Senior Business Analyst in Business Analysts

Senior Business Analyst - Technology, Strategy & Architecture - Technology Directorate Fixed Term Contract (18 months) Full time Job Description

The Senior Business Analyst (BA) role that sits within the Technology Directorate. Business Analysts enable the Bank to meet its objectives by working on technology change initiatives. As part of cross functional teams and working closely with our business colleagues, BAs elicit, analyse and create a shared understanding of requirements to enable successful implementation of our change initiatives.

This role is open to flexible working patterns, these may include:

• Job share
• Flexible start and end time to each day
• Ability to adapt calendar as needed, this could be to fit in the school run, gym, or appointments
• A 50% in-office attendance requirement can be spread across the month to accommodate diverse working patterns, such as the flexibility to purchase a weekly train ticket for certain weeks
• Compressed hours (subject to approval and policy within the team)
• Working from abroad policy (subject to approval and policy within the team)

We're excited to be growing our presence in Leeds, a city we've been connected to for nearly 200 years! Our modern, accessible office in the City Centre offers a supportive, flexible working environment. The majority of roles, including this one, are now available in Leeds, giving you the chance to build a meaningful career outside of London while contributing to our mission from a dynamic and growing location.

You'll work collaboratively with London-based colleagues in a hybrid model, with regular opportunities to travel into the London office to meet and connect together in person.

Want to learn more? Discover what makes our Leeds office such a dynamic place to work by visiting our Leeds page for more details.

A typical day might start with the team's stand-up meeting for the current sprint, where you'll discuss your workload and any blockers. You may be joining from our Leeds or London office, or remotely as part of our hybrid model.

Next, you could work on refining requirements or attend a workshop with stakeholders to map processes and identify improvements. Later, you might produce analysis artefacts such as process flows or impact assessments to support delivery teams. If you're in the office, you could lunch in the canteen with some of your colleagues. In the afternoon, you may attend a BA Community of Practice continuous improvement session followed by a catch up with developers and testers ensuring solutions meet business needs.

Before wrapping up for the day, you'll update documentation and share outputs, so the wider team has clarity on next steps.

You have experience in eliciting, analysing and managing complex business requirements, working on large-scale transformation projects, using data and insight to influence decision‑making and drive change.

• Demonstrable experience working as a Business Analyst on projects or programmes, responsible for analysing and managing business requirements.
• Ability to produce clear and concise analysis artefacts such as process maps, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience facilitating workshops or stakeholder meetings to elicit requirements and validate solutions.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Proficiency in applying standard business analysis tools and methods (e.g., process modelling, gap analysis).
• Solid knowledge of project delivery and product management approaches (Agile and/or Waterfall).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) for documentation and reporting.
• Experience working within banking or financial institutions and delivering projects related to banking, insurance, supervision or regulatory data.
• Educated to degree level and/or holding a recognised Business Analysis qualification (e.g., BCS BA Diploma, IIBA CBAP) or equivalent experience.
• Proven track record as a Business Analyst on complex projects or programmes, ideally within financial or regulatory environments.
• Strong experience…