Job Description
Business Analyst
Contract - 12 months+ (day rate outside IR35)
London
City of London - hybrid working
About the Role
We’re hiring a highly experienced Business Analyst with deep Finance Process expertise in the Financial Services sector to join the Finance & Group (F&G) value stream. This role sits across finance, investment, actuarial operations and product change — supporting major Retail-driven transformation impacting Group financial systems and processes.
You’ll join a well-established BA function, replacing an existing contractor, with strong onboarding, stable leadership, and close collaboration with Retail, Product, Finance, Investment and Actuarial teams.
Responsibilities
* Lead expert-level analysis across finance, actuarial and investment processes
* Translate Retail transformation into clear Finance & Investment requirements
* Analyse accounting flows, ledger impacts, data pipelines and system integrations
* Support design, build, testing and embedding of new products and system changes
* Produce high-quality requirements and functional designs with full traceability
* Operate in a mainly waterfall delivery environment, aligned to agile Retail sprints
* Run workshops and explain complex financial concepts to senior stakeholders
* Assess risks, dependencies and upstream/downstream impacts across teams
Required Skills
Finance & Accounting Knowledge
* Deep understanding of accounting flows (debits/credits, ledgers)
* Ability to interpret actuarial/finance impacts of product changes
* Comfortable working daily with Accountants and Actuaries
* Part-qualified accountant or finance-system implementation experience desirable
Business Analysis Expertise
* Strong BA experience in accounting systems, actuarial systems, investment ops
* Experience in product launch, product lifecycle and back-end integrations
* Skilled in analysing data flows and complex system behaviour
Delivery Skills
* Strong waterfall delivery experience (essential)
* Understanding of agile/hybrid delivery (beneficial)
* Confident managing dependencies and multi-team delivery alignment
If you’re a hands-on BA with deep finance and accounting system expertise — and want to shape transformation across Finance & Group operations — we’d love to hear from you.
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