Business Analyst

Wesleyan; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

28 days leave + culture day

Pension scheme matched

Parking in Birmingham city centre

Discounts and wellbeing

Maternity/paternity pay

Volunteer days

Life assurance

Job summary

Wesleyan is hiring an experienced Business Analyst in Birmingham on a 12-month FTC with hybrid working (office ~2 days/week). Salary up to £55,000, commensurate with skills and experience. The role supports the Change team across multiple initiatives and BAU projects, guiding stakeholders and shaping strategic outcomes.

You’ll lead requirements gathering, document business needs, facilitate workshops, and ensure benefits realisation while collaborating with leadership and technical teams.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Business Analyst delivering outcomes across a full project lifecycle in Agile and/or Waterfall environments, ideally in Financial Services or Regulatory work.
• Ability to work with leadership and business unit leads to inform and align to business strategy, shaping strategic outcomes.
• Bridge between technical teams and non-technical stakeholders, translating terms and driving consensus.

Responsibilities

• Estimate, plan, and scope the business analysis workstream.
• Gather and refine requirements; analyse processes; support pre-project assessment.
• Critically review proposed solutions; flag risks/assumptions; ensure alignment with business needs.
• Prepare key project documentation: BRDs, process maps, user stories, KPI reports, risk logs.
• Facilitate workshops and planning sessions with stakeholders and subject experts.
• Support implementation to deliver measurable business benefits.
• Act as a knowledge custodian and change advocate.

Skills

Business Analysis

Agile & Waterfall

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Communication

Education

ISEB/BCS/IIBA qualification

Job description

Salary: Up to £55,000, based on skills and experience

Contract Type: 12 Month FTC – 35 hours a week

Location: Hybrid working office based in Birmingham – typically 2 days in the office per week

Closing Date: 05/11/26

About the role:

Wesleyan is on a continued journey of transformation across all areas of the business, which means our Change team have multiple projects to own and deliver. We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst to support us in delivering these critical initiatives and other BAU projects.

The involves thinking ahead, anticipating business impacts, spotting opportunities or risk outside of day to day scope and remit, influencing decisions with foresight, above and beyond reacting to existing requirements.

Driving impactful change for our customers.

What we're looking for:

• Experience as a Business Analyst, delivering outcomes across a full project lifecycle in Agile and/or Waterfall environments, ideally in Financial Services or Regulatory work
• Working closely with leadership and business unit leads on complex projects and initiatives to inform and align to business strategy, this role is more than just performing the analysis, there is scope to really shape strategic outcomes
• You will act as a key bridge between technical teams, and non-technical stakeholders. This will require the ability to collaborate, facilitate understanding, reconvey technical terms and language into easy to interpret communication, building consensus, and driving solutions that support strategy
• Beyond creating documentation, you will be accountable for engagement with business users and key sponsors, aligning cultural shifts, and ensuring growth mindset for seamless adoption to new ways of working
• Adaptability to assess and apply the most appropriate analytical techniques to uncover core business issues and needs
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills; adept at handling diverse requirements and aligning understandings across teams
• Operating with dynamism to gain buy-in from subject matter experts and senior stakeholders
• Demonstrating resilience through effective decision-making under pressure; able to keep projects on track when issues arise
• Leading with integrity, a collaborative team player who can also mentor or coach others
• Professional qualifications (ISEB, BCS, or IIBA) are desirable, but not essential

What you’ll be doing:

• Estimating, planning, and scoping the business analysis workstream
• Gathering and refining requirements; analysing processes; supporting pre-project assessment
• Critically reviewing proposed solutions; flagging risks/assumptions; ensuring alignment with business needs
• Preparing key project documentation: business requirements, process mapping, user stories/use cases, KPI reports, benefits realisation plans, risk and issues logs etc.
• Facilitating workshops, focus groups, and collaborative planning sessions with stakeholders and subject experts
• Supporting implementation to deliver measurable business benefits
• Acting as a technical knowledge custodian, change advocate, and cultural champion
• Building strong relationships with business users, senior operational management, customers, and third parties
• Annual Performance based Bonus – based on a mixture of company and personal performance
• 28 days annual leave (plus 1 additional "culture day" & bank holidays) – increases to 30 days with 5 years' service
• Company pension scheme - matched plus 2% (up to 10%)
• Free secure underground Birmingham city centre parking (available on weekends for personal use – subject to availability)
• Cashback and discounts on major brands in retail, leisure, health, and wellbeing
• Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
• 2 volunteering days per year
• Life assurance?

To find out more about some of the great benefits Wesleyan offer, visit our careers page: https://careers.wesleyan.co.uk/applicantPortal/rewards

What to know before applying:

Equal Opportunities: Wesleyan are an equal opportunities employer. We know the best teams are made up of inclusive groups of diverse people where everyone's contribution counts, and we believe everyone has the right to proudly be themselves. We're building a culture where difference is actively encouraged and simply recruit the best people for the job irrespective of lifestyle, life history and life choices.

Reasonable Adjustments: We understand that there are a wide range of reasons that you may require reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process- please let us know in your application how we can best support you.

VISA Sponsorship: We are unable to provide VISA sponsorship, and therefore cannot employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK – within our recruitment process you will be asked to provide evidence of your Right to Work.

Advert Closing: We typically advertise for two weeks, though we reserve the right to close adverts early if we receive a high volume of applications; we would therefore recommend an early application if you’d like to be considered for our opportunities.