The Role
As a Senior Business Analyst, you will:
Act as a key interface between business stakeholders and IT/technology teams.
Understand the business drivers behind operational, functional, tactical and strategic change initiatives.
Work closely with stakeholders to understand business problems, requirements and desired outcomes.
Analyse requirements and propose viable business and technology solutions.
Facilitate workshops and stakeholder discussions across multiple teams and levels of seniority.
Support the implementation and deployment of system and business changes.
Produce clear business, stakeholder, functional and non-functional requirements.
Develop user stories, acceptance criteria, use cases and process models.
Use techniques including BPMN, UML, story mapping and data modelling.
Produce and validate test scenarios and support the execution of different testing phases.
Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and client acceptance testing.
Promote Business Analysis best practices and contribute to continuous improvement across the wider BA community.
Experience Required
You will have:
5+ years' experience as a Business Analyst, ideally within financial services, securities, capital markets or post-trade environments.
Strong knowledge of Central Securities Depositories (CSDs) and their role within financial market infrastructure.
Understanding of CSD Regulation (CSDR) and the wider post-trade securities landscape.
Strong knowledge of securities market standards, particularly ISO 15022 and ISO 20022.
Experience delivering complex technology and business change projects.
Experience working across delivery methodologies such as Waterfall, V-Model, Scrum and/or SAFe.
Excellent stakeholder management skills, including working with senior business and technology stakeholders.
Strong requirements gathering and requirements management experience.
Experience with process modelling, use cases, story mapping, BPMN, UML and data modelling.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
A proactive approach with a strong sense of ownership and ability to collaborate effectively within cross-functional teams.
Desirable
Any of the following would be advantageous:
IIBA or BCS Business Analysis Diploma
ISEB / ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing
Experience of risk-based testing
Previous experience within a CSD, securities infrastructure, clearing, settlement or post-trade organisation.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Business Analyst with strong securities and post-trade knowledge to work on complex, business-critical technology change within a large financial services environment.