Technical Analyst

Advanced Resource Managers; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Resource Managers seeks an experienced Technical Analyst for a 7-month Inside IR35 contract in London with hybrid working (3 days on site). The role bridges business stakeholders and technology teams in a financial services environment, translating requirements into technical specifications and delivering scalable technology solutions.

The candidate will document requirements, user stories and process maps, work with architects and developers, and support testing and production

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Technical Analyst or similar roles.
• Strong requirements elicitation and documentation skills.
• Experience producing functional specs, user stories, and process maps.
• Knowledge of APIs, data integration and SDLC in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse and document business, functional and technical requirements.
• Produce detailed requirements docs, user stories, process flows and specs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, solution architects, developers and testers through delivery lifecycle.
• Analyse systems, data flows and processes to identify improvements.
• Define data mappings, integration requirements and system interactions.
• Review designs aligns with business needs and acceptance criteria.
• Support testing with defined criteria and validation of functionality.
• Assist with issue investigation and production support.
• Maintain traceability between business objectives and delivered solutions.
• Contribute to Agile ceremonies and governance forums.

Skills

Requirements elicitation

Documentation

SQL

SDLC knowledge

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IS/Engineering

CBAP/BCS desirable

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Azure

AWS

Job description

7-Month contract – Inside IR35 – up to £420 per day

London based – Hybrid working – 3 days onsite

Banking sector – must have previous experience

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Technical Analyst to support strategic technology and data transformation initiatives within a complex financial services environment. The successful candidate will act as the bridge between business stakeholders and technology teams, translating business requirements into detailed technical specifications and supporting the delivery of scalable, high-quality technology solutions.

This role requires strong analytical capability, excellent stakeholder engagement skills, and experience working across business, data and engineering teams within large enterprise organisations.

Key Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse and document business, functional and technical requirements.
• Produce detailed requirements documentation, user stories, process flows and functional specifications.
• Work closely with business stakeholders, solution architects, developers and testers throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Analyse existing systems, interfaces, data flows and business processes to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support solution design activities and contribute to technical workshops.
• Define data mappings, integration requirements and system interactions.
• Review and validate solution designs against business requirements.
• Support testing activities by defining acceptance criteria and validating delivered functionality.
• Assist with issue investigation, root cause analysis and production support activities.
• Maintain requirements traceability and ensure alignment between business objectives and delivered solutions.
• Contribute to Agile ceremonies, planning sessions and stakeholder governance forums.

Mandatory Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Technical Analyst, Technical Business Analyst or Systems Analyst.
• Strong requirements elicitation and documentation skills.
• Experience producing functional specifications, user stories, use cases and process maps.
• Strong understanding of system integration concepts, APIs and distributed applications.
• Experience working closely with software engineering and architecture teams.
• Good SQL skills and the ability to analyse and interrogate data.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies.
• Experience working within Agile and Scrum delivery frameworks.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong communication, facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
• Financial Services or Investment Banking experience.
• Experience supporting regulatory, risk, finance or data transformation programmes.
• Knowledge of enterprise data platforms and data warehousing concepts.
• Experience working on data migration or system migration programmes.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence and Azure DevOps.
• Understanding of ETL processes and data integration architectures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or a related discipline.
• BCS, CBAP or equivalent Business Analysis certification is desirable.