Senior Business Analyst

SearchWorks; Dublin; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

SearchWorks Pty Ltd in Dublin, Ireland, is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join a banking and payments program on a 6-month contract with potential extension. You will own discovery, requirements gathering, and the translation of business needs into clear functional and technical specs, coordinating with client teams and delivery groups.

The role requires deep experience in financial services, payments, and high-availability environments, plus strong stakeholder management and proficiency

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in Business Analysis, Project Delivery or IT Financial Services Consulting.
• 5+ years' experience within banking, payments, financial services or high-availability transaction processing environment.
• Strong experience in client-facing requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement and business process analysis.
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into functional specifications and technical solutions.
• Good understanding of payment systems, transaction processing, system integrations and end-to-end business processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead client-facing discovery sessions and requirements-gathering workshops, establishing project scope, business objectives and delivery expectations.
• Analyze complex business needs and translate them into clear business, functional and technical requirements.
• Produce and maintain business requirement documents, functional specifications, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Work closely with technology, product, operational and project delivery teams to define appropriate solutions.
• Assess the impact of proposed solutions across existing systems, integrations, business processes and technology.
• Collaborate with development and Scrum teams to ensure solutions meet client requirements and align with technical objectives.
• Support end-to-end project delivery, including solution consultation, backlog refinement, testing and UAT.
• Maintain clear project documentation and ensure requirements and solutions remain aligned throughout delivery.
• Contribute to early-stage project assessments, solution recommendations and delivery estimates.

Skills

Client-facing requirements gathering

Stakeholder engagement

Business process analysis

Requirements translation to specs

End-to-end delivery awareness

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

BPMN

Process modelling

Requirements management tools

Job description

Senior Business Analyst – Banking & Payments

Dublin- Ireland

Contract- 6 months with possible extension

We are partnering with a leading global financial technology and payments organization and they are currently on a look out for an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join its project delivery team.

This is an opportunity to work on complex payments and financial services projects, engaging directly with clients and internal stakeholders to understand business challenges, shape solutions and drive successful delivery.

We're looking for someone who can take ownership from the initial discovery and requirements-gathering stages through to solution definition and implementation.

The Role

• Lead client-facing discovery sessions and requirements-gathering workshops, establishing project scope, business objectives and delivery expectations.
• Analyze complex business needs and translate them into clear business, functional and technical requirements.
• Produce and maintain business requirement documents, functional specifications, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Work closely with technology, product, operational and project delivery teams to define appropriate solutions.
• Assess the impact of proposed solutions across existing systems, integrations, business processes and technology.
• Collaborate with development and Scrum teams to ensure solutions meet client requirements and align with technical objectives.
• Support end-to-end project delivery, including solution consultation, backlog refinement, testing and UAT.
• Maintain clear project documentation and ensure requirements and solutions remain aligned throughout delivery.
• Contribute to early-stage project assessments, solution recommendations and delivery estimates.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years' experience in Business Analysis, Project Delivery or IT Financial Services Consulting.
• 5+ years' experience within banking, payments, financial services or another high-availability transaction processing environment.
• Strong experience in client-facing requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement and business process analysis.
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into functional specifications and technical solutions.
• Good understanding of payment systems, transaction processing, system integrations and end-to-end business processes.

Experience with JIRA, Confluence, BPMN, process modelling and requirements management tools would be advantageous.

The Opportunity

we are looking for someone who can operate as a trusted partner to clients, take ownership of discovery and requirements definition, challenge existing processes and work alongside technical teams to shape and deliver effective solutions.