Yorkshire Building Society
Lead Business Analyst

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Lead Business Analyst – Change Delivery
We are looking for an experienced Lead Business Analyst to provide strategic analysis leadership across our delivery squads, shaping and enabling complex change initiatives.
This role leads business analysis across the full delivery lifecycle, ensuring high-quality requirements, clear traceability, and strong alignment between business outcomes and technical solutions.
What you’ll be doing
- Lead business analysis activity across multiple initiatives within a Delivery Squad
- Own the end-to-end requirements lifecycle, from early scoping through to delivery and UAT
- Define, analyse and document functional and non-functional requirements
- Ensure full traceability from business outcomes through to design, testing and implementation
- Work closely with stakeholders, architects and engineering teams to translate business needs into effective solutions
- Lead and develop Business Analysts and Senior Business Analysts, driving high standards and performance
- Support demand shaping, business case development and prioritisation
- Drive high-quality process and impact analysis across business and technology change
- Ensure alignment to governance frameworks and consistent analysis standards
What you’ll bring
- Extensive experience in business analysis within a regulated environment (e.g. Financial Services or similar)
- Proven track record leading analysis across complex or large-scale change initiatives or programmes
- Strong experience across the full requirements lifecycle, including traceability and UAT
- Experience managing or leading Business Analysts and developing capability within teams
- Deep understanding of process modelling, business architecture and systems analysis
- Ability to translate complex business needs into structured, actionable requirements
- Strong stakeholder management, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Experience working across business and technology teams to deliver end-to-end change
- Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving capability
- Track record of delivering analysis that drives measurable business outcomes
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Desirable
- Knowledge of regulatory frameworks (e.g. Consumer Duty, Operational Resilience, SM&CR)
- Experience working in hybrid delivery environments (Agile and Waterfall)
- Professional Business Analysis certification (e.g. BCS, IIBA)
About us
At YBS we don’t have shareholders, we have members. We care about people and that includes you. So here, you’ll be respected for who you are, you’ll be able to bring your whole self to work, and you’ll have everything you need to build a long and rewarding career.
Flexibility. We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and you can reach out to us anytime to discuss this during the recruitment process.
Development. We want you to feel challenged here. Whatever your ambitions, we’re committed to helping you develop your skills and move ahead in your career journey. From day one, we’ll set you up for success with a brilliant induction and full training plan, all designed to get you up to speed quickly.


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Inclusivity. We’re passionate about creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and able to be themselves. If you’ll go the extra mile to help our members, you’ll fit right in and feel you belong here.
About our Benefits
We offer lots of fantastic rewards that you can make the most of in and out of work, including:
- Holiday. You’ll get 25 days plus Bank Holidays, as well as the option to buy up to a further 5 days.
- Bonus. At YBS we work collaboratively and share in our success together, so when we reach our goals we’re all rewarded with an on target bonus of 7% of eligible pay (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%).
- Pension. We know how important it is to save towards the future, that’s why we’ll contribute up 11% into your YBS pension.
- Healthcare. Health and wellbeing are an important part of life at YBS, when you join us you’ll have access to a range of health benefits to suit your life including private medical insurance, dental and healthcare plans.
- My Benefits. When you join YBS you’ll have access to our self-service benefits portal, where you can access a range of retail, hospitality and health discounts.
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If you’re excited about this role and want to be part of the YBS team, click apply now to send us your application.
Want more information?
If you have any questions about this role, please contact careers@ybs.co.uk
Please note: this advert will close 12th July
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