This role encompasses an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic and diverse Digital and Technology team responsible for the development and support of core technology platforms within the banking sector. The Technical Business Analyst will act as a critical link between business stakeholders, Product Owners and engineering teams, combining deep banking domain knowledge with strong technical analysis skills to ensure functional requirements are translated into scalable, secure and compliant technology solutions. The role will support a significant programme of core banking transformation and technology modernisation, alongside new product launches, regulatory change and integrations across payments, digital channels, data platforms and wider banking systems. This is an opportunity to have genuine influence on the development of future technology platforms, ways of working and user experiences.
Job Duties:
- Elicit, analyse and document business requirements relating to core banking domains.
- Translate regulatory, operational and product requirements into clear functional specifications.
- Act as a subject matter expert on banking processes, product behaviour and lifecycle events.
- Convert business requirements into detailed technical requirements, including API contracts, data models, mappings and integration flows.
- Work closely with solution architects to validate architectural decisions and ensure alignment with target-state core banking architecture.
- Support the design and delivery of integrations between core banking systems, payment engines, digital channels, middleware, data platforms and regulatory reporting systems.
- Collaborate with Product Owners to refine epics, features and user stories, producing clear acceptance criteria that reflect both business and technical requirements.
- Support Agile delivery activities including backlog refinement, sprint planning and demonstrations.
- Support data migration and data quality activities, including legacy-to-target data mapping, validation rules and reconciliation logic.
- Assist with defining cutover and transition requirements during core banking migrations.
- Define functional and integration test scenarios and support SIT, UAT and operational readiness testing.
- Engage effectively with business users, technology teams, engineers and external vendors.
- Challenge vendor solutions constructively to ensure appropriate and fit-for-purpose outcomes.
- Produce clear and accurate documentation covering system behaviour, integrations, data impacts and key business rules.
- Conduct walkthroughs and knowledge transfer sessions and support effective handover into BAU operations.
Job Requirements:
- 10 to 15 years’ experience as a Business Analyst or Technical Business Analyst within financial services.
- Strong hands-on experience working with core banking platforms, such as Temenos, Mambu, Thought Machine, Finacle, TCS BaNCS, Flexcube or an equivalent platform.
- Strong understanding of banking products and accounting principles.
- Experience supporting regulatory change and compliance-driven initiatives.
- Strong understanding of API-driven architectures, microservices, event-based integration, data models and relational databases.
- Ability to read and interpret API specifications such as Swagger/OpenAPI, sequence diagrams and data schemas.
- Experience working within Agile / Scrum environments.
- Experience supporting large-scale transformation programmes or multi-year core banking programmes.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Finance or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience within financial services technology.
- A recognised Business Analysis qualification, such as IIBA CBAP®, CCBA® or a Diploma in Business Analysis.
- Agile certification, such as Certified Scrum Product Owner, would be advantageous.
- Familiarity with cloud-based architectures including AWS, Azure or GCP is highly desirable.
- Proficiency using AI-enabled productivity tools, such as Copilot, to improve efficiency, generate insight and support decision-making.
- Strong documentation, stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Highly analytical and solutions focused, with the ability to challenge assumptions while remaining collaborative.
- Comfortable operating within complex and regulated environments.
- Proactive, resilient and delivery focused, with the ability to balance detail with wider business objectives.
What You’ll Love:
This is an opportunity to play an influential role within a significant technology modernisation and core banking transformation programme. You will work closely with experienced business and technology professionals in a collaborative environment where technical expertise, problem solving and new ideas are valued. The position offers genuine scope to help shape technology platforms, improve user experiences and contribute to solutions that are more resilient, scalable and fit for the future.
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