Business Analyst - Operations

Joining Susquehanna’s Trading Operations team as a Business Analyst places you right in the heart of our business. Working closely with global teams across Trading, HR, Legal, Operations, and Technology, you will act as a key liaison between stakeholders and development teams—translating business requirements into effective solutions. Depending on scope, this may involve designing and delivering tools and services directly or partnering with technology teams to support more complex initiatives.

At Susquehanna, there’s no single path to improving processes. You’ll leverage your creativity, communication, and technical skills to assess business needs, design optimized workflows, and deliver solutions that drive meaningful impact.

In this role you will:

• Work on initiatives that span our global offices to understand existing workflows and data requirements to be able to provide process and reporting solutions.
• Understand trading data sets such as trades, reference data, fees \& expenses, and accruals to be able to normalize across various sources, identify gaps, and provide reporting.
• Be able to develop tools in python and build SQL queries to deliver solutions to the business, such as data reconciliation and projection analysis.
• Design and document end-to-end business processes and workflows using tools such as Microsoft Visio, Lucid chart, or similar, to improve cross-functional understanding and solution development.
• Partner with technical teams to transform workflow diagrams into functional system designs and implementations.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor’s degree required; specialization in finance or STEM discipline preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Trading Operations, Business Analyst, or related role.
• Demonstrated experience designing workflows and business processes using diagramming tools such as Microsoft Visio.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent time management and prioritization abilities.
• Experience with Excel is required, along with a strong understanding of SQL and Python
• Comfortable operating within an SDLC framework
• Being comfortable across multiple database platforms such as MySQL, Oracle, MSSQL, etc...
• Individuals with a strong sense of ownership who are comfortable working both independently and as part of a team.
• Visa sponsorship for work authorization is not available for this position now or in the future.

About

Susquehanna

Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm powered by scientific rigor, curiosity, and innovation. Our culture is intellectually driven and highly collaborative, bringing together researchers, engineers, and traders to design and deploy impactful strategies in our systematic trading environment. To meet the unique challenges of global markets, Susquehanna applies machine learning and advanced quantitative research to vast datasets in order to uncover actionable insights and build effective strategies. By uniting deep market expertise with cutting-edge technology, we excel in solving complex problems and pushing boundaries together.