Business Analyst - Capital Markets (Settlements)

We’re supporting a leading global financial services organisation in hiring a Business Analyst to work on medium to large-scale change initiatives across business and technology.

This role sits within a mature delivery environment and is suited to an experienced BA who can operate independently, lead complex requirements activity, and mentor more junior analysts. This role requires a background in capital markets and settlements.

The role

As a Business Analyst, you’ll take ownership of end-to-end requirements delivery, working closely with business stakeholders, technology teams and third-party vendors.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading requirements planning, stakeholder analysis and prioritisation

• Facilitating complex workshops and collaborative sessions with diverse stakeholder groups

• Eliciting, analysing and documenting business and system requirements using enterprise standards

• Managing requirements through sign-off, traceability, change and implementation

• Supporting testing activities including functional testing, UAT and production readiness

• Partnering with third-party vendors on solution evaluation and requirements alignment

• Producing high-quality documentation including process models, use cases, user stories and acceptance criteria

• Providing guidance and mentoring to junior Business Analysts

• Ensuring adherence to enterprise BA standards and methodologies

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years’ experience as a Business Analyst on large, complex initiatives

• Strong experience across requirements planning, elicitation, analysis and management

• Comfortable working across Waterfall, Iterative and Agile delivery environments

• Proven ability to engage senior stakeholders and resolve requirements-related issues

• Experience supporting vendor-led solutions and evaluations

• Strong documentation skills across process modelling, data requirements, business rules and user stories

• Excellent communication, facilitation and relationship-building skills

Qualifications (desirable):

• Degree in Business Analysis or related discipline

• CBAP or PMI-PBA certification

• Postgraduate or Master’s-level BA certification

Why apply?

• Join a globally recognised financial services organisation

• Work on high-impact, enterprise-scale programmes

• Strong delivery culture with clear standards and career progression

• Exposure to complex business and technology change

If you’re an experienced Senior BA looking for your next challenge in a global environment, feel free to get in touch for more details.