Business Analyst

Core-Asset Consulting Ltd; North East; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is looking for a Business Analyst to join their change and transformation function. In this role, you will engage with stakeholders to gather requirements and support business improvement initiatives within a regulated environment, particularly focused on wealth management. The position offers a competitive salary and broader benefits package.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Wider benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience as a Business Analyst in regulated financial services.
• Background in wealth or investment management preferred.
• Experience with change and transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Gather, document, and validate business, functional, and non-functional requirements.
• Analyze business processes to identify improvement opportunities.
• Facilitate workshops to extract information and validate insights.

Skills

Analytical capabilities

Problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Process mapping

Documentation skills

Requirements gathering

Familiarity with Agile

Familiarity with Scrum

Familiarity with Waterfall methodologies

Education

Business analysis certifications (e.g. BCS, IIBA)

Job description

Job Description:

Our client, a leading financial services firm in the UK, is seeking a talented and experienced Business Analyst.This is an exciting opportunity to join a change and transformation function that plays a critical role in driving strategic improvements across the organisation.

This role is suited to a Business Analyst with experience in regulated financial services environments, particularly within wealth or investment management.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Experience in a Business Analyst role
• Experience contributing to business analysis or change communities of practice desirable
• Background in wealth management or broader financial services desirable
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Skilled in process mapping, documentation, and requirements gathering
• Proven experience supporting business change and transformation initiatives
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum and/or Waterfall methodologies
• Business analysis certifications (e.g.BCS, IIBA) desirable.

Core Responsibilities:

• Engage with stakeholders across the business to gather, document, and validate business, functional and non-functional requirements
• Analyse business processes and systems to identify improvement opportunities
• Develop clear documentation including Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), process flows, use cases, and user stories
• Support the full project lifecycle - from design and development through to testing, implementation, and post-deployment analysis
• Facilitate workshops and meetings to extract information, validate insights, and gain stakeholder buy-in
• Apply both Agile and Waterfall methodologies to support a broad portfolio of change initiatives.

Benefits:

• A highly competitive salary
• Wider Benefits package

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 16150

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