Senior Technical Business Analyst at Qube Research & Technologies (London, United Kingdom)Senior Technical Business Analyst

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology- and data-driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology, and trading expertise has shaped our collaborative mindset, which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high-quality returns for our investors.

The Compliance Technology team are responsible for designing and implementing scalable solutions that enable QRT to meet its regulatory obligations and maintain robust control frameworks. This role collaborates with compliance, technology, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable and effective solutions that support regulatory requirements, operational controls, and business goals. The successful candidate will combine strong technical business analysis skills with process design expertise. Responsibilities include gathering and analysing requirements, working closely with developers to translate business needs into technical solutions, and ensuring delivery of these solutions into production. The role also includes aspects of Scrum Master responsibilities, ensuring agile practices are followed and delivery is well-coordinated.

• Work with Trade Surveillance and Electronic Communications Surveillance teams to gather and document business and regulatory requirements.
• Translate surveillance requirements into clear functional specifications, including alert logic, data inputs, workflows, and control expectations.
• Support the analysis and improvement of surveillance processes, helping identify control gaps and efficiency opportunities.
• Partner with engineering teams to ensure requirements are correctly implemented and tested.
• Use structured query language and Python to analyse and validate trade, order, and communications data.
• Support alert tuning, investigations, and root cause analysis of data or control issues.
• Provide day-to-day support to surveillance teams on data queries and system behaviour.
• Contribute to agile delivery activities, including backlog refinement and sprint planning.

• Experience in technical business analysis within financial services.
• Exposure to trading, market surveillance, or compliance environments.
• Good structured query language skills and working knowledge of Python.
• Understanding of market abuse regulations such as the Market Abuse Regulation and the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive.
• Understanding of Financial Information exchange messaging and how electronic orders and executions flow between trading systems.
• Familiarity with order management systems and execution management systems, and how order and trade data feeds downstream surveillance and compliance controls.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.