Front Office Algo Business Analyst / Project Manager

Front Office Algo Business Analyst / Project Manager

£650-£700pd Inside IR35

Initial 6 month engagement

4 days on site

emagine is a high-end professional services consultancy and solutions firm specialising in providing business and technology services to the financial services sector, we power progress, solve challenges and deliver real results through tailored high-end consulting services and solutions.

We have created a culture of openness and integrity by building genuine and strong relationships and partnerships, enabling us to be uncompromising in our dedication in delivering the optimal service for our clients. Our commitment is not just towards our clients but we aim to foster a positive and equitable working environment with our consultants and colleagues which stems from our core values: Confident, Dedicated, Responsible, Genuine.

A leading Capital Markets business is seeking a hands-on BA/PM (hybrid) to strengthen its Front Office Regulatory Controls function, with core emphasis on algorithmic trading governance and RTS 6 compliance. This role sits at the centre of how the business identifies, classifies, and controls algo trading activity across the front office.

This is a high-visibility, fast-paced role working directly with a senior stakeholder within a lean team. The successful candidate must be comfortable operating autonomously, managing competing priorities, and delivering high-quality outcomes with minimal oversight.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and drive algo trading governance activity — supporting the identification, classification, and control of algorithmic and electronic trading strategies in line with RTS 6 requirements

• Partner closely with Front Office Sales & Trading, COO, Compliance, Legal, Risk, Business Control Officers (BCOs), and Technology teams

• Analyse and support resolution of front office regulatory and control issues, including:

  • Algo/e-trading control breaches

  • Trader incidents

  • Electronic trading queries

  • Limit management

• Lead structured reviews to classify products, strategies, and desks against algo trading and RTS 6 definitions, using frameworks such as questionnaires and control matrices

• Conduct process reviews and gap analyses to strengthen algo governance and control frameworks

• Work directly with a Senior Subject Matter Expert to define problems, shape solutions, and drive delivery end-to-end

• Produce clear, structured documentation, analysis, and reporting to progress algo governance and RTS 6-related issues through to resolution

• Engage senior stakeholders (e.g. Heads of Desk, BCOs) on algo classification decisions and control remediation

• Take ownership of assigned initiatives, acting as the sole BA aligned to a desk, with full accountability for delivery

Key Requirements

Essential:

• Proven BA experience within Front Office (Sales & Trading), with direct exposure to algorithmic trading and algo governance frameworks

• Strong working knowledge of MiFID II RTS 6 — algorithmic and electronic trading requirements — and how it applies in practice to desk-level controls

• Experience on regulatory/controls-focused initiatives, including algo trading control breaches, trader incidents, e-trading controls, and limit management

• Experience delivering change initiatives (hybrid BA/PM capability)

• Ability to operate independently as the sole BA supporting a desk

• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills

• High level of self-management, prioritisation, and accountability

• Ability to quickly grasp complex regulatory/algo governance topics and translate into actionable outcomes

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence engaging senior stakeholders

Profile Fit

Best suited to someone who:

• Has hands-on BA and change delivery experience, ideally with prior algo trading/algo governance/RTS 6 exposure (not a quant or purely technical profile)

• Can take direction, execute effectively, and deliver outcomes

• Is comfortable working in a lean, high-autonomy environment

• Builds strong relationships across Front Office and Control functions

• Thrives in a fast-paced, high-accountability setting

Our People

The ideal consultants will share our values and be aligned with our ways of working and as your career progresses, you can expect to work across all areas of the project lifecycle, from strategy to implementation. This will provide you with a broad base of experience from which to build an outstanding career.

The ideal consultants will share our values and be aligned with our ways of working and as your career progresses, you can expect to work across all areas of the project lifecycle.

We pride ourselves on;

• Providing our people with a supportive culture, rooted in our values and driven by our purpose.

• Promoting a culture of inclusion, collaboration, well-being, and learning and development.

• Providing increased agility and flexibility within our hybrid working model

• Investing in employees’ growth through ongoing training and development

• Autonomy to take ownership of projects, making decisions and demonstrating individual expertise

• Providing an transparent performance and career management experience.

Our consultants are integral to delivering successful consulting engagements, addressing our clients’ most pressing business challenges, and build lasting value in disciplines such as:

• Solve sophisticated, ambiguous business, change and technology problems, bringing structure and meticulous analysis and planning, acting, and taking decisions with little strategic direction

• Build, develop and sustain trusted senior client relationships in the C-suite by remaining highly attuned to client needs

• Drive, enable and support the business, partnering with our leaders, clients, and consultants across our practices to take the best of emagine to our clients through opportunity identification/qualification, solution development/presentation

Interested?

At emagine, we are committed to building an international and diverse team by embracing our different backgrounds.

If you are up to the challenge and would like to find out more, get in touch with us immediately, our internal recruitment team is always keen to hear from dynamic individuals that are looking to further their career and explore their full potential.

“emagine is an equal opportunity employer, and employment practices are based strictly on merit. It is the policy of the Company to give equal opportunity in employment regardless of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, religion or ethnic origin”