Senior Business Analyst (Middle Office Operations)

Strategic Staffing Solutions is currently looking for a Senior Business Analyst (Middle Office Operations), for a W2 contract opportunity!

Senior Business Analyst (Middle Office Operations)
Location: Charlotte, NC
Work Schedule: Hybrid
Duration: 12 month contract with potential to convert to FTE and/or extend to 24 months

Business Analyst – Global Markets / Middle Office Operations
Seeking a senior, highly analytical Business Analyst with deep financial services, Global Markets, trading, and middle-office business experience to support initiatives within Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB).This is a business-facing, operations-focused Business Analyst role, not a technology BA, Project Manager, or traditional Agile/UAT delivery position. The successful candidate should understand the broader business and operational lifecycle surrounding trading activity and be comfortable operating in the middle of the business where trades, operations, compliance, and other business functions intersect.
The team needs someone who understands the overall business and operational process, rather than someone whose experience has been limited to individual pieces of technology delivery.
Candidates should be able to engage senior business stakeholders, analyze complex operational problems, determine the true business impact, and translate those needs into clear requirements and solutions. Strong communication, curiosity, critical thinking, and the ability to dig beneath surface-level issues are essential.

The focus should be on the candidate's depth of financial services, Global Markets/trading, middle-office, and business operations experience.

TARGET PROFILE

• 10+ years of relevant financial services experience is expected, consistent with the senior/VP-level scope of the role.
• Strong background as a business/operations-focused Business Analyst, rather than a technical BA or Project Manager.
• Significant hands-on experience within middle-office environments, Global Markets, trading operations, hedge fund-related businesses, and/or similar capital-markets environments.
• Strong understanding of the business and operational activity surrounding the trading lifecycle.
• Experience operating at the intersection of business, trading, operations, and compliance is highly desirable.
• Candidates should understand the overall business operation, rather than having visibility into only individual technology components or isolated pieces of the business.
• Ability to independently analyze complex problems and go beyond surface-level requirements to understand the underlying business need.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with business stakeholders.
• Candidates should demonstrate curiosity, initiative, willingness to learn, and the ability to communicate their experience effectively during the interview process.
• Candidates with strong, relevant financial services and markets experience from other organizations should receive full consideration.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Partner directly with Global Markets, trading, operations, compliance, and other business stakeholders to understand business needs and operational challenges.
• Analyze end-to-end business and middle-office processes, identifying risks, gaps, dependencies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Gather, document, challenge, and refine detailed business and functional requirements.
• Understand how trades and related business activity flow through the organization and how different business and operational functions interact.
• Translate complex business and operational needs into clear, actionable requirements.
• Engage stakeholders to move beyond surface-level requests and identify the underlying business problem.
• Evaluate impacts across business functions and operational processes.
• Support initiatives affecting CIB and frontline business organizations.
• Deliver high-quality analysis and documentation within established timelines and SLAs.
• Communicate effectively across multiple stakeholder groups in a highly collaborative and communication-heavy environment.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years of relevant financial services experience.
• Significant Business Analyst experience in a business-facing or operational capacity.
• Demonstrated Global Markets, trading, and/or middle-office experience.
• Strong knowledge of financial markets and banking operations.
• Experience working directly with business and operational stakeholders.
• Ability to understand the broader end-to-end business process, rather than focusing solely on technology requirements or an isolated portion of the process.
• Experience analyzing complex business processes and translating findings into detailed requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and manage stakeholder relationships.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving capabilities.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Operations and/or compliance-oriented Business Analyst background.
• Experience within middle-office trading environments.
• Hedge fund-related experience.
• Global Markets or broader capital-markets experience.
• Experience operating at the intersection of trading, operations, compliance, and business functions.
• Experience within CIB or another complex institutional banking environment.
• Ability and interest in potentially converting to a full-time employee, should an opportunity become available.
• Relevant business, markets, trading, and middle-office experience is more important

REGULATORY EXPERIENCE

• Candidates may have regulatory or compliance experience, but it should complement their broader business, markets, trading, and middle-office background rather than define their overall experience.
• The primary need is someone who understands the business and operational environment surrounding market and trading activity and has experience operating closer to the business.

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