Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Business Analyst - Risk, Compliance and Legal involves working within a dynamic financial services environment, focusing on documenting and tracking plans related to risk and compliance. The position requires a detail-oriented individual who can coordinate project delivery while ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements. The role is hybrid, requiring presence in East London or Manchester for 2-4 days a week, and is expected to last for an initial 6 months with potential for extension. The position is classified as inside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conducting detailed analysis of risk, regulatory, compliance and legal requirements.
- Tracking issues, risks, dependencies and deliverables.
- Ensuring governance standards, documentation quality and audit readiness are maintained.
- Challenging assumptions, identifying gaps to ensure requirements remain aligned to the business outcomes.
- Keeping the Project Manager on track by monitoring milestones and surfacing blockers.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Business Analyst within risk, compliance, legal or regulatory environments.
- Strong understanding of risk frameworks, governance and control processes.
- Experience supporting Project Managers or project leads in complex programmes.
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Role: Business Analyst - Risk, Compliance and Legal
Location : Hybrid, 2 -4 days per week in East London or Manchester
Start: ASAP, likely early 2026
Duration: 6 months initially, plus likely extension (Inside IR35)
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic large-scale operation in the financial services industry. We are seeking an BA working in operations with experience documenting plans, tracking plans, progress maps and guidance. Are you a detail driven Business Analyst with a passion for risk, compliance and legal governance? Do you thrive in a fast-paced project environments and how to keep a Project Manager organised, informed and on track? You will act the central point of clarity and coordination ensuring all regulatory ad level requirements are identified documented and embedded into project delivery, while keeping the PM aligned to his key milestones.
Key Responsibilities
- Conducting detailed analysis of risk, regulatory, compliance and legal requirements.
- Tracking issued, risks, dependencies and deliverables.
- Ensuring governance standards, documentation quality and audit readiness are maintained.
- Challenging assumptions, identifying gaps to ensure requirements remain aligned to the business outcomes.
- Keeping the Project Manager on track by monitoring milestones, surfacing blockers.
About You
- Proven experience as a Business Analyst within risk, compliance, legal or regulatory environments.
- Strong understanding of risk frameworks, governance and control processes.
- Experience supporting Project Managers or project leads in complex programmes
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders.