Job Description – Business Analyst
Location: London OR Leeds
Work from office: 3 Days/Week
Role Summary
- We have multiple roles required to support various strategic and operational workstreams across the organisation
- Positions combine strategic design, practical implementation, and operational delivery to enable improved processes, data-driven decision-making, and efficient programme outcomes.
Essential Skills
Business Analysis & Requirements
- Conduct comprehensive business analysis and requirements definition in large, multi-stakeholder environments.
- Gather, document, and validate user needs for planning, governance, and operational tools.
- Lead discovery and analysis phases for enterprise, corporate planning, or programme projects.
- Translate strategic objectives into functional and data requirements.
- Develop business and data models for outcome-based planning and performance measurement.
Process & Operational Improvement
- Analyse and redesign business processes to improve efficiency, quality, and alignment.
- Conduct detailed analysis to support process improvements, operational decisions, and “quick win” initiatives.
- Implement process improvements using structured methodologies, including Six Sigma.
- Propose rationalisation or switch-off for outdated systems, returns, or processes (e.g., API gateways, legacy files).
Programme & Workstream Delivery
- Plan, organise, and track detailed workstream activities and deliverables.
- Drive out detailed scope and support prioritisation for programme delivery.
- Identify, track, and manage Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies (RAID).
- Facilitate workshops, stakeholder discussions, and engagement sessions to gather insights and validate solutions.
- Work flexibly within project and programme delivery frameworks, adapting to evolving organisational goals.
Digital Tools & Technical Delivery
- Migrate legacy files into modern architecture and develop migration strategies.
- Evaluate rollout of software and digital tools (e.g., Power BI, M365) and standardise software delivery practices.
- Assess and embed security controls across SDLC stages.
- Produce clear documentation, process maps, requirements artefacts, traceability matrices, RAID logs, MI, and progress reports.
Desirable Skills
- Knowledge of Agile BA techniques: user story mapping, impact mapping, MoSCoW prioritisation.
- Certification in BCS Business Analysis, Agile BA, or equivalent qualification.
- Substantial project/programme environments involving business & IT change.
- Experience of working in a regulatory environment.
- Experience in Business Architecture, Business Change, or Testing.
- Experience in regulatory programmes, data governance, or process improvement initiatives.
- Business acumen in financial services or financial regulation.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver business analysis, planning, and process improvement outputs across multiple programmes.
- Support accelerated delivery of strategic initiatives in DTI, DAU, Enterprise Planning, and Smarter Regulator workstreams.
- Ensure templates, tools, and workflows are simplified, standardised, and aligned to organisational requirements.
- Enable faster, evidence-based decision-making and operational improvements across programmes.
- Contribute to enterprise-wide planning, reporting, and performance measurement frameworks.