Senior Business Analyst (Finance Transformation) Contract

The Senior Finance Transformation Business Analyst’s role will be responsible for working with both Business and IT to elicit requirements/user stories and to recommend solutions that will help deliver system enhancements and improved business performance, whilst ensuring regulatory compliance. Please note: This will be an inside IR35 contract.

Main Responsibilities

• Leadership role in the e2e lifecycle delivery of an ERP system in a Financial Institution.
• Decomposition of as‑is data elements used in Financial reporting and working with technical data modellers to construct target data models.
• Preparation for and leading participation in Discovery phase with ERP vendor to turn Business Requirements and TOM principles into implementable functional design.
• Requirements engineering: elicit, analyse, and validate stakeholder requirements, business requirements and solution requirements (functional and non‑functional). Document the requirements in the form of user stories supported with acceptance criteria and ensure both vertical and horizontal traceability.
• Business case creation, feasibility study and solution evaluation: analysing and assessing risks and impacts of solution options, performing cost‑benefit analysis and collaborating with a variety of stakeholders to achieve an investment decision.
• Strategy analysis: exploring and analysing current situations, internal and external strategic drivers, implementation strategies and identifying risks and impacts of a desired implementation approach.
• Process design: ability to document both the AS‑IS and TO‑BE situations for relevant business domains.
• Planning and monitoring deliverables: monitor and manage your own BA and wider project deliverables, escalates and manages risks and issues as they arise.
• Change delivery: identify impacts to the Business, Processes, IT Systems and Organisational structure.
• Business readiness – planning and coordinating communications and training to support the Project implementation.
• Collaborative working: active participant and contributor within the Bank’s BA practice.
• Operates in line with the Bank's Risk Management framework (including sub‑frameworks) and relevant risk and compliance policies and procedures, ensuring appropriate and timely escalation of concerns to the line manager.

Ideal Candidate

• A core BA skill set supplemented with proven experience of financial transformation.
• Excellent finance domain knowledge.
• Effective stakeholder management.
• Able to effectively communicate to varying levels of stakeholders.
• Analytical approach to work; varying ways to problem solve (e.g. data analysis, MI), root‑cause analysis etc.
• Be able to work autonomously and as part of a wider team.
• Practical experience and an understanding of both Agile and Waterfall ways of working.
• Experience in modelling business processes, preferably BPMN or other industry modelling standards.
• Experience using a variety of BA software tools such as JIRA, Confluence, MS Visio etc.
• Experience working within the Financial Services sector is also desirable.

Company Information

Handelsbanken is a relationship bank with a decentralised way of working, a strong local presence thanks to a nationwide network of branches, and a long‑term approach to customer relations. Each Handelsbanken branch operates as a local business enabling it to make decisions at a local level and provide a bespoke service. The focus is always on the need of the individual customer and not on the sale of specific products. We are embarking on an exciting Business Transformation journey. This transformation will significantly enhance our technology systems, processes and services, bringing evolution to our ways of working. Join us in this transformative journey, where your dedication, adaptability and commitment will play a crucial role in shaping the future of banking for our valued customers.

The Bank is deeply committed to embedding good equality and diversity practice into all of our activities. This is so that we are an inclusive, welcoming and inspiring place to work that encourages everyone to apply, regardless of socio‑economic background, age, disability, pregnancy and/or parental status, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), veteran status, marital and civil partnership status, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.

Check our Handelsbanken website for further information. At Handelsbanken, we deeply value our unique culture and values including trust in and respect for each individual. We take pride in nurturing a work environment where people flourish, and where they are empowered to take decisions in their areas of expertise. We take a long term perspective in everything we do and want each employee who joins us to build a long terms successful career with the Bank.

Application next steps

Your journey with us begins once you have submitted your application. One of our Handelsbanken recruiters will be reviewing your details and will later organise a phone conversation if you match the role requirements. If there is a mutual fit, we will extend an invitation for you to participate in an interview.

How can we support you to be your best self? Our Talent Acquisition team will be happy to provide support e.g. if you need additional time to prepare for an interview or you have any requirements for any part of the interview/hiring process – just let us know by email uk_talent@careers.handelsbanken.co.uk.

This advert will be live for a minimum of two weeks. However, please note that after the two weeks, the closing date could change at any time depending on the number of responses received.