Banking Business Analyst
Posted Today by Square One Resources
£313 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Knutsford, Cheshire, UK
Summary: The Banking Business Analyst role involves analyzing business problems and translating requirements into functional deliverables within a hybrid working environment. The position requires collaboration with stakeholders and technical teams to design and optimize solutions in the banking sector. The ideal candidate should have significant experience in financial services and proficiency in relevant tools and methodologies. This is a contract position with an initial duration until May 2026.
Key Responsibilities:
- You will be responsible for analysing business problems, eliciting and translating requirements into clear functional deliverables, and working closely with stakeholders and technical teams to design, deliver, and optimise solutions within an Agile financial services environment.
- Analyse client's business problems and conduct thorough analysis of business processes, systems, and requirements
- Elicit business requirements and translate those into deliverables that can be used by the developers to build the solution
- Contribute to the functional and technical design, development and testing of world-class solutions
- Work with functional, industry and technical specialists on system implementations and integrations in complex environments
- Proficiently use JIRA and Confluence for project management and documentation.
- Employ Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) to analyse and optimise processes.
- Facilitate user story writing sessions to capture requirements
- Demonstrate proficiency in SQL for data analysis and reporting
- Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation including BRD, FRD, and FSD documents.
- Utilise MS Visio or other diagram tools to create visual representations of business processes.
- Manage stakeholders effectively to ensure alignment and collaboration throughout the project life cycle.
- Conduct data analysis and visualisation to provide insights into business performance.
- Apply the prioritisation technique to prioritise project requirements and deliverables.
Key Skills:
- 5 -7 years as Business Analyst
- MBA from a top-B school
- Experience in Financial Services, particularly in Retail/Corporate lending, Payments, and related areas
- Experience with Agile delivery methodologies and managing sprint-based deliveries.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong proficiency in JIRA, Confluence, and MS Visio
- Familiarity with Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) and SQL.
Salary (Rate): £313 per day
City: Knutsford
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Job Title: Banking Business Analyst
Location: Knutsford (hybrid - 3x days on-site per week)
Salary/Rate: £313 Per Day - Inside IR35
Start Date: 05/01/2026
Job Type: Initial contract until 31/05/2026
Company Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading consultancy clients! They are currently looking for a skilled Business Analyst with recent experience working within the banking industry.
Job Responsibilities/Objectives
- You will be responsible for analysing business problems, eliciting and translating requirements into clear functional deliverables, and working closely with stakeholders and technical teams to design, deliver, and optimise solutions within an Agile financial services environment.
- Analyse client's business problems and conduct thorough analysis of business processes, systems, and requirements
- Elicit business requirements and translate those into deliverables that can be used by the developers to build the solution
- Contribute to the functional and technical design, development and testing of world-class solutions
- Work with functional, industry and technical specialists on system implementations and integrations in complex environments
- Proficiently use JIRA and Confluence for project management and documentation.
- Employ Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) to analyse and optimise processes.
- Facilitate user story writing sessions to capture requirements
- Demonstrate proficiency in SQL for data analysis and reporting
- Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation including BRD, FRD, and FSD documents.
- Utilise MS Visio or other diagram tools to create visual representations of business processes.
- Manage stakeholders effectively to ensure alignment and collaboration throughout the project life cycle.
- Conduct data analysis and visualisation to provide insights into business performance.
- Apply the prioritisation technique to prioritise project requirements and deliverables.
Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:
- 5 -7 years as Business Analyst
- MBA from a top-B school
- Experience in Financial Services, particularly in Retail/Corporate lending, Payments, and related areas
- Experience with Agile delivery methodologies and managing sprint-based deliveries.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong proficiency in JIRA, Confluence, and MS Visio
- Familiarity with Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) and SQL.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.
Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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