Business Analyst - Capital Markets (Settlements)

Robert Walters UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to manage end-to-end requirements delivery within a hybrid working model. The candidate will lead complex workshops and engage with senior stakeholders, ensuring adherence to enterprise standards. With over 5 years' experience in large-scale initiatives, the ideal applicant will demonstrate strong skills in requirements elicitation and management, and possess a relevant degree or certification. This position offers opportunities for career progression and exposure to high-impact programmes.

Benefits

Strong delivery culture

Career progression opportunities

Exposure to complex business change

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience as a Business Analyst on large, complex initiatives.
• Experience in capital markets and settlements.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of end-to-end requirements delivery.
• Lead requirements planning and analysis.
• Produce high-quality documentation.

Skills

Requirements planning

Stakeholder analysis

Facilitating workshops

Documentation

Communication skills

Agile methodologies

Education

Degree in Business Analysis or related discipline

CBAP or PMI-PBA certification

Job description

Senior Business Analyst Global Financial Services | London | Hybrid Capital Markets - Settlements/Clearing, F2B, Trade Lifecycle

We're supporting a leading global financial services organisation in hiring a Business Analyst to work on medium to large-scale change initiatives across business and technology.

This role sits within a mature delivery environment and is suited to an experienced BA who can operate independently, lead complex requirements activity, and mentor more junior analysts.

This role requires a background in capital markets and settlements.

The role

As a Business Analyst, you'll take ownership of end-to-end requirements delivery, working closely with business stakeholders, technology teams and third-party vendors.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading requirements planning, stakeholder analysis and prioritisation
• Facilitating complex workshops and collaborative sessions with diverse stakeholder groups
• Eliciting, analysing and documenting business and system requirements using enterprise standards
• Managing requirements through sign-off, traceability, change and implementation
• Supporting testing activities including functional testing, UAT and production readiness
• Partnering with third-party vendors on solution evaluation and requirements alignment
• Producing high-quality documentation including process models, use cases, user stories and acceptance criteria
• Providing guidance and mentoring to junior Business Analysts
• Ensuring adherence to enterprise BA standards and methodologies

What we're looking for

• 5+ years' experience as a Business Analyst on large, complex initiatives
• Strong experience across requirements planning, elicitation, analysis and management
• Comfortable working across Waterfall, Iterative and Agile delivery environments
• Proven ability to engage senior stakeholders and resolve requirements-related issues
• Experience supporting vendor-led solutions and evaluations
• Strong documentation skills across process modelling, data requirements, business rules and user stories
• Excellent communication, facilitation and relationship-building skills

Qualifications (desirable)

• Degree in Business Analysis or related discipline
• CBAP or PMI-PBA certification
• Postgraduate or Master's-level BA certification

Why apply?

• Join a globally recognised financial services organisation
• Work on high-impact, enterprise-scale programmes
• Strong delivery culture with clear standards and career progression
• Exposure to complex business and technology change

If you're an experienced Senior BA looking for your next challenge in a global environment, feel free to get in touch for more details.

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