Halian | Managed Services, Recruitment Agency & Contract Staffing
Business Analyst
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About the Company
We are looking for an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join a major financial services organisation, working across complex technology and business change initiatives within the securities and post-trade environment.
About the Role
Inside IR35
2 days hybrid
This role will act as a key interface between business stakeholders and technology teams, helping translate business needs into effective solutions and supporting projects throughout the full delivery lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- 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.
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Qualifications
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.
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Required Skills
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
Pay range and compensation package
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.
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