Business Analyst - 12-month FTC

Business Analyst - 12-month FTC

Location: London (Head Office)

Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am-5:30pm

Working Pattern: Hybrid (50/50)

Reports to: Business Analysis Manager

Department: Business Transformation

About the Role

We're looking for an experienced Business Analyst to join our Business Transformation team at Hampshire Trust Bank. You'll play a key role in shaping and delivering change across the bank, working closely with stakeholders to define requirements and ensure solutions are aligned to our strategy, standards and regulatory obligations.

This role is well suited to a proactive analyst who enjoys working across the full change lifecycle - from discovery and design through to testing and implementation - in a regulated financial services environment.

Key Responsibilities

Business Analysis & Change Delivery

• Elicit, analyse and document business, functional and nonfunctional requirements
• Produce clear process flows and supporting documentation using industrystandard techniques
• Consult across the endtoend project lifecycle, from analysis and design through to testing and implementation
• Act as a bridge between business users, solution architects, developers, testers and thirdparty suppliers

Testing & Quality

• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) including preparation, execution and defect triage
• Assess and prioritise defects based on business impact

Collaboration & Best Practice

• Work collaboratively with other Business Analysts to identify crossproject dependencies
• Champion bestpractice analysis approaches and continuous improvement
• Contribute to knowledgesharing across the Business Transformation function

Risk & Regulatory Support

• Support the bank's regulatory, audit and risk management obligations
• Identify and escalate risks appropriately in line with HTB frameworks and policies

Who You'll Work With

You'll collaborate closely with:

• Business sponsors and subject matter experts
• Operational and backoffice teams
• Transformation, Delivery and IT teams
• External suppliers and solution providers

What We're Looking For

Qualifications & Experience

• Proven experience working as a Business Analyst on complex change initiatives
• Strong background in systems implementations, process change and requirements analysis
• Experience within banking, lending or financial services (highly desirable)
• Experience working with thirdparty suppliers
• Familiarity with industrystandard change and delivery methodologies

Skills & Attributes

• Excellent analytical and problemsolving skills
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to explain complex information clearly and concisely
• Highly organised, able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Curious, detailoriented and comfortable working in a fastpaced environment

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Hybrid working (50/50)
• 25 days annual leave (increasing with service) + Holiday Buy Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance (Bupa)
• Mental health & wellbeing support via YuLife & Bupa
• Pension scheme - 8% employer contribution (noncontributory)
• Cycle to Work & Green Car Schemes
• Interestfree season ticket loan
• Study support & professional memberships
• Annual volunteering day & Net Zero commitment
• YuLife Rewards - retail, lifestyle & experience discounts

If you're an experienced Business Analyst who enjoys driving meaningful change and working collaboratively in a specialist banking environment, we'd love to hear from you.