Senior Business Analyst

SoTalent; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance (dental &

LinkedIn Learning access

Employee Assistance Programme

Retail discounts

Cycle-to-work scheme

Non-contributory pension

Salary sacrifice for car

Additional annual day off

Job summary

Sotalent is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support software development projects in wealth management and pensions. The role focuses on gathering business requirements, writing user stories and specs, and delivering solutions across UI, API, and platform development.

You will work with Product Owners and Scrum teams to translate business goals into technical solutions throughout the SDLC, in a hybrid London-based setting.

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualifications or at least 5 years' BA experience in IT/financial services.
• Strong knowledge of UK pensions, superannuation, savings or investment mgmt systems.
• Experience across the full SDLC and in Agile and Waterfall environments.
• Proficiency in Jira and Confluence.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate business needs into clear requirements and user stories.

Responsibilities

• Engage with clients to identify, analyse and document business requirements.
• Produce epics, user stories, use cases and functional specs.
• Support UI and API design requirements and document business processes.
• Collaborate with developers, testers, implementation and product teams through SDLC.
• Support UAT and ensure solutions meet acceptance criteria.
• Assist with release planning, MVP delivery and prioritisation.
• Prepare business design documents including non-functional requirements.
• Support end-user training and product demonstrations.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and delivery methods.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

SQL

XML

UI/UX design

Agile methods

Education

Degree-level qualifications

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Senior Business Analyst - Wealth Management & Pensions

Location: Greater London, UK

Work arrangement: Hybrid - 2 days flexible working

About the role

A Senior Business Analyst is required to support software development projects within the financial services and wealth management sector.

The role involves working with internal teams and external clients to gather and document business requirements, develop user stories and business specifications, and support the delivery of software solutions across UI, API and platform development.

Working closely with Product Owners and cross-functional Scrum teams, the successful candidate will help translate business objectives into technical solutions throughout the full software development lifecycle.

Key responsibilities

• Engage with clients to identify, analyse and document business requirements and objectives.
• Produce business requirements, epics, user stories, use cases and functional specifications.
• Support UI and API design requirements and document business processes.
• Work closely with developers, testers, implementation and product teams throughout the SDLC.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), ensuring solutions meet agreed acceptance criteria.
• Assist with release planning, MVP delivery and prioritisation.
• Prepare business design documents, including non-functional requirements.
• Support end-user training, product demonstrations and implementation activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve business processes and project delivery methods.

Requirements

• Degree-level qualifications or at least 5 years' experience as a Business Analyst within IT or financial services.
• Strong knowledge of UK pensions, superannuation, savings or investment management systems.
• Experience working across the software development lifecycle.
• Practical experience in Agile and Waterfall environments.
• Proficiency in Jira and Confluence.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate business needs into clear functional requirements and user stories.
• SQL and XML.
• UI/UX design and API specifications.
• Data modelling and workflow systems.
• Software testing and user training.
• Financial services regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Hybrid working arrangement with two flexible working days.
• Private health insurance, including dental and optical cover.
• Non-contributory pension scheme.
• Salary sacrifice options for car, cycle-to-work and additional pension contributions.
• Additional annual day off.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Retail discounts and LinkedIn Learning access.