Business Analyst (Life and Pensions)

SS&C Technologies; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Central London is seeking a Business Analyst with strong Life & Pensions domain knowledge to join their transformation team. The role involves leading analysis activities for change initiatives, engaging with stakeholders, and documenting requirements. Ideal candidates will have experience in business analysis, excellent communication skills, and a passion for continuous improvement. A hybrid work model and competitive benefits are offered.

Benefits

Hybrid Work Model

Professional Development Reimbursement

Competitive holiday scheme

Wellbeing benefits

Diversity & Inclusion initiatives

Hands-On Training

Qualifications

• Experience in a Business Analyst role, ideally within complex transformation programmes.
• Strong Life & Pensions domain knowledge is essential.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proficiency in BA methodologies across Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead all analysis activities for assigned initiatives across the project lifecycle.
• Support the discovery and due diligence phases of new initiatives.
• Document, validate detailed requirements and user stories.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder meetings.

Skills

Business Analysis

Stakeholder Engagement

Agile Methodologies

Life & Pensions Domain Knowledge

Communication

Job description

Overview

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

Business Analyst (Life and Pensions)

Locations

Central London

The Opportunity

We are looking for a high-performing Business Analyst to join our fast-paced transformation team, with a specific focus on Life & Pensions projects. This role offers the opportunity to shape high-impact change initiatives, influence product and service evolution, and ensure we deliver outcomes that meet both regulatory and client expectations.

What You Will Get To Do

• Lead all analysis activities for assigned initiatives across the project lifecycle, with an emphasis on Life & Pensions transformation.
• Support the discovery and due diligence phases of new initiatives, working with internal and external stakeholders to define scope and business outcomes.
• Elicit, document, and validate detailed requirements and user stories, ensuring traceability to business objectives.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder meetings, clearly articulating business needs and solution approaches.
• Act as the key liaison between business stakeholders, product teams, architects, and delivery leads.
• Identify operational, customer, and regulatory impacts, and support readiness activities to ensure smooth implementation.
• Produce high-quality deliverables (e.g., process maps, current/future state models, use cases) aligned to project timelines and programme governance.
• (For Senior BAs) Mentor junior team members and contribute to the evolution of the BA practice through knowledge sharing and support.

What You Will Bring

• Experience in a Business Analyst role, ideally within complex transformation programmes.
• Strong Life & Pensions domain knowledge is essential.
• If you have experience across these areas within L&P, this would be beneficial; Term Insurance, WOL Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Income Protection Insurance, Group Life Insurance, Endowments, On shore Investment Bonds, Off Shore Investments Bonds.
• Proficiency in BA methodologies across Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery frameworks (e.g. SAFe).
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to work across business, technical, and client-facing environments.
• Confident facilitator and communicator—able to lead workshops, document clear outputs, and influence decision-making.
• Self-starter with strong organisational skills, able to manage priorities in fast-paced, change-heavy environments.
• Passion for continuous improvement, quality outcomes, and business value.
• Comfortable adapting to evolving business needs and managing ambiguity.

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model
• Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement including access to SS&C University
• Work/Life Balance: Competitive holiday scheme
• Your Wellbeing: Competitive benefits designed to support the wellbeing of our staff
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised throughout your career

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It’s important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! If applicable, to further explore this opportunity, please apply directly with us through our Careers page on our corporate website @ www.ssctech.com/careers.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.