Senior Business Analyst; Pensions

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst (Pensions)

Start Date: ASAP

Contract Length: 6 months (with scope to extend)

Work Location: Hybrid, Edinburgh (2 to 3 days a week onsite)

Interview Process: 1–2 stages

We are looking for an experienced Senior Business Analyst to take ownership of requirements definition across multiple work streams within a large pension’s transformation programme. This role will step into responsibilities previously covered at Business Architect level, providing oversight across requirements, solution shaping and stakeholder alignment.

This is a hands‑on contract position requiring strong pensions domain knowledge, workshop facilitation expertise, and the ability to operate confidently with senior stakeholders while maintaining detailed control of requirements and traceability.

• Work with Business Operations SMEs to identify required changes to pension administration systems and operational processes
• Facilitate workshops to review current state processes and define future state solutions
• Produce and maintain the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
• Document business requirements, process flows and supporting documentation
• Shape and prioritise solutions in collaboration with operational and programme stakeholders
• Act as the central link between Business SMEs, Project Managers and the Test Team
• Review test cases to ensure alignment with defined programme requirements
• Support the development of new solutions, including redress processes and management information outputs
• Engage regularly with senior account leadership, including CIO and CTO level stakeholders

• Extensive experience as a Senior Business Analyst within financial services
• Strong background in pensions or life and pensions environments
• Experience working within BPO or outsourced operational models
• Demonstrated experience running workshops and managing senior stakeholders
• Strong documentation capability, including ownership of Requirements Traceability Matrices
• Experience aligning requirements with test cases and supporting UATAbility to work independently with minimal supervision and operate under broad direction
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working with Sapien’s systems
• Experience delivering change within large heritage or transformation programmes