Senior Business Analyst

Yorkshire Building Society; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday 25 days + BH

Bonus 7% of eligible pay (up to 15%)

Pension up to 11%

Healthcare

My Benefits portal

Job summary

Yorkshire Building Society is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to lead analysis across large-scale change initiatives in a flexible, hybrid working environment. You will shape discovery, define scope, and own requirements strategy while guiding multiple teams across business and technology change.

Ideal candidates bring extensive BA experience in complex change, strong stakeholder engagement skills, and a track record coaching other BAs.

Qualifications

• Extensive Business Analysis experience across complex change.
• Strong requirements engineering, process modelling, operating model and impact assessment skills.
• Experience leading analysis across multiple teams or workstreams.
• Excellent senior stakeholder engagement and influencing capability.
• Experience coaching, mentoring or quality assuring other BAs.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and create clarity from complexity.
• Strong collaboration, quality focus and outcome-led thinking.
• Financial Services or regulated environment experience.
• Exposure to Consumer Duty, Operational Resilience, Conduct Risk or SM&CR.
• Experience across Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end business analysis across large or complex initiatives.
• Shape discovery, problem statements, scope and analysis approach.
• Own requirements strategy, traceability, validation and acceptance across change delivery.
• Conduct capability, operating model, process and impact assessments.
• Work with architects, product owners, delivery leads and SMEs to shape feasible solutions.
• Coach and guide Business Analysts, assuring the quality of analysis outputs.
• Influence senior stakeholders with clear insight, options and recommendations.

Skills

End-to-end business analysis

Requirements engineering

Stakeholder engagement

Coaching / mentoring

Ambiguity to clarity

Operating model

Agile/Waterfall experience

Job description

Senior Business Analyst - Change Delivery

We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to lead analysis activity across complex change initiatives at Yorkshire Building Society.

This role is ideal for an experienced analysis professional who can bring structure to ambiguity, influence senior stakeholders and guide high-quality analysis across business and technology change.

What you'll be doing

• Lead end-to-end business analysis across large or complex initiatives.
• Shape discovery, problem statements, scope and analysis approach.
• Own requirements strategy, traceability, validation and acceptance across change delivery.
• Conduct capability, operating model, process and impact assessments.
• Work with architects, product owners, delivery leads and SMEs to shape feasible solutions.
• Coach and guide Business Analysts, assuring the quality of analysis outputs.
• Influence senior stakeholders with clear insight, options and recommendations.

What you'll bring

• Extensive Business Analysis experience across complex change.
• Strong requirements engineering, process modelling, operating model and impact assessment skills.
• Experience leading analysis across multiple teams or workstreams.
• Excellent senior stakeholder engagement and influencing capability.
• Experience coaching, mentoring or quality assuring other BAs.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and create clarity from complexity.
• Strong collaboration, quality focus and outcome-led thinking.
• Financial Services or regulated environment experience.
• Exposure to Consumer Duty, Operational Resilience, Conduct Risk or SM&CR.
• Experience across Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery environments.

Additional Information

We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate practical experience, ownership of outcomes and the ability to work effectively across multiple stakeholders and teams.

About us

At YBS we don’t have shareholders, we have members. We care about people and that includes you. So here, you’ll be respected for who you are, you’ll be able to bring your whole self to work, and you’ll have everything you need to build a long and rewarding career.

Flexibility.

We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and you can reach out to us anytime to discuss this during the recruitment process.

Development.

We want you to feel challenged here. Whatever your ambitions, we’re committed to helping you develop your skills and move ahead in your career journey. From day one, we’ll set you up for success with a brilliant induction and full training plan, all designed to get you up to speed quickly.

Inclusivity.

We’re passionate about creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and able to be themselves. If you’ll go the extra mile to help our members, you’ll fit right in and feel you belong here.

About our Benefits

We offer lots of fantastic rewards that you can make the most of in and out of work, including:

• Holiday. You’ll get 25 days plus Bank Holidays, as well as the option to buy up to a further 5 days.
• Bonus. At YBS we work collaboratively and share in our success together, so when we reach our goals were all rewarded with an on target bonus of 7% of eligible pay (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%).
• Pension. We know how important it is to save towards the future, that’s why we’ll contribute up 11% into your YBS pension.
• Healthcare. Health and wellbeing are an important part of life at YBS, when you join us you’ll have access to a range of health benefits to suit your life including private medical insurance, dental and healthcare plans.
• My Benefits. When you join YBS you’ll have access to our self-service benefits portal, where you can access a range of retail, hospitality and health discounts.

Want more information?

If you have any questions about this role, please contact [e-mail]

Please note: This advert will close 14th August