Senior Business Analyst
Decskill
Job Description
We are growing. And we are looking for talented people.
At Decskill, we believe that technological excellence is driven by human talent.
We are an IT consulting company with more than 10 years of consolidated experience in the market, focused on building long‑term relationships with both our clients and our people. Today, we are a community of over 800 professionals, working from Lisbon, Porto, and Madrid, contributing to impactful technology initiatives.
As part of the Astek Group, we combine a strong local culture with a global presence, being active in around 23 countries across 4 continents. This allows us to offer an international context, diverse challenges, and long‑term career opportunities, while staying close to our teams.
We would like to meet a Senior Business Analyst for a project with a hybrid working model in Lisbon, Portugal (2x/week at the office).
Responsabilities
- Gather, analyse, and document business and functional requirements for trading platforms.
- Act as the bridge between Front Office, Quants, Product Owners, and Technology teams.
- Translate complex financial products and derivatives payoffs into clear functional specifications.
- Work closely with Backend, Frontend, DevOps, and Quant teams throughout the SDLC.
- Define user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and functional documentation.
- Analyse trade‑related data using SQL and support data validation activities.
- Define and document API and data requirements using REST, JSON, and XML.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and manage requirements using Jira and Confluence.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, preferably in Capital Markets, Trading, Investment Banking, or Financial Services.
- Strong knowledge of Structured Products, including Structured Notes, Certificates, Warrants, Autocallables, Callable Features, Barriers, and complex payoffs.
- Solid knowledge of financial instruments, including Bonds, Options, Swaps, Futures, and Forwards.
- Basic understanding of Black‑Scholes and the Greeks: Delta, Gamma, Vega, and Theta.
- Experience with Agile methodologies, Jira, and Confluence.
- Strong SQL skills and experience with REST APIs, JSON, and XML.
- Fluent English is mandatory.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Sophis or other Capital Markets platforms.
- Basic knowledge of Python or R.
Are you looking for an environment that values curiosity and commitment? Here, your contribution has real impact and individual growth is taken seriously.
Find with us the right opportunity to grow!
What you can expect from us
- Long‑term projects with national and international context
- Opportunities to grow technically and professionally
- A people‑first culture, focused on transparency and trust
- Teams that value ownership, collaboration and stability
Send us your CV in English to [email protected] with reference “MA/BANL”.
Your next challenge might start here.
At Decskill, we are committed to equal opportunities and non‑discrimination. We promote a culture of diversity and inclusion, where recruitment and career progression are based solely on talent, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, race, nationality, or any other form of discrimination incompatible with human dignity.
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