Navigator Business Functional Analyst / Project Manager

Deutsche Bank AG; Park Central; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Competitive Salary

Non-contributory Pension

30 days holiday + bank holidays

Life Assurance

Private Healthcare

Flexible benefits

CSR volunteering leave

Job summary

Deutsche Bank AG in Birmingham seeks a Navigator Business Functional Analyst / Project Manager to join the Navigator Technology team as the primary link between business stakeholders, Front Office SMEs and source tech teams. You translate regulatory and business needs into actionable requirements and drive delivery across multiple workstreams.

The role combines business analysis with project management, SQL data work, documentation, and stakeholder communications, with hybrid working, strong

Qualifications

• Strong business and functional analysis skills, translating complex needs into delivery artefacts.
• Hands-on SQL experience for data analysis and transformation.
• Experience producing clear documentation: BRD, FRD, user stories, acceptance criteria, traceability.
• Project management experience using Agile, Waterfall or hybrid approaches.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with senior leaders.
• Proactive problem-solving with risk mitigation and issue resolution.
• Experience in financial services controls, regulatory or compliance is beneficial.
• Ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity while ensuring responsible use.

Responsibilities

• Translate regulatory and business needs into clear business and functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria and functional specifications
• Analyse business processes and data, identify gaps and maintain traceability from requirements through implementation and production deployment
• Develop SQL-based data transformation artefacts for integration into data-processing pipelines
• Produce high-quality evidence and documentation for audit, compliance, regulatory reviews and control onboarding
• Lead delivery planning across multiple workstreams, managing scope, timelines, resources, dependencies, risks and issues, including clear paths to green for at-risk outcomes
• Facilitate decisions across architecture, engineering, business and compliance teams, and communicate progress through concise executive-level reporting

Skills

Business analysis

Functional analysis

SQL

Documentation

Project management

Agile/Waterfall/hybrid

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

AI tools usage

Tools

SQL Tools

Job description

Job Description:

Job Title

Navigator Business Functional Analyst / Project Manager

Location

Birmingham

Corporate Title

Vice President

You will join the Navigator Technology team as a Business Functional Analyst with Project Management responsibilities, working within the Navigator Level 1 controls team. You will support strategic regulatory, data governance and onboarding initiatives for Front Office Supervisors and Business controls use cases.

Acting as the primary link between business stakeholders, Front Office subject-matter experts and source technology teams, you will translate regulatory and business needs into actionable requirements. Your analytical, project management, SQL and documentation expertise will help deliver compliant outcomes across multiple workstreams.

What we’ll offer you

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That's why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them
• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
• 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days
• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits
• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days' volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Translate regulatory and business needs into clear business and functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria and functional specifications
• Analyse business processes and data, identify gaps and maintain traceability from requirements through implementation and production deployment
• Develop SQL-based data transformation artefacts for integration into data-processing pipelines
• Produce high-quality evidence and documentation for audit, compliance, regulatory reviews and control onboarding
• Lead delivery planning across multiple workstreams, managing scope, timelines, resources, dependencies, risks and issues, including clear paths to green for at-risk outcomes
• Facilitate decisions across architecture, engineering, business and compliance teams, and communicate progress through concise executive-level reporting

Your skills and experience

• Strong business and functional analysis skills, including requirements elicitation, process analysis and translating complex needs into practical delivery artefacts
• Hands-on SQL experience for data analysis and transformation, with an understanding of data-processing pipelines
• Experience producing clear documentation such as business and functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, gap assessments and traceability matrices
• Project management experience using Agile, Waterfall or hybrid approaches, including planning, dependency management and progress tracking
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to explain technical topics to non-technical audiences and senior leaders
• Proactive problem-solving skills and the ability to identify risks, develop mitigations and drive issues to resolution; financial services controls, regulatory or compliance experience is beneficial
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to be named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality and has been awarded a Proud Employer Trailblazer Status from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers.

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