting trading desks in capital markets environments
• Solid understanding of market data and exchange connectivity (e.g. Eurex, Xetra, Bloomberg, Refinitiv)
• Strong SQL skills (Python experience is advantageous)
• Experience working in agile delivery environments
• Strong communication skills and confidence working in business-facing roles
• Fluent German is mandatory

This is an opportunity to work close to the trading business on a mission-critical capital markets platform, contributing to the ongoing evolution and optimisation of a Front Arena trading environment. You will be part of a collaborative consulting culture where domain expertise, delivery quality, and client impact are central.