Graduate Business Analyst

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary range

Equity

Flexible hours around office day

Learning budget

Office-based role

Job summary

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd is hiring a Graduate Business Analyst in Birmingham. You will gather requirements, translate them into actionable specs and work with product, engineering and compliance teams to deliver data-driven improvements.

You’ll analyse data, build dashboards, and support rollout of new systems. Expect a fast-paced start-up environment with a learning budget and an office-based role in the city center.

Qualifications

• Requires a degree in business, finance, economics, maths or related field.
• Strong Excel skills are essential; interest in SQL or data visualization tools is desirable.
• Sharp analytical thinking; ability to spot patterns and trends.
• Confident written and verbal communication with stakeholders.
• Genuine interest in how Financial Services works, including regulation and customer behavior.
• Comfort with ambiguity: startups move quickly and without a manual.

Responsibilities

• Gather and translate business requirements from stakeholders into clear specifications.
• Analyse operational data to spot trends and flag risks.
• Build and maintain reports and dashboards used by leadership.
• Support the rollout of new systems and processes, testing changes before go-live.
• Collaborate with product, engineering and compliance to avoid gaps.
• Document processes and workflows to keep the team aligned.

Skills

Excel proficiency

SQL interest

Data visualization

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

FS curiosity

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, maths or related discipline

Tools

SQL

Job description

An exceptional opportunity for a junior Graduate Business Analyst to shape the future of Financial Services in Birmingham.

Financial services firms are under constant pressure to modernise how they process data, assess risk and serve customers, and a lean, fast-moving startup in this space needs sharp analytical minds to keep pace. This is a young company building tools for the sector, not a legacy institution set in its ways. You'll join at a point where decisions get made quickly and the impact of your work shows up within weeks, not years.

Here’s what you’ll be doing:

• Gather and translate business requirements from stakeholders across the Financial Services team into clear, actionable specifications
• Analyse operational data to spot trends, flag risks and recommend improvements to existing processes
• Build and maintain reports and dashboards that leadership actually uses to make decisions
• Support the rollout of new systems and processes, testing changes before they go live
• Work directly with product, engineering and compliance teams to make sure nothing falls through the cracks
• Document processes and workflows so the wider team can move fast without losing track of what's changed

Here are the skills you’ll need:

• A degree in business, finance, economics, maths or a related discipline
• Strong Excel skills as a minimum, with an interest in learning SQL or data visualisation tools
• Sharp analytical thinking. You'll need to spot the pattern others miss
• Confident communication, written and verbal, since you'll present findings to people more senior than you
• A genuine curiosity about how Financial Services works, from regulation to customer behaviour
• Comfort with ambiguity. Startups don't hand you a manual

Key perks and benefits:

• Salary of £23,500 to £31,500, depending on experience
• Equity in a growing company, not just a payslip
• Flexible working hours around a core office day in Birmingham
• A dedicated learning and development budget to build your skills
• Office-based role with a flat structure, so your ideas reach decision-makers fast

Why pursue a career in Financial Services?

Financial Services is one of the few sectors where analytical skill translates directly into career progression, and demand for people who can read data and act on it isn't slowing down. Birmingham has become a genuine hub for this kind of work, with a growing cluster of finance and fintech employers outside London. Start as a Graduate Business Analyst here and the ceiling is high, from product to strategy to leadership roles within a few years.

This Graduate Business Analyst opportunity in Birmingham is brought to you by The Opportunity Hub UK.