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Business Analyst – Banking / Cards & Payments
Location: Northampton, UK
Work Mode: Hybrid – 2–3 days onsite per week
Contract Type: Contract
Contract Duration: 6-12 months
Experience Required: 10+ years
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst with a strong background in Banking and Financial Services, ideally within Cards & Payments. The successful candidate will be responsible for gathering and analysing business requirements, evaluating operational processes, identifying improvement opportunities, and supporting business and technology initiatives in an Agile environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Gather, analyse, document, and validate business and functional requirements.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, technical teams, and delivery teams to define business needs.
- Analyse financial and operational data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
- Conduct gap analysis, process mapping, and business process improvement activities.
- Translate business requirements into functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Support Agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, sprint planning, and delivery activities.
- Prepare business reports, presentations, and recommendations for stakeholders.
- Support solution design, testing, UAT, and implementation activities.
- Identify opportunities to improve customer experience, operational efficiency, and business performance.
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Mandatory Skills & Experience
- 10+ years of overall professional experience, including substantial Business Analysis experience.
- Strong experience within Banking / Financial Services.
- Experience in Cards & Payments is highly desirable.
- Strong hands-on experience in requirements gathering, business analysis, and documentation.
- Proven experience working in Agile / Scrum delivery environments.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience in process improvement, data analysis, and reporting.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
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Preferred Skills
- Knowledge of card payments, payment processing, and banking operations.
- Experience preparing BRDs, FRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, or similar Agile delivery tools.
- Experience supporting banking technology transformation initiatives.
Additional Requirements
- Must be able to work onsite in Northampton 2–3 days per week.
- Must be available for a contract engagement.
- Experience working with banking stakeholders and technology delivery teams is preferred.
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