Senior Business Analyst - Data

Onesavings Bank Plc; Coven Heath; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services provider in the UK is looking for a Senior Business Analyst - Data to lead the analysis and definition of data requirements across multiple products. The successful candidate will facilitate workshops, document processes, and work closely with development teams to deliver value-driven data solutions. With a base salary of £65,000 - £75,000, this role offers excellent workplace benefits and opportunities for professional development. Occasional travel between offices will be necessary.

Benefits

Base salary between £65,000 - £75,000

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Annual bonus opportunity up to 15%

Enhanced family-focused benefits

Qualifications

• Strong track record as a Senior Business Analyst or Product Owner.
• Experience with data migration and transformation initiatives.
• Proficiency in handling large datasets and interpreting insights.
• Skilled in writing functional and technical user stories.

Responsibilities

• Act as the intermediary between stakeholders and development teams.
• Facilitate workshops to capture business and data requirements.
• Develop data models and document processes.
• Conduct feasibility studies and business impact assessments.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Data analysis techniques

Communication skills

Facilitation skills

Experience with data repositories

Job description

We are recruiting, Senior Business Analyst - Data to play a key role in shaping the delivery of data solutions across the Group. Working alongside Product Owners, Engineers, and other Analysts, you'll bridge the gap between business needs and technical implementation, ensuring every data initiative delivers real value and aligns to the Group's data vision. The Data team is at the part of OSB Group's transformation journey, enabling our business to make smarter, faster, and more data-driven decisions. We're a collaborative and forward-thinking team focused on developing data products and services that enhance our customer experiences, strengthen operational performance, and support our digital ambitions. The role can be based from our Wolverhampton or Chatham office and will require occasional travel between all OSB Group locations. As Senior Business Analyst - Data, you'll lead the analysis and definition of data requirements across multiple products and initiatives, ensuring that business needs are translated into clear, actionable user stories for our agile delivery teams. You'll collaborate with business stakeholders, engineers, and product teams to design data solutions that are desirable, viable, feasible and sustainable, supporting OSB Group's ambition to become a truly data-centric organisation.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the key intermediary between business stakeholders, Product Owners, and development teams to ensure alignment with the data product roadmap and vision.
• Ensuring a Definition of Ready (DoR) for all functional and technical user stories, refining and breaking down into clear, testable tasks with well-defined acceptance criteria.
• Facilitating workshops to capture and analyse business and data requirements, documenting outcomes and potential solutions.
• Developing data models, data flows, and other artefacts to visualise data relationships, processes, and transformations.
• Conducting business impact assessments, feasibility studies, and process mapping to identify the best solution options.
• Working collaboratively with Data Engineers and Architects to define data lineage, dictionaries, and information quality requirements.

Qualifications

• A strong track record as a Senior Business Analyst or Product Owner within an agile environment, ideally focused on data‑centric projects or programmes in a Financial Services organisation.
• Proven experience working on data migration and transformation initiatives with a strong understanding of fintech operational systems, data repositories, data services, data management, and cloud storage.
• Proficiency in data analysis techniques, including handling large datasets, interpreting insights, and identifying trends.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with experience defining and documenting as‑is and to‑be processes.
• Experience writing functional and technical user stories and defining acceptance criteria aligned with business goals.

Benefits

• Base salary between £65,000 - £75,000 dependant upon experience.
• Enhanced family‑focused benefits.
• Annual bonus opportunity up to 15%.
• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays.

Please use this link to see the fantastic benefits available at OSB: https://www.osb.co.uk/careers/overview At OSB Group, we understand how much our people bring to our organisation, which is why we try our best to give back too! Our Purpose is to help our customers, colleagues and communities prosper and we are on a transformation journey to become 'the bank of the future'. Our commitment to professional development, flexible working, and employee well‑being fosters a dynamic and supportive workplace.