Technical Business Analyst

Ocho People; Belfast; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A premier technology recruitment agency in the United Kingdom is looking for a Technical Business Analyst to enhance their client's risk solutions. The successful candidate will manage product roadmaps and translate business needs into detailed technical requirements. They should have solid experience in financial services technology, excellent documentation skills, and the ability to work in Agile environments. This position plays a vital role in the transformation of core risk applications, contributing to new capability delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong experience owning and maintaining product roadmaps across current, interim, and target states.
• Proven ability to translate high-level capabilities into detailed features and user stories.
• Experience working on complex systems and feature development.

Responsibilities

• Analyse stakeholder objectives and translate them into requirements for technology delivery.
• Produce high-quality artefacts including user stories and business process flows.
• Create and maintain the product delivery roadmap for the Risk capability.

Skills

Product roadmap management

Technical analysis

Stakeholder management

Documentation skills

Analytical skills

Agile methodologies

Tools

Microsoft Visio

BPMN 2.0

Job description

Do you enjoy turning complex risk requirements into clear, deliverable technology solutions?
Do you thrive at the intersection of business, technology, and change within financial services?
Are you comfortable owning a product roadmap and challenging stakeholders to get to the right outcome?

My client is a global market infrastructure provider operating at scale across financial and commodities markets. They are seeking a Technical Business Analyst to join their Technology division, working within Corporate Functions and closely aligned to the Risk organisation.

This role will play a key part in the transformation and re-platforming of core Risk applications, supporting the delivery of new capabilities across the Risk portfolio.

The Role

As a Technical Business Analyst, you will be responsible for eliciting, analysing, and clearly communicating business and technical requirements to enable the successful delivery of complex technology change. You will work closely with senior business stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams to define target-state capabilities and ensure solutions are delivered to a high standard.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse stakeholder objectives and translate them into clear, structured requirements for technology delivery

• Produce high-quality artefacts including high-level requirements, user stories, business process flows, gap analysis, and impact assessments

• Identify, document, and map current-state and target-state Risk capabilities

• Create, own, and maintain the product delivery roadmap for the Risk capability matrix

• Lead and facilitate requirements-gathering and process-definition workshops with business stakeholders

• Proactively manage and drive sign-off of requirements with senior Business and Technology stakeholders

• Monitor and manage risks, issues, and dependencies related to analysis and requirements work

• Contribute to business architecture and solution design in collaboration with Solution Architects

• Support development teams (including third parties) to ensure solutions align with agreed requirements and priorities

• Challenge assumptions and requirements where appropriate, escalating risks and issues as needed

• Support User Acceptance Testing, including test definition and coordination with end users

• Ensure delivered solutions meet current and future service and operational needs

• Take ownership of ad-hoc analysis tasks as required

Experience & Skills

Essential:

• Strong experience owning and maintaining product roadmaps across current, interim, and target states

• Proven ability to translate high-level capabilities into detailed features and user stories suitable for engineering handover

• End-to-end understanding of the project lifecycle, from requirements through to delivery

• Demonstrable experience operating as a Business Analyst within Financial Services technology environments

• Strong technical analysis and QA capability, including progressing stories through Definition of Ready and Definition of Done

• Experience working on complex systems and feature development

• Excellent documentation, problem-solving, and analytical skills

• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, priorities, and deadlines simultaneously

• Confident stakeholder management and communication skills at all levels

• High attention to detail with strong organisation and personal accountability

• Proficient in Microsoft tools, including Visio and/or BPMN 2.0

Desirable:

• Understanding of the front-to-back trade lifecycle, including trading, middle and back office, onboarding, and reference data

• Solid grasp of target-state architecture and end-to-end data flows

• Experience working in Agile delivery environments