Senior Business Analyst

FDM is a global business business and technology consultancy seeking a Senior Business Analyst to work for our client within the Insurance sector. This is initially a 6 month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role based in Edinburgh or Cheshire. This role offers the chance to play a key role in shaping and delivering our client's Targeted Support initiative, focused on ISA and Lump Sum Guidance. The project involves providing early analysis and impact assessment of new change items, defining problems and opportunities, and applying strategic thinking to ensure alignment across the digital delivery landscape. The role also includes high-level planning for change delivery, supporting squad Business Analysts, and driving progress to maintain momentum and achieve timely delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Provide early analysis support and impact assessment of new change items at the Digital front door stage
• Drives the process to define the problem/opportunity and scope.
• Understands Risks to delivery and performs benefit analysis
• Strategic thinking is applied to the analysis output, understanding wider business impacts and dependencies.
• Joins the dots across the Digital delivery landscape
• HL planning for change delivery including estimation of analysis support
• Drives the change, providing on the spot support for squad BAs to maintain delivery

About You

Minimum 7 years’ experience as a Business Analyst delivering end-to-end analysis across complex change programmes. Exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skills, able to quickly build strong relationships across digital squads, internal BAs, and stakeholders at all levels. Expert in analysis techniques throughout the full project lifecycle, with strong problem-solving and strategic thinking abilities. Proven Agile experience, with the ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, iterative delivery environments. Digital change experience preferred, particularly within customer-facing or integrated system journeys. Strong planning, prioritisation, and organisational skills to support delivery within tight timelines.

About Us

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2,500 Employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

Why join us

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave and work-place pension