Senior Business Analyst

ACCA Careers; Leeds; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Bonus up to 15%

Pension up to 11%

Private healthcare

Employee benefits portal

Job summary

Yorkshire Building Society is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to lead analysis across complex change programmes, shaping discovery, scope and approach. You will own requirements strategy, traceability and validation, ensuring high-quality outcomes across business and technology delivery.

You will collaborate with architects, product owners and delivery leads, coach other BAs, and influence senior stakeholders with clear options and recommendations that drive value and measurable results.

Qualifications

• Extensive BA experience across complex change programmes.
• Strong requirements engineering, process modelling and impact assessment skills.
• Experience leading analysis across multiple teams or workstreams.
• Experience of people leadership empowering colleagues to own objectives and development.
• 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.

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, lead and guide Business Analysts, ensuring quality of analysis outputs.
• Influence senior stakeholders with clear insight, options and recommendations.

Skills

Business Analysis

Requirements engineering

Process modelling

Operating model

Impact assessment

Stakeholder engagement

Coaching

Mentoring

Leading analysis

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, lead 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.
• Experience of people leadership empowering colleagues to own objectives and personal development
• 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.

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?

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