Business Analyst – Technology Modernisation

Business Analyst – Technology Transformation (SC Cleared Preferred) Hybrid – London (2 days per week on-site required) Client: Investment Banking Start date: Immediate SC Clearance Preferred Role Overview We are seeking a Business Analyst to support a portfolio of technology modernisation and digital transformation initiatives across internal services. The role focuses on understanding business needs, improving processes, and ensuring that technology delivery aligns with strategic objectives and architectural direction. You will work closely with product owners, technical teams, architects, and senior stakeholders to translate business requirements into actionable deliverables that drive meaningful change. Key Responsibilities • Gather, analyse, and document business and technical requirements, transforming them into user stories, acceptance criteria, and clear delivery artefacts. • Work with Product Owners and Technical Leads to prioritise the backlog, shape delivery scope, and maintain alignment with sprint plans and roadmaps. • Facilitate Agile ceremonies including planning, stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. • Produce high-quality documentation such as functional specs, process maps (BPMN 2.0), use cases, and data requirement artefacts. • Assess business processes, identify gaps, challenge inefficiencies, and propose improved future-state workflows. • Support operating model definition — both current state and target state — across technology change initiatives. • Collaborate with architects to ensure requirements align with strategic technology direction and integration patterns. • Manage change impacts, risks, and dependencies across multiple workstreams. • Run workshops with stakeholders using structured BA techniques and methods. Essential Skills & Experience • Proven experience as a Business Analyst working on technology, software delivery, or platform modernisation projects. • Strong understanding of Agile delivery, including writing user stories, managing backlogs, and supporting iterative development. • Experience using JIRA, Confluence, and modern collaboration tools. • Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence, challenge, and drive clarity. • Ability to produce structured BA artefacts (BPMN, process flows, functional specs, wireframes, data definitions). • Comfortable working across complex environments with multiple teams and dependencies. • Degree-level education and/or professional BA certifications (BCS, IIBA, CBAP). Desirable Experience • Exposure to technology strategy, enterprise or solution architecture. • Understanding of data models, integrations, and data quality considerations. • Experience supporting Agile delivery in hybrid/Waterfall environments. • Knowledge of DevOps or CI/CD principles. • Awareness of resource planning or project management frameworks. Security & Working Pattern • Active SC Clearance Preferred • Hybrid working with mandatory on-site presence in London twice per week.