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Business Analyst & Senior Business Analyst

Salary: Up to £55,000

Edinburgh/Hybrid

We’re looking for both Agile Business Analysts and Senior Business Analysts to join a forward-thinking team working alongside cross-functional software engineers. You’ll play a key role in ensuring that our client’s products are developed in line with the strategic roadmap — meeting customer needs while supporting delivery teams to achieve excellence.

Main Duties;

• Collaborate with delivery teams and stakeholders to define, document, and refine features and user stories.
• Analyse customer problems and project scope to deliver high-value, high-quality solutions while preventing unnecessary scope creep.
• Contribute to product strategy development and support related commercial business cases.
• Work closely across the business following Lean and Agile principles to ensure effective delivery.
• Assess client requests, user insights, market trends, and competitor offerings to identify product enhancements.
• Evaluate regulatory or compliance changes and determine how they should be incorporated into products.

About You:

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to understand business processes and system integrations to inform detailed user stories.
• Experience owning or contributing to product roadmaps, prioritising features based on business value.
• Background in Agile software delivery or a strong interest in developing your expertise in this area.
• Experience working with SaaS (Software as a Service) and cloud-based products.
• Excellent multitasking abilities, balancing customer needs, product strategy, and technical considerations.
• A proactive, hands-on approach with a passion for contributing to team success.
• A combination of business insight and technical understanding , with the vision and drive to turn ideas into reality.

Bright Purple is an equal opportunities employer: we are proud to work with clients who share our values of diversity and inclusion in our industry.

Senior Business Analyst

Edinburgh or Glasgow - hybrid

Up to 55,000 + excellent benefits

Head Resourcing are pleased to be working with our financial services client as they look to recruit a talented Senior Business Analyst. Our client provides a range of outsourced investment services to private banks, advisory businesses, and wealth managers and have offices in both Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Our client is looking for a Senior Business Analyst to lead discovery and requirements gathering for strategic change initiatives, including software, regulatory, and transformation projects. Working closely with Product Owners, Squad Leads, and stakeholders across IT, Operations, and Architecture, you'll drive projects from concept to delivery.

You'll also mentor junior analysts, refine JIRA stories and backlogs, and promote continuous improvement through data-driven insights. Strong Agile expertise, financial services experience, and technical acumen are key to success in this role.

Key Skills:

• Proven experience in a Business Analyst position and at least two years in a Senior or Lead role
• Proficiency in Business Analysis tools such as Jira, Confluence, Visio, or MIRO
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure, including on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-based systems
• Comfortable working with development teams
• Experience within financial services is highly desirable but not essential

Qualifications:

• Ideally you will hold a Business Analysis Certification
• Agile certifications are highly desirable

If this is of interest, please apply now for a confidential chat to find out more.

Senior Business Analyst

Edinburgh or Glasgow - hybrid

Up to 55,000 + excellent benefits

Head Resourcing are pleased to be working with our financial services client as they look to recruit a talented Senior Business Analyst. Our client provides a range of outsourced investment services to private banks, advisory businesses, and wealth managers and have offices in both Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Our client is looking for a Senior Business Analyst to lead discovery and requirements gathering for strategic change initiatives, including software, regulatory, and transformation projects. Working closely with Product Owners, Squad Leads, and stakeholders across IT, Operations, and Architecture, you'll drive projects from concept to delivery.

You'll also mentor junior analysts, refine JIRA stories and backlogs, and promote continuous improvement through data-driven insights. Strong Agile expertise, financial services experience, and technical acumen are key to success in this role.

Key Skills:

• Proven experience in a Business Analyst position and at least two years in a Senior or Lead role
• Proficiency in Business Analysis tools such as Jira, Confluence, Visio, or MIRO
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure, including on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-based systems
• Comfortable working with development teams
• Experience within financial services is highly desirable but not essential

Qualifications:

• Ideally you will hold a Business Analysis Certification
• Agile certifications are highly desirable

If this is of interest, please apply now for a confidential chat to find out more.

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent.

Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.

• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.

• Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.
   

About the Department

The Corporate Tribe is a dynamic, cross-functional organisational unit focused on driving innovation, collaboration, and value delivery across key business areas. It operates through autonomous squads working together towards shared strategic goals, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence. Led by experienced Tribe Leads, the tribe emphasises agility, inclusivity, and strong partnerships across teams to ensure alignment with company strategy and swift delivery of change initiatives. This environment encourages shared ownership, knowledge exchange, and creativity, enabling the tribe to adapt quickly to evolving business needs and deliver impactful solutions efficiently.

About the Role

The Change Business Analyst plays a critical role in driving and supporting change initiatives within the Corporate Tribe by bridging the gap between business needs and technical solutions.

This role involves managing small to medium projects using agile and hybrid methodologies, ensuring effective planning, prioritization, and risk management to meet strategic objectives. The role requires close collaboration with stakeholders, product owners, and delivery teams to define scope, create business cases, and maintain project deliverables.

The Change Business Analyst also leads the gathering and validation of business requirements, supports change management activities such as test planning and operational readiness, and drives continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance processes and systems.

Strong communication, leadership, and analytical skills are essential to foster an inclusive team environment and deliver successful change outcomes aligned with organisational goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading and managing change initiatives across business areas and projects.

• Coordinating and engaging stakeholders to define scope and priorities.

• Planning and prioritising delivery with clear dependency mapping.

• Aligning and readying the business for successful change adoption.

• Managing risks, issues, and quality across all projects.

• Supporting agile methodologies and adapting frameworks to project needs.

• Elicit and document business requirements and process improvements, as defined by the business and/or project.

• Lead and facilitate meetings and workshops, producing clear documentation, including Business Requirement Documents, user stories, and acceptance criteria.

• Create Functional and Non-Functional Specifications, Business Process Flows and Data Flows.

• Analyse complex and large-scale business and technical projects, including comprehensive reviews of end- to-end data and operating models.

• Support business users through UAT testing and obtain sign-off from key stakeholders.

About the Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Practical knowledge of agile methodologies and tools.

• Extensive experience in facilitating meetings and workshops, and in preparing documentation such as Business Requirement Documents, Functional Specification Documents, Business Process Flows, and Data Flow Diagrams.

• Expertise in eliciting, analysing, validating requirements, and building partnerships with business and technology teams.

• Demonstrate strong application and solution knowledge.

• Demonstrated expertise in business analysis and managing change initiatives within complex organisations.

• Proven ability to gather and validate detailed business requirements and lead process improvements.

• Experience coordinating stakeholders, managing risks, and delivering projects using agile and hybrid methodologies.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to engage leadership, teams, and third-party suppliers effectively.

• Commitment to continuous professional development, coaching, and fostering an inclusive team environment.
   

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here .

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you.

At Aberdeen we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.

An inclusive culture , where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 10 countries, and more than 170 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.
We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

Your team

As a member of our Edinburgh-based team, you will collaborate with Software Engineers and Business Analysts from all around the world building high-quality solutions to support our existing and new clients.

What you will do

We are seeking a skilled and analytical Business Analyst to join our payments team. As a Business Analyst specialising in payments, you will play an important role in helping our organisation to optimise payment processes, analyse and address customer issues and gather new requirements, and ensure compliance with industry regulations. You will work closely with cross-functional teams and to develop solutions to meet market demands.

Following Agile methodologies, you will also work closely with the Product Owner and Software Engineers to design, develop, test, and maintain functionality within the team’s responsibility.

Your day-to-day job will include:

• Evaluating and analysing payment processes to identify areas for improvement and efficiency.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translating them into payment solutions, documenting them in our internal tools (JIRA, Confluence, Service Request platform).
• Designing and building functionalities to implement business solutions in Avaloq.
• Remaining updated on payment industry regulations and standards.
• Troubleshooting customer issues and internal requests, managing client interaction during testing phase, taking care of bug fixing and potential change requests, providing help resolving issues and answering questions.
• Collaborating with developers during implementation and testing of new and existing functionality and bugfixes.
• Working with colleagues from different locations and cultures.
• Participating in Agile practices and ceremonies and working according to the Agile principles.

• Strong track record of working in business analysis, ideally in payment industry and Agile environments.
• Good knowledge of payment transaction products (transfers, direct debits, card processing, etc.) with a familiarity with payment industry regulations (e.g., ISO20022, CBPR+, SEPA, PSD2…).
• Excellent logical, analytical, and problem-solving skills with an eagerness to learn and understand the business needs with a detail-oriented approach to impact analysis, troubleshooting and/or co-ordination with other teams.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a distributed team environment, willing to contribute and help other team members to successfully achieve team goals.
• Experience with applications such as JIRA or Confluence is a plus.

It would be a real bonus if you have:

• University Degree in Economics, Business, Finance or a related field with experience and interest in software development or an education in Computer Science/Engineering/Mathematics with an affinity and interest for banking/economics or equivalent education/experience

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices. 
In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self. 
We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way. 
Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.  

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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+

*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.

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.

*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.

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.