Front Office Business Analyst | Commodity Trading | Derivatives | Upto £900/Day Inside IR35 | 2-3 Days Office | LDN

Front Office Business Analyst | Commodity Trading | Derivatives | Upto £900/Day Inside IR35 | 2-3 days office | LDN A leading Commodities Trading House is undergoing a significant Front Office transformation, bringing together their top performing desks into a newly formed, high-impact Front Office Technology & Analytics team. They are looking for some key Business Analysts for long term engagements to be the link between their front office traders and development. This Derivatives Front Office Business Analyst role will be focussed on improving and changing the Front Office Derivatives Trading capabilities. You will work with users from across the business and cover functionality across the end-to-end trade lifecycle for Physical/Derivatives trading and deliver through structured, scalable, production-grade builds at trader speed. As such, this Derivatives Front Office Business Analyst should have extensive experience with Derivatives trading across any asset class, prior experience working in the front office and communicating with stakeholders such as traders, as well as tech / development teams. An understanding of American and European Options, Greeks, Futures and Forwards will be crucial. As a Derivatives Front Office Business Analyst, you will be given first priority on any new, high-impact desk initiatives. Releases happen multiple times per day, enabling traders to deploy tools immediately. Think RAD-style delivery — but engineered strategically, with robustness and long-term scalability in mind. You will be required to be proactive in engaging with users and working with them in a collaborative and open manner. You must take ownership of creating structured documentation (e.g. backlogs of user stories) and be able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical individual. Energy knowledge is not required — strong derivatives expertise is. 💷 Day rates: Up to £900/Day Inside IR35 📈 Tenure: 6 months rolling 📍Location of work: Hybrid. 2-3 days from the office, LDN 💻 Expertise: Derivatives Trading experience across any asset class (Energy Trading preferred but not required) Duties of the Derivatives Front Office Business Analyst: • Act as the main BA contact for Front Office build initiatives • Translate trader and quant requirements into structured documentation (user stories, backlogs, prioritisation) • Support rapid, iterative releases throughout the day • Ensure solutions maintain trader impact while being strategically built • Work across new projects and enhancements • Engage directly with senior stakeholders and report progress clearly • Operate in both Agile and fast-paced delivery environments Experience needed for the Derivatives Front Office Business Analyst: • 5+ years’ experience as a Business Analyst within Trading environments • Strong Derivatives knowledge (any asset class) • Deep understanding of Options, Greeks (first-order), pricing models, intraday exposure and P&L reporting • Front Office experience working directly with traders • Ability to operate in high-impact, fast-moving environments • Experience managing multiple priorities simultaneously • Strong communication skills (A • level stakeholder engagement) • Commercial SQL & Python preferred • Experience within smaller or entrepreneurial trading firms advantageous • Ex-trader background highly regarded If you are interested in this Derivatives Front Office Business Analyst role. Please reply with your latest CV or send it direct to sam@virtuetech.io Front Office Business Analyst | Commodity Trading | Derivatives | Upto £900/Day Inside IR35 | 2-3 days office | LDN