Business Analyst (Maternity Cover) - Nottingham
Contract type: 12 month FTC (Maternity Cover)
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours
Location: Head Office, Nottingham (Hybrid working, minimum 2 days per week)
Salary: Up to £65,000 depending on experience
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As a Business Analyst, you will play a central role in shaping products and driving meaningful change that improves experiences for our customers and colleagues. You will be the person who translates real business and customer needs into clear and valuable product features that create a genuine impact.
You will work closely with a supportive Product Owner and collaborate with an experienced Principal Analyst, giving you the opportunity to grow, influence product direction, and contribute to a strong product vision. You will take ownership of defining and managing product requirements and ensuring that every piece of work connects back to our strategic goals and delivers real value.
You will partner with delivery managers and cross functional teams including engineers, designers and stakeholders to prioritise what matters most and ensure product and change initiatives are delivered smoothly and effectively.
Beyond your day to day work, you will help shape our wider business architecture, strengthen our product practices, and support the development of value driven and sustainable ways of working across the organisation. This is a role where your insight, curiosity and analytical strengths will have a lasting impact.
Here’s a taste of what you will be doing as a Business Analyst at Nottingham Building Society:
* Requirements Translation: Convert business and customer needs into clear, prioritised product requirements and features.
* Needs Analysis: Elicit, analyse, and structure stakeholder and user needs into epics, features, and user stories.
* Product Strategy Support: Assist the Head of Product in shaping product vision, roadmaps, and backlogs aligned to strategic outcomes.
* Change Initiative Shaping: Support product definition for value-stream, platform, and enterprise-wide change initiatives.
* Traceability & Value Tracking: Maintain full end-to-end traceability from business need to delivered value and benefits realisation.
* Product Artefact Management: Define and maintain key artefacts including value streams, service blueprints, process models, and product roadmaps.
* Cross-Functional Delivery Support: Collaborate with delivery managers, engineers, designers, and stakeholders on prioritisation and sequencing.
* Insight & Evaluation: Provide data-driven insights, impact analysis, and continuous product performance evaluation to drive improvements.
About you:
* Product and Business Expertise: Strong understanding of product management, business analysis and core business architecture concepts.
* Analytical Capability: Skilled in eliciting and analysing needs, shaping clear requirements and applying structured problem solving.
* Value Based Prioritisation: Able to assess customer value, business impact and risk to prioritise effectively.
* Collaborative Working: Experienced partnering with Product Owners, delivery managers and cross functional teams to shape and deliver products.
* Effective Communication: Clear written and verbal communication with confidence in influencing stakeholders and facilitating key sessions.
* Delivery Experience: Background in product or change environments, with hands on involvement across the lifecycle and production of essential artefacts.
* Productive Behaviours: Customer focused, structured, curious, adaptable and accountable, with a commitment to continuous improvement.
* Qualifications and Learning: Relevant qualifications or experience supported by training in product, business analysis or agile, with additional certifications desirable.
Reward & Benefits -
* Competitive Package: Fair salary benchmarked against market data, annual discretionary bonus, and 29 days holiday plus bank holidays.
* Health & Wellbeing: Access to Medicash healthcare, mental health first aiders, and a suite of wellbeing resources to support you inside and outside of work.
* Work-Life Balance: 35-hour working week for full-time roles, with flexibility to help you perform at your best.
* Career Growth: Ongoing personal and professional development, we’ll support your ambitions and help you grow your potential.
* Inclusive Culture: Be part of a friendly, values-led team that genuinely cares about doing the right thing for colleagues and customers.
* Giving Back: Use two paid volunteering days each year to support causes close to your heart, through our Samuel Fox Foundation.
* Sustainability Focus: Join a business committed to reducing its carbon footprint and making a positive impact on the environment.
* Free access to Octopus Money: Financial coaching & tools that help you plan, manage, and make the most of your money.
Embracing Diversity Together: -
We proudly embrace and celebrate diversity as a fundamental cornerstone of our values. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace is not just essential for our success but is also a reflection of the vibrant communities we serve. Our commitment to diversity extends beyond our internal culture to the way we approach advertising and engage with our customers.
Our commitment means actively working to eliminate barriers and biases that may hinder equal opportunities within our organisation. We strive to ensure that all individuals, regardless of background, have an equal chance to thrive and advance in their careers.
We acknowledge that diversity is not just a goal to be achieved but a continuous journey toward creating an environment that embraces differences and promotes equal opportunities for all. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that encourages collaboration, creativity, and a sense of belonging for every member of our community.
About Us
We are a mutual, which means we don’t have shareholders. Instead, we’re owned by our members and use our money to do good, investing in our community, responsible causes, and – well, you. So, we’re always striving to do the right thing for our team, communities and members.Although our history spans over 170 years, our purpose of helping our members save, plan for and protect their financial futures is enduring. At The Nottingham Building Society, we are dedicated to overcoming obstacles and turning challenges into opportunities. At the heart of our mission is our unwavering commitment to breaking down barriers and building better futures by helping our customers achieve the significant milestone of owning their own home.