Senior Business Analyst/Lead Project Manager (Payments/Financial/Banking) - Contract - London, UK

Cactus IT Solutions UK Ltd; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT solutions provider is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join their Technology, Strategy & Architecture division. The role involves enabling the organization to meet its objectives through technology change initiatives, requiring strong project management and stakeholder skills. Candidates should have a proven record of successful project delivery and public/private sector experience. Strong leadership and organizational skills are vital, along with a recognised project management qualification.

Qualifications

• Experience in eliciting, analysing, and managing complex business requirements.
• Proven track record of successful project delivery.
• Experience of managing complex projects with many dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Enable the Bank to meet objectives through technology change initiatives.
• Work on cross-functional teams to elicit and analyze requirements.
• Collaborate closely with business colleagues on change initiatives.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Organizational skills

Leadership skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Recognised project or programme management qualification (Prince 2, MSP, APMP, or PMP)

Job description

Overview

Senior Business Analyst (BA) role that sits at clients Technology, Strategy & Architecture (TSA) division in the Technology Directorate.

Responsibilities

Business Analysts enable the Bank to meet its objectives by working on technology change initiatives. As part of cross functional teams and working closely with our business colleagues, BAs elicit, analyse and create a shared understanding of requirements to enable successful implementation of our change initiatives.

Qualifications

Role Requirements: You have experience in eliciting, analysing, and managing complex business requirements, working on large-scale transformation projects, using data and insight to influence decisionmaking and drive change.

We are looking for a collaborative, organised, and motivated colleague with strong consensus‑building skills and a track record of successful public and private sector project delivery, preferably with payments and central bank experience. If that sounds like you, and you have some relevant experience, then we would welcome your application.

• Strong project management skills. A track record of successful project delivery throughout the entire project life cycle, including project planning, estimating and RAID management (Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies),
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to negotiate, persuade and influence business decisions at senior management level
• Excellent organisational skills. Strong aptitude for effectively prioritising different pieces of work and delivering to tight deadlines, and a demonstrable ability to manage conflicting deadlines and priorities
• Leadership skills. Able to use judgement and provide sound justification for decisions, tailoring approach to delivery based on experience
• Proven interpersonal skills and a collaborative working style. The ability to build effective, constructive relationships with internal and external colleagues, drawing on their expertise and collaboratively problem‑solving.
• A recognised project or programme management qualification eg Prince 2, MSP, APMP or PMP.
• Experience of managing complex projects with many dependencies
• Evidence of the ability to gain the trust of a new team quickly
• Public and private sector project delivery experience