Business Analyst and QA Specialist

Position Overview:

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Business Analyst with strong QA capabilities to join our team that designs trading platforms in the Fixed Income area. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in functional analysis and the ability to design and execute test cases for our Quality Assurance team. Excellent analytical skills, curiosity, availability, result orientation and a strong motivation are required. Knowledge of financial markets will be considered a plus.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand and document software requirements.
• Design functional specifications for trading platform features.
• Work closely with the development team to ensure requirements are understood and met.
• Design detailed test cases for the Quality Assurance team.
• Participate in Quality Assurance processes to validate and verify software functionality.
• Provide support during the implementation phase to resolve functional issues.
• Review and validate the requirements, feasibility studies, functional specifications and technical design documents of the software products or services
• Apply quality assurance best practices, standards, methodologies and tools to ensure the quality of the software products or services
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends, technologies and regulations in the financial market industry and the quality assurance field.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience as a Functional/Business Analyst or similar role.
• Experience in designing and executing test cases for Quality Assurance.
• BSc or Master degree (preferred in Computing Science or related field)
• Excellent communication and documentation skills in Italian and English (Company’s official language)
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, curiosity, availability, result orientation and strong motivation
• Ability to work autonomously as well as a part of a team. Ability to collaborate efficiently across several different departments and with stakeholders at all levels
• Knowledge of financial markets, FIX Protocol (at least 4.4, 5.0 SP2) and automated test tools is a plus