Senior Business Analyst

IntelliConsult; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

IntelliConsult seeks a senior technology business analyst to support requirements management, impact assessment, traceability, and delivery planning for a banking client. You will engage stakeholders, run workshops, and translate regulatory needs into actionable specs.

You will partner with architecture, data, and testing teams to deliver compliant technology solutions and contribute to benefits realization through KPI tracking and change management.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of business analyst experience.
• Experience in regulatory change programmes, business and technical analysis.
• Data analysis and process modelling.
• Requirements lifecycle management.
• Banking and financial services experience is key.
• Experience translating complex regulatory requirements into delivery-ready outcomes is key.

Responsibilities

• Engage with business stakeholders to understand problem statements, define scope, and identify business outcomes.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder interviews to gather business, functional, and non-functional requirements.
• Document current-state (As-Is) and future-state (To-Be) business processes and operating models.
• Perform process analysis and identify opportunities for digitization, automation, simplification, and operational efficiency.
• Develop business cases, impact assessments, and cost-benefit analyses to support transformation initiatives.
• Conduct industry benchmarking and research to identify leading practices, operating models, and emerging trends.
• Support business strategy development, customer experience improvement, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Translate business requirements into detailed functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and use cases.
• Collaborate with solution architects, engineering teams, data teams, and testing teams to design and deliver technology solutions.
• Define data requirements, system integration points, reporting requirements, and business rules.
• Support solution design workshops and ensure business requirements are accurately reflected in technical designs.
• Participate in backlog refinement, sprint planning, prioritization, and release management activities.
• Support system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), and production deployment activities.
• Assist with data analysis, data mapping, migration requirements, and reconciliation activities where required.
• Ensure traceability between business requirements, functional specifications, testing, and implementation outcomes.
• Work closely with Product Owners and business stakeholders to define and prioritize product roadmaps.
• Create and manage epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria within Agile delivery environments.
• Support organizational change management, stakeholder communication, and business readiness activities.
• Drive stakeholder alignment and facilitate decision-making across business and technology teams.
• Contribute to a metrics-driven culture through KPI definition, tracking, and benefits realization reporting.

Skills

Regulatory change

Banking & FS

Requirements mgmt

Traceability

Agile

Stakeholder facilitation

Job description

We are looking for a senior technology business analyst with experience in supporting requirements management, impact assessment, traceability and delivery planning for a client in banking industry.

Business Analysis & Advisory

• Engage with business stakeholders to understand problem statements, define scope, and identify business outcomes.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder interviews to gather business, functional, and non-functional requirements.
• Document current-state (As-Is) and future-state (To-Be) business processes and operating models.
• Perform process analysis and identify opportunities for digitization, automation, simplification, and operational efficiency.
• Develop business cases, impact assessments, and cost-benefit analyses to support transformation initiatives.
• Conduct industry benchmarking and research to identify leading practices, operating models, and emerging trends.
• Support business strategy development, customer experience improvement, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Develop a deep understanding of the business context, market landscape, and regulatory environment affecting stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into detailed functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and use cases.
• Collaborate with solution architects, engineering teams, data teams, and testing teams to design and deliver technology solutions.
• Define data requirements, system integration points, reporting requirements, and business rules.
• Support solution design workshops and ensure business requirements are accurately reflected in technical designs.
• Participate in backlog refinement, sprint planning, prioritization, and release management activities.
• Support system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), and production deployment activities.
• Assist with data analysis, data mapping, migration requirements, and reconciliation activities where required.
• Ensure traceability between business requirements, functional specifications, testing, and implementation outcomes.

Product & Change Management

• Work closely with Product Owners and business stakeholders to define and prioritize product roadmaps.
• Create and manage epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria within Agile delivery environments.
• Support organizational change management, stakeholder communication, and business readiness activities.
• Drive stakeholder alignment and facilitate decision-making across business and technology teams.
• Contribute to a metrics-driven culture through KPI definition, tracking, and benefits realization reporting.

Required Experience

• 8+ years of business analyst experience
• Experience in regulatory change programmes, Business and technical analysis
• Data analysis and process modelling
• Requirements lifecycle management
• Banking and financial services experience is key
• Experience translating complex regulatory requirements into delivery-ready outcomes is key