Business Analyst

NLB Services; Dublin; On-site; EUR 77,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

Next Level Business Services Inc. in Dublin seeks an experienced Lending Business Analyst with a strong Banking/Financial Services background, particularly in lending and credit.

The role collaborates with business stakeholders, technical teams and solution architects to gather requirements and deliver lending solutions. Based in Dublin, the contract runs for six months Inside IR35 and requires onsite work three days per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience in Banking or Financial Services.
• Proficient in BRDs, User Stories and UAT.
• Familiar with Agile and Waterfall SDLC.

Responsibilities

• Understand business requirements and objectives.
• Lead requirement workshops and stakeholder analysis.
• Create BRDs, FRDs and user stories.
• Support QA with test case review and coverage.
• Participate in UAT and sign-off.
• Produce user guides and process documentation.
• Collaborate across Agile and Waterfall projects.

Skills

Lending domain

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder mgmt

BRD/FRD creation

UAT support

Agile & Waterfall

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

MS Visio

Blueworks

Lucidchart

Job description

Location: Dublin, Ireland (Onsite 3 days per week)

Contract: 6 Months - Inside IR35

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Lending Business Analyst with a strong background in the Banking and Financial Services domain, particularly Lending and Credit. The successful candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, technical teams and solution architects to gather requirements, analyse business processes and deliver effective lending solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage with business users and stakeholders to understand business requirements, processes, challenges and project objectives.
• Conduct requirement-gathering workshops and perform stakeholder analysis.
• Prepare and maintain BRDs, FRDs, user stories, process flows, discussion logs and Requirement Traceability Matrices (RTMs).
• Analyse business requirements and support solution design in collaboration with architects and development teams.
• Identify process gaps, risks and opportunities for operational improvement.
• Support QA teams by reviewing test cases and validating requirements coverage.
• Participate in client User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and support final sign-off.
• Prepare user guides, SOPs and process documentation.
• Work across Agile and Waterfall SDLC methodologies.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong experience as a Business Analyst within Banking, Lending or Financial Services.
• Good understanding of the end-to-end lending lifecycle, including loan origination, loan management, servicing, collateral management and delinquency handling.
• Knowledge of retail lending products such as Personal Loans, Mortgages, Vehicle Loans and Credit Cards.
• Exposure to corporate lending products such as Overdrafts, Working Capital, Bill Discounting and Trade Finance.
• Experience with BRDs, User Stories, Process Modelling, Requirements Gathering and UAT.
• Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, MS Visio, Blueworks or Lucidchart.
• Experience with banking platforms such as FinnOne Neo, Finacle, Flexcube, TCS BaNCS or Temenos T24 is advantageous.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and analytical skills.
• Solid IT background with experience in both Agile and Waterfall environments.

Important

Candidates must be available for a 6-month Inside IR35 contract and comfortable working onsite in Dublin 3 days per week.The ideal candidate is a team player who will be responsible for working with company data in various business areas. Specific responsibilities include reporting metrics, analyzing methodologies, suggesting operation improvements, and building proposal evaluations in a cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

• Track and report data
• Build cross-functional partnerships, internally and externally
• Maintain a competitive market knowledge

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Fluency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Strong written, verbal and collaboration skills