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Business Analyst with proven experience working on change projects required on a permanent basis by a leading Financial Services client based in Leeds. This is a hybrid role with 2 days / week on site.

The salary on offer is up to £50,000 + 7.5% on-target bonus + excellent benefits package.

This is a key role, responsible for translating business needs into clear, actionable requirements for both business & technology teams. Acting as a bridge between business objectives and client/ technology solutions, you will work on a range of complex change initiatives, ensuring successful delivery of functional and technical outcomes. You’ll engage closely with stakeholders to understand their needs, performing detailed business and systems analysis throughout the project lifecycle.

To be considered for this opportunity, applicants must demonstrate:

• Strong experience in business and systems analysis, with a focus on translating business requirements into functional and technical specifications
• Solid experience with data analysis tools such as SQL, Excel, and Tableau
• Proven background in business process analysis and reengineering (e.g. Lean Six Sigma)
• Good understanding of structured analysis and project management methodologies
• Strong exposure to change management within complex environments
• Ability to interpret and analyse complex datasets to derive actionable insights
• Excellent interpersonal, stakeholder management, and communication skills
• Financial Services experience

This is an excellent opportunity to join a fast-paced, growing organisation with bold ambitions. The successful candidate will have real autonomy and the opportunity to contribute to business-critical change initiatives, adding tangible value across teams.

You’ll act as a liaison between project teams, business stakeholders, and technology functions, ensuring clarity and alignment around project goals. You’ll be responsible for producing comprehensive documentation of business and technical requirements, supporting design and testing phases, and collaborating with third-party providers and development teams to ensure full understanding and successful implementation of solutions. You will also communicate insights, progress and recommendations clearly to senior stakeholders, playing a crucial role in ensuring delivery success.

How you'll help us live our purpose

14 Month Fixed Term Contract - immediate start available

We've been helping our members save for their future and buy their own home since 1875. Join us and you'll play a big role in helping us to put home ownership within reach of more people, generation after generation.

It's a purpose that drives everything we do and one we're proud of. And you can play you.

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• Assist in gathering and documenting business requirements from stakeholders.
• Analyze business processes and identify areas for improvement.
• Develop process maps, use cases, and user stories.
• Support the development of functional specifications for IT solutions.
• Conduct data analysis to identify trends and insights.
• Facilitate meetings and workshops with business and technical teams.
• Assist in testing and validating implemented solutions.
• Contribute to project planning and execution.
• Prepare reports and presentations on findings and recommendations.

• A recent degree (2:1 or above) in Business, Management, IT, Economics, or a related field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to understand complex business problems and propose solutions.
• A proactive and self-motivated approach to learning.
• Experience with data analysis tools or methodologies is a plus.
• An interest in technology and business process improvement.
• Must be comfortable working in a hybrid model, splitting time between remote work and in-office presence.

• Leading business analysis activities for large-scale projects.
• Mentoring and guiding junior business analysts.
• Facilitating workshops and stakeholder meetings to gather requirements.
• Developing detailed business requirements, functional specifications, and process models.
• Conducting gap analysis and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Translating business needs into technical requirements for development teams.
• Assisting with user acceptance testing (UAT) planning and execution.
• Collaborating with project managers, developers, and quality assurance teams.
• Managing stakeholder expectations and ensuring clear communication throughout the project lifecycle.
• Contributing to the development of business analysis best practices and methodologies.
• Presenting findings and recommendations to senior management.

The organisation
Hays is working with The Guinness Partnership, who are one of the largest affordable housing providers in the country. They own and manage nearly 70,000 homes and provide housing services for nearly 160,000 residents. They employ over 2500 people across the UK and are an accredited Gold 'Investors in People'.


About the role
The Lead Business Analyst will lead the design and delive.

WHJS1_UKTJ

Business Analyst

6 Month FTC

Leeds City Centre + Hybrid

Up to 58,000

Your new role

We are currently looking to recruit a Business Analyst on a six-month fixed term contract basis who will be taking on a variety of work within our Assisted Channels delivery streams.

The work is highly varied and will involve shaping on projects such as how we can apply new tech at the org.

Responsibilities

Working with a cross functional team including Product Owner, Delivery Manager, Developers and Testers, you will perform business analysis to ensure the requirement and impact of change is fully understood and broken into increments for delivery. You will define and plan the analysis approach, assist in defining requirements scope, definition of elicitation approach with BDD, consider the acceptance criteria, model selection and requirements definition output.

Experience needed

You are an experienced Business Analyst with a strong background of the end-to-end business analysis lifecycle (e.g. from requirements gathering, acceptance criteria to business readiness and delivery).

Great people skills, independently driven and an agile mindset are essential to excel in the role. A practical understanding of agile methodology and frameworks is advantageous, but an agile mindset is more important.

Experience of BDD ways of working.

Experience of working in financial services desirable.

Excellent interpersonal skills with proven credibility.

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*Please note this is a training course and fees apply*

What is the Business Analysis Placement Programme?

Our Business Analysis Placement Programme is designed for anyone looking to start a career as a Business Analyst (BA) using education and recruitment support to help you achieve an entry level role or position.

This programme does involve a financial contribution from you to fund your qualification, cv review and recruitment support but the long-term rewards will be extremely lucrative with the average Business Analysts salary in the UK being around 52k pa.

What does a Business Analyst do?

A Business Analyst is a problem solver who investigates an issue or area of weakness within an organisation or business, analyses solutions and helps facilitate the change that is needed. They do this through following a set of guidelines and principles set out within the BCS Business Analysis Diploma certification.

To succeed as a business analyst, you should be somebody who enjoys problem solving and analysing, has good administration skills and communicates well in both written and verbal communication.

You should be somebody who can work well alone but when needed be able to integrate well into a team.

The role will generally include:-

• Analysing elements within the business or the whole business
• Making evaluations of all available data
• Identifying problems and looking at potential improvements
• Making a feasibility study in proposed improvements
• Present your acquired information within a business case to the company or organisation.
• Implement any agreed or necessary changes, to increase the efficiency of the organisation or business.

Industry demand for Business Analysts

Demand for Business Analysts continues to soar as organisations need to evolve and stay competitive in an everchanging world.

Business Analysts ensures a business remains relevant and future proofs against changes both foreseen and sudden.

All businesses need to make data driven decisions and the demand for analysts has become a key role for any size of business and has become a very lucrative, in demand position with Senior Business Analyst's commanding salaries in excess of 100k pa.

How we help you get you first role

We specialise in working with candidates who wish to start or transition into a Business Analyst career.

How do we do this?

1. Firstly, we place you on a training program which provides a pathway to the most relevant industry recognised certification being the BCS Business Analysis Diploma. The diploma comprises of 4 certification courses and a final oral examination signing you off as Business Analyst through the BCS. Study time to complete all of the certifications is recommended at around 90 hours to achieve exam pass level.

2. Once you have successfully passed the 4 required certification exams and the oral exam which make up the diploma, you will be handed over to our recruitment support team. They will then work with you to help rewrite your cv to a professional standard to highlight the skills required by Business Analyst recruiters. In addition, they will also assist in creating a professional LinkedIn profile, interview support, career advice and tailored support such as taking you through mock interviews.

3. Our recruitment advice consultants will work with you to identify the best opportunities available which are suited to you. Their tailored support ensures you only apply for roles where there is a realistic chance of success and help you to prepare for interviews and perform at your best. Typically, starter roles will be junior business analyst, junior analyst or a support/admin role utilising your analytical skills.

Business Analysts work closely with Project Managers and Change Managers and opportunities in these areas also exist which broadens the net in these sister sectors. Further study into Project Management certifications can expand the breadth of roles you find available.

Finances

To accommodate candidates, the training element of this package is available on finance terms to easily spread the cost of investing in your career. This enables you to get qualified without having to fund all the training costs upfront. In addition, we are so confident in our success with placing qualified candidates that we will refund the cost of the courses to anyone we are unable to place within 12 months of passing their required exams subject to our terms.

What next?

To get your journey started and check whether you meet the criteria to join the programme, enquire now and one of our experienced Course and Career Consultants will contact you within 4 working hours assist you.

Typical Salaries

• Administrator/Support: 28,000
• Junior Business Analyst: 32,000
• Change Analyst: 37,000
• Systems Analyst: 42,000
• Business Analyst: 52,000
• Senior Business Analyst: 60,000+