[Coutts] Business Analyst with Data Analysis - for Adam Sorrin

Luxoft; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Senior Business Analyst in Greater London. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience in leading complex initiatives and a strong data analysis background, contributing to both Agile and Waterfall projects. You will define requirements, document processes, facilitate workshops, and ensure that data-driven changes are effectively implemented. Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 7+ years as a Business Analyst leading complex multi-team initiatives.
• Strong data analysis skills, including profiling and validation.
• Ability to operate in Agile and Waterfall environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements activities for complex data-driven changes.
• Translate business outcomes into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Map current/future data flows and define data models.

Skills

Leadership

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical and problem-solving

Requirements engineering

Tools

SQL

BPMN

Job description

Project description

We're seeking a Senior Business Analyst with a strong data background to drive analysis and delivery across data-centric initiatives. You'll partner with Product, Technology, and Operations to define requirements, shape solution options, and ensure change lands effectively in both Agile and Waterfall environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end requirements activities (elicitation, documentation, validation) for complex, data-driven change.
• Translate business outcomes into clear epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria (Agile) and comprehensive BRDs/FRDs (Waterfall).
• Map current/future data flows; define data models, lineage, quality rules, and controls.
• Partner with data engineers/architects to shape pragmatic solution options aligned to a solid high-level understanding of data infrastructure.
• Facilitate workshops with senior stakeholders; surface trade-offs; maintain clear communication and decision records.

Skills

Must have

• 7+ years as a Business Analyst, with demonstrable leadership on complex, multi-team initiatives.
• Strong data analysis skill set (profiling, validation, SQL basics, data quality, lineage) and experience working alongside data engineering/architecture teams.
• Proven ability to operate across Agile and Waterfall-friendly running or contributing to ceremonies and traditional project governance.
• Excellent requirements engineering, process mapping (BPMN), and documentation practices; strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement, influencing, and communication — able to act proactively and self-start in ambiguous environments.

Nice to have

• Avaloq platform experience/exposure (banking/wealth management context).

Other

Languages

• English: C1 Advanced

Seniority

Senior