Project Manager / Business Analyst

ZipRecruiter; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Project Manager/Business Analyst based in Belfast. You will manage projects related to Data & Regulatory Operations, ensuring strategic goals are met through effective stakeholder engagement and data analysis. This role requires extensive experience in business analysis and project management, with a focus on continuous improvement, compliance, and strategic development.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in business analysis and project management within the Data domain.
• Proven ability to manage complex issues and engage stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills and proficiency in data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Manage execution against milestones and budget on projects.
• Drive compliance with applicable policies and regulations.
• Engage stakeholders for transformative changes and process improvements.

Skills

Business Analysis

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Data Analysis

Process Improvement

Communication

Change Management

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Job Description

PM/ BA role

Contract: until 30 April 2026

Location: Belfast, UK (3 days onsite, 2 days WFH)

What you’ll do:

The Project Manager/Business Analyst is responsible for project management and analysis related to multiple strategic work efforts across Data & Regulatory Operations.

The role holder will:

• Be responsible for the day-to-day management of execution against milestones and budget on one or more projects. Create, maintain full end to end operations projects and ensure sign-off of project plan, charter, stakeholder management plan, acceptance plan, and central project issue log. Provide in-depth and sophisticated analyses with interpretive thinking to define problems, develop innovative solutions and influence strategic functional decisions

• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

• Engage stakeholders across product and functional domains to drive transformative changes

• Review use cases and manage work streams across geographies for Data & Regulatory Operations for process improvement, strategic technology solutions and automation and Change Management

• Apply knowledge of Data concepts and procedures to resolve issues and complete required analysis

• Providing implementation / post-implementation project support

• Identifies data patterns & trends, and provides insights to enhance business decision making capability in business planning, process improvement, solution assessment etc.

• Recommends actions for future developments & strategic business opportunities, as well as enhancements to operational policies

• Continuously improve processes and strategies by exploring and evaluating new data sources, tools, and capabilities

What we’ll need from you:

• Extensive experience in business analysis and project management roles, specifically within the Data domain

• Ability to engage with multiple stakeholders across business, operations, technology and compliance, including those at senior levels

• Ability to rationalize and work through organizational change. Proven track record in terms of evaluating process performance across key metrics and envisioning ways to reengineer the process to create significant improvement across all key variables

• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

• Comprehensive knowledge of the principles of business analysis

• Experience in designing business process models and solutioning in order to support strategic design decision

• Proven ability to manage complex and variable issues with substantial potential impact by weighing various action plans and balancing potentially conflicting need

• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint) with extensive experience using Excel for data analysis