Business Analyst
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£500 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Business Analyst role is a 6-month contract position based in Leeds, focused on supporting a major banking transformation programme related to mortgage systems. The position requires hands-on involvement in running workshops, gathering requirements, and producing documentation while collaborating closely with technical teams. Candidates should have recent experience in mortgage systems and a strong delivery-focused mindset. This role is ideal for an experienced Business Analyst who enjoys detailed analysis and delivery activities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Run business and technical workshops with stakeholders
- Gather, analyse and document business and functional requirements
- Produce high-quality Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), Functional Specifications and process documentation
- Write user stories and acceptance criteria where appropriate
- Support solution design and collaborate with development teams throughout delivery
- Work closely with Product Owners, Developers, QA and Architects
- Facilitate backlog refinement and sprint planning activities
- Support UAT and ensure delivered solutions meet business requirements
- Identify risks, dependencies and opportunities for process improvement
Key Skills:
- Commercial experience as a Business Analyst
- Recent mortgage systems experience (essential)
- Strong workshop facilitation experience
- Requirements gathering and stakeholder management
- Writing functional specifications and design documentation
- Experience producing process maps and business documentation
- Agile and Waterfall delivery experience
- Strong communication and analytical skills
- Experience working alongside software engineering teams
- Financial Services or Banking experience (nice to have)
- Digital transformation programmes (nice to have)
- Experience working on system migrations or platform replatforming (nice to have)
- JIRA, Azure DevOps or similar Agile tooling (nice to have)
- API or systems integration project exposure (nice to have)
Salary (Rate): £500 daily
City: Leeds
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Business Analyst (Contract) - Leeds 6 Month Contract | £400-£500 per day (Outside IR35) | Mortgage Systems | Business Analysis | Requirements Gathering
Day Rate: £400 - £500 per day DOE
Contract: Initial 6 Months
Location: Hybrid (2 days on-site / 3 remote)
We're looking for an experienced Business Analyst to join a major banking transformation programme, supporting the replatforming of a core mortgage platform. This is a delivery-focused contract where we're looking for someone who enjoys getting into the detail. You'll be responsible for running workshops, gathering requirements, producing high-quality documentation and working closely with technical teams to deliver change. Recent experience working on mortgage systems is essential. This isn't a role for someone operating purely at programme or leadership level—we're looking for an experienced BA who is still hands-on and enjoys owning the day-to-day analysis and delivery activities. You'll be joining an established Digital team working on a long-term transformation programme, with the potential for further contract opportunities as the programme evolves.
What You'll Be Doing
- Run business and technical workshops with stakeholders
- Gather, analyse and document business and functional requirements
- Produce high-quality Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), Functional Specifications and process documentation
- Write user stories and acceptance criteria where appropriate
- Support solution design and collaborate with development teams throughout delivery
- Work closely with Product Owners, Developers, QA and Architects
- Facilitate backlog refinement and sprint planning activities
- Support UAT and ensure delivered solutions meet business requirements
- Identify risks, dependencies and opportunities for process improvement
Essential Skills
- Commercial experience as a Business Analyst
- Recent mortgage systems experience (essential)
- Strong workshop facilitation experience
- Requirements gathering and stakeholder management
- Writing functional specifications and design documentation
- Experience producing process maps and business documentation
- Agile and Waterfall delivery experience
- Strong communication and analytical skills
- Experience working alongside software engineering teams
Nice to Have
- Financial Services or Banking experience
- Digital transformation programmes
- Experience working on system migrations or platform replatforming
- JIRA, Azure DevOps or similar Agile tooling
- API or systems integration project exposure
The Team
You'll be joining a dedicated Digital delivery team consisting of:
- Technical Delivery Manager
- Product Owner
- Development Engineering Manager
- Scrum Master
- Business Analyst
- Tester
- Three Full Stack Engineers
Everyone within the team is focused on delivering this strategic banking transformation programme.