Business Analyst, IT

IT Business Analyst - 12 months contract

We are looking for an experienced IT Business Analyst to work closely with business and technology teams to deliver system enhancements and technology solutions within a financial services environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather, analyse and document business and functional requirements.

• Translate business requirements into Epics, Features, User Stories and acceptance criteria.

• Act as the key liaison between business stakeholders, Product Owners, developers, engineers and architects.

• Analyse existing workflows and recommend process and system improvements.

• Facilitate requirement gathering, solutioning and design discussions with business and technology teams.

• Support Agile/Scrum delivery, including backlog prioritisation, sprint planning and user story refinement.

• Work with development teams throughout the project lifecycle to ensure requirements are correctly implemented.

• Define test scenarios and support system testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

• Coordinate UAT sign-off and readiness for production deployment.

• Identify and escalate project risks, issues and dependencies.

• Prepare process flows, system documentation and other project artefacts.

• Use data and analysis to support business decisions and recommendations.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of Business Analyst experience, preferably within insurance, banking or financial services.

• Strong experience in business requirements gathering, functional analysis and process/workflow design.

• Experience writing Epics, Features, User Stories and acceptance criteria.

• Good understanding of Agile/Scrum and software development methodologies.

• Experience supporting UAT, testing and technology implementations.

• Comfortable working with both business and technical stakeholders.

• Familiarity with enterprise applications, system integrations and system/data flows.

• Strong stakeholder management, communication and problem-solving skills.

• Experience within the insurance industry would be highly advantageous.