Lead Business Analyst - Payments & Economic Crime

Santander; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Santander is seeking a Lead Business Analyst for Payments & Economic Crime in the UK, based at locations including Edinburgh, Birmingham and Barnwood. You will lead a team of Business Analysts, shaping requirements and ensuring compliant, customer-focused change across payments platforms and economic crime controls.

You will partner with product, technology and operations teams to drive agile delivery, develop user stories, acceptance criteria and artefacts, and guide prioritisation to maximise

Qualifications

• Strong business analysis experience with requirements gathering, process mapping and agile delivery.
• Proven people leadership experience across multiple workstreams.
• Knowledge of Payments landscape including ISO 20022, BACS, CHAPS, SEPA and Open Banking.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience with Economic Crime change is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of BAs across multiple initiatives.
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to define requirements and deliver solutions.
• Drive the development of user stories, acceptance criteria and backlogs for agile delivery.
• Support backlog refinement and feature prioritisation to maximise value.
• Provide Payments and Economic Crime expertise to ensure regulatory compliance.

Skills

Business analysis

People leadership

Requirements gathering

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Education

Business Analysis qualifications

Job description

Santander is seeking a Lead Business Analyst for Payments & Economic Crime in the UK, based at locations including Edinburgh, Birmingham and Barnwood. You will lead a team of Business Analysts, shaping requirements and ensuring compliant, customer-focused change across payments platforms and economic crime controls.

You will partner with product, technology and operations teams to drive agile delivery, develop user stories, acceptance criteria and artefacts, and guide prioritisation to maximise