Business Analyst

Role Overview

• Support major change programmes and post-acquisition integrations from discovery through to implementation and stabilisation.
• Work with programme and project leads to structure workstreams, clarify scope, and define measurable outcomes.
• Support operating-model design across people, process, technology, governance, and third-party services.
• Lead business analysis activity across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Elicit, analyse, and document business needs using a range of techniques (workshops, interviews, process mapping, data analysis).
• Produce high-quality artefacts including business cases, problem statements, current/future-state processes, requirements, options assessments, and benefits definitions.
• Translate business needs into clear functional and non-functional requirements for technology and operational teams.
• Support solution design, ensuring traceability back to business objectives.
• Act as a bridge between business, operations, compliance, finance, and technology teams.
• Facilitate workshops and working groups with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership.
• Challenge constructively, identify risks and dependencies, and support decision-making with structured analysis.
• Support M&A activity including target operating model design, Day-1 readiness, carve-outs, migrations, and business separations.
• Map legacy and target-state processes and support data, platform, and service transitions.
• Contribute to synergy tracking, risk management, and post-integration optimisation.
• Support programme governance through RAID logs, dependency mapping, and change impact assessments.
• Work closely with Project Managers, Product Owners, and delivery teams to ensure analysis aligns to delivery plans.
• Contribute to SteerCo and senior-level materials where required.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst working on complex change programmes.
• Strong background in business process analysis, requirements definition, and operating-model design.
• Experience working in financial services, wealth management, asset management, banking, or similarly regulated environments.
• Comfortable working across business and technology teams.
• Strong workshop facilitation and stakeholder-management capability.
• Able to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
• Business Analysis Certification (Desirable)

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Attractive Employee Pension Scheme (7.5% employer & minimum 3% employee)
• 25 days Annual Leave + public holidays
• Buy and sell holidays up to 5 days
• Office Christmas close (3-days)
• Private medical insurance
• Group life insurance
• Income protection insurance
• Hybrid working
• Further education and training support
• Discretionary performance related bonus
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• 2 days per year for voluntary work
• Flexible benefits to choose from!