Business Analyst / Project Manager – Investment Banking Technology

Talan; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Talan in London is seeking a delivery-focused Business Analyst / Project Manager to bridge business and technology in investment banking. You will lead delivery across transformation programs, engage with senior stakeholders, and drive practical solutions from inception to delivery.

Required: proven BA/PM experience in Financial Services, strong communication, and hands-on Jira, SQL and Python. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage milestones, risks, and governance to ensure

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst, Project Manager within Financial Services.
• Strong experience delivering business and technology transformation projects.
• Experience working within Investment Banking, Capital Markets, Corporate Banking.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to engage confidently with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with proven experience managing senior business, technology and executive stakeholders.
• Demonstrable ability to provide direction, challenge constructively, influence outcomes and drive decision making.

Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis and project delivery activities across technology and business transformation programmes.
• Engage directly with stakeholders to gather, document and validate business and functional requirements.
• Produce business requirements documents, user stories, process maps and functional specifications.
• Manage project plans, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies and stakeholder communications.
• Facilitate workshops, requirement gathering sessions and solution design discussions.
• Coordinate delivery across development, testing, support and business teams.
• Drive Agile ceremonies, backlog prioritisation and sprint planning activities.
• Manage governance processes, status reporting and steering committee updates.
• Provide clear direction to project teams and stakeholders, ensuring delivery objectives and priorities are understood and achieved.
• Analyse complex business challenges and present practical, value driven solutions to both business and technology teams.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships while effectively managing expectations across all levels of the organisation.
• Identify opportunities to improve business processes, data quality and operational efficiency.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), implementation planning and post-go-live activities.
• Ensure solutions meet business, operational and regulatory requirements.
• Act as a trusted partner between business and technology teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Track project progress, requirements and delivery activities using Jira.
• Perform business and data analysis to support decision-making and project delivery.
• Collaborate with technical teams to define solution requirements and implementation approaches.

Skills

Strong communication

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Project leadership

Delivery-focused

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Confluence

Python

SQL

Job description

Business Analyst / Project Manager - Investment Banking Technology

• Full-time
• Contract Type: Long term contract

What We're Looking For

A delivery-focused Business Analyst / Project Manager who can successfully bridge the gap between business and technology teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of delivering change within investment banking environments, excellent stakeholder management capabilities, and hands‑on experience with Jira, SQL and Python.

They will be a confident communicator, capable of leading conversations with senior stakeholders, providing direction to delivery teams, driving consensus, and presenting practical solutions to complex business challenges. The successful candidate will be comfortable managing projects from inception through delivery, balancing competing priorities, and ensuring successful outcomes across complex technology and business initiatives within an investment banking environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis and project delivery activities across technology and business transformation programmes.
• Engage directly with stakeholders to gather, document and validate business and functional requirements.
• Produce business requirements documents, user stories, process maps and functional specifications.
• Manage project plans, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies and stakeholder communications.
• Facilitate workshops, requirement gathering sessions and solution design discussions.
• Coordinate delivery across development, testing, support and business teams.
• Drive Agile ceremonies, backlog prioritisation and sprint planning activities.
• Manage governance processes, status reporting and steering committee updates.
• Provide clear direction to project teams and stakeholders, ensuring delivery objectives and priorities are understood and achieved.
• Analyse complex business challenges and present practical, value driven solutions to both business and technology teams.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships while effectively managing expectations across all levels of the organisation.
• Identify opportunities to improve business processes, data quality and operational efficiency.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), implementation planning and post-go-live activities.
• Ensure solutions meet business, operational and regulatory requirements.
• Act as a trusted partner between business and technology teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Track project progress, requirements and delivery activities using Jira.
• Perform business and data analysis to support decision-making and project delivery.
• Collaborate with technical teams to define solution requirements and implementation approaches.

Skills & Experience (Required)

Proven experience as a Business Analyst, Project Manager within Financial Services.

• Strong experience delivering business and technology transformation projects.

Experience working within Investment Banking, Capital Markets, Corporate Banking.

• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to engage confidently with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with proven experience managing senior business, technology and executive stakeholders.

Demonstrable ability to provide direction, challenge constructively, influence outcomes and drive decision making.

• Strong requirements gathering, business process analysis and documentation capabilities.
• Experience facilitating workshops and leading discussions with business and technical audiences.
• Ability to identify issues, evaluate options and recommend effective business and technology solutions.
• Strong project planning, governance, risk and issue management experience.
• Hands‑on experience with Jira and Agile delivery methodologies.
• Strong data analysis skills with experience using SQL.
• Working knowledge of Python for data analysis, reporting and business insight generation.
• Experience working with data mapping, reconciliation, reporting or data quality initiatives.

Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.

• Experience coordinating cross‑functional and geographically distributed teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in fast‑paced delivery environments.
• Experience delivering data, reporting or regulatory change programmes.
• Knowledge of trade lifecycle, risk management, market data or reference data concepts.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps, Confluence and reporting tools.
• Understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies.
• Exposure to cloud‑based platforms and enterprise data solutions.
• Professional certifications such as PRINCE2, PMP, AgilePM, Scrum Master or CBAP.
• Understanding of financial products including FX, Fixed Income, Rates, Credit, Equities or Derivatives.

Eligibility Requirements

• Applicants must have the legal Right to Work in the United Kingdom at the time of application.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position, either now or in the future.