Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Posted 5 days ago by Sanderson Recruitment Plc

£525 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Bristol, UK

Summary: The role of Business Analyst involves leading stakeholder engagement and current state analysis to support the delivery of a new SaaS application for a financial services brand. The position requires ownership of requirements definition and facilitating workshops to ensure solutions meet business needs. The analyst will also manage risks and dependencies while partnering with architects to validate solution feasibility. This is a contract position with a focus on collaboration and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead stakeholder identification, engagement, and current state analysis to uncover pain points and opportunities
  • Own requirements definition and traceability, ensuring solutions meet business needs and acceptance criteria
  • Facilitate workshops, lead meetings, and timebox activities to maintain focus and momentum
  • Ring fence workstream scope, proactively manage risks, dependencies, and assumptions
  • Partner with architects and delivery leads to validate solution feasibility and drive continuous improvement
  • Drive change control and impact analysis to balance business value with minimal disruption

Key Skills:

  • Experience as a Business Analyst in financial services
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
  • Proficiency in requirements definition and traceability
  • Ability to facilitate workshops and lead meetings
  • Experience in risk management and change control
  • Understanding of SaaS applications and solution feasibility

Salary (Rate): £525 daily

City: Bristol

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: Finance

Detailed Description From Employer:

Business Analyst

  • Rate; £525 (via umbrella)
  • Location; Bristol (50% onsite)
  • Duration; 5 month initial

Sanderson are supporting a leading financial services brand to identify a Senior Business Analyst to support the ongoing delivery of a new SaaS application.

Responsibilities;

  • Lead stakeholder identification, engagement, and current state analysis to uncover pain points and opportunities
  • Own requirements definition and traceability, ensuring solutions meet business needs and acceptance criteria
  • Facilitate workshops, lead meetings, and timebox activities to maintain focus and momentum
  • Ring fence workstream scope, proactively manage risks, dependencies, and assumptions
  • Partner with architects and delivery leads to validate solution feasibility and drive continuous improvement
  • Drive change control and impact analysis to balance business value with minimal disruption

Reasonable Adjustments:

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