About LSEG Risk Intelligence
Simplify your customer and third‑party screening process through state‑of‑the‑art technology combined with reliable data and human expertise. As regulations continue to evolve, reputational risk rises and compliance costs increase, regulated businesses and corporate organisations are seeking to meet regulatory obligations while driving operational efficiency.
The Team
You will be joining our Nottingham‑based Risk Intelligence Engineering team, working with high‑profile product managers and a complementary squad of technologists using agile development practices. Our agile teams consist of scrum masters, business analysts, developers, and quality assurance engineers, and we strongly follow principles of continuous improvement to deliver the right thing at the right time.
Position Overview
We are looking for a skilled Business Analyst with technical experience working with Agile development teams and strong communication skills. The role is part of our cloud‑based product and involves identifying product scope with product teams and clearly articulating requirements for business collaborators and development teams. This is an excellent opportunity to shape the role and advance your career within an organisation that values business analysts in the Agile process.
Skills & Experiences
* Experience in Scrum / Agile methodology, including writing user stories and acceptance criteria utilising Behavioural Driven Development (BDD)
* Business analysis experience within a global organisation.
* Ability to plan, capture, review business requirements and convey them effectively.
* Technical fluency with a good understanding of systems, APIs, data, and architecture.
* Good communication skills, including the ability to influence and negotiate.
* Excellent writing skills – both technical and non‑technical.
* Experience using AI tools for Business Analysis activities with the ability to review and validate generated data.
* Detail oriented and highly organised, with the ability to handle multiple sophisticated tasks.
* Understand the principles of usability and helps ensure the software is fit for purpose.
* Customer focused and dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of the customer.
* Understand requirements management standards and ensure these practices are used.
* Understand the effects of technology used within development, and the impact on the business client.
* Hands‑on knowledge of cloud platforms, ideally AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, etc.).
* Familiarity with API technologies, integration frameworks, and microservices‑based solutions.
* Ability to review and interpret technical architecture diagrams, sequence flows, and engineering documentation.
* Ability to turn technical requirements into understandable backlog items.
* Ability to work closely with developers to understand and capture technical non‑customer facing changes.
* Understanding of the KYC / AML environment would be highly preferred.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
* Translate complex business and technical concepts into clear, concise, audience‑appropriate language to support shared understanding across stakeholders, delivery teams, and leadership.
* Support the Product Owner in refining requirements, promoting the product vision, and fostering a shared sense of purpose and high performance within the Scrum team.
* Act as the liaison between engineering, architecture, and business teams during technical change initiatives, including cloud adoption, on‑prem to AWS migrations, resilience improvements, and performance optimisation work.
* Analyse end‑to‑end system data flows, dependencies, and integration points to identify risks, ensure compatibility, and support technical delivery planning.
* Lead analysis and requirements gathering for infrastructure and platform upgrade projects such as operating system updates, cloud service migrations, version upgrades of core platforms, and integration of new infrastructure components. Ensure technical dependencies, security considerations, and platform‑level impacts are fully understood and documented.
* Facilitate structured problem‑solving by identifying root causes, exploring solution options collaboratively, and guiding the team toward optimal, value‑driven outcomes.
* Facilitate communication between diverse stakeholder groups, navigating differing perspectives to shape decisions, drive alignment, and deliver business value.
* Using the Agile "3Cs" framework (Card, Conversation, Confirmation) to turn high‑level requirements into specific, actionable, and testable technical tasks for a development team’s backlog.
* Coordinate cross‑functional activities using agile frameworks and project management techniques to ensure timely delivery of outcomes aligned to business goals.
* Contribute to alignment across internal stakeholders to ensure solutions meet evolving business needs, align with strategic objectives, and are adopted effectively.
Career Stage
Senior Associate
Benefits
LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days, and wellbeing initiatives.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are proud to be an equal‑opportunities employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We comply with applicable law to accommodate religious practices and beliefs, and mental health or physical disability needs.
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