Senior Business Analyst
Job Description
Job title: Senior Business Analyst
Company: OneSavings Bank
Job description: Are you ready to shape the future of our organization’s IT landscape? Join us on an exciting journey as we navigate through a post-merger environment, building a legacy and embracing transformative change. This is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract opportunity where you’ll be part of a dynamic team driving significant investments in our core products, streamlining business processes, meeting regulatory requirements, and modernizing our technical infrastructure.
As a member of our Business Analysis team, you’ll play a pivotal role in various initiatives within the OSB Change Portfolio. You’ll collaborate closely with Project Managers, Business Sponsors, Subject Matter Experts, Architects, Developers, Testers, and Business Change professionals. At OSB, we foster a supportive environment where diversity is celebrated, and individuals from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
About Us
The OSB Group is a FTSE 250 specialist mortgage lender, primarily focused on carefully selected segments of the mortgage market.
Our specialist lending is supported by our Kent Reliance and Charter Savings Bank retail savings franchises. Diversification of funding is provided by sophisticated securitisation platforms. OSB’s unique cost-efficient operating model is supported by our wholly-owned subsidiary OSBIndia.
Alongside passion for our products and customers, we’re passionate about our people and want to continue building a collaborative and engaging environment. Being dedicated to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, we encourage differences and recognise that individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences can bring valuable insights and enhance the way we work. This is supported by our Diversity, Community and Environment Employee Engagement Networks and our commitment to the Women in Finance Charter and Women in Leadership Programme.
What you will be doing
As a Senior Business Analyst within our team, your primary responsibilities revolve around thorough analysis and problem-solving, evaluating potential solutions to support informed decision-making by the business, and effectively managing stakeholders to ensure alignment and clear communication throughout projects. You’ll play a critical role in eliciting, analysing, and specifying business requirements using appropriate techniques and tools, while also ensuring traceability of requirements and supporting changes through to the realization of benefits.
Your responsibilities will include…
- Conducting comprehensive analysis to identify and quantify challenges and opportunities.
- Facilitating business decision-making by evaluating solution options.
- Managing stakeholders effectively, ensuring clear communication and alignment.
- Eliciting, analysing, and specifying business requirements, utilizing various techniques and tools.
- Ensuring requirements traceability and supporting changes through to realization of benefits.
In return for your commitment
We offer a base salary dependent on experience of between £55,000 to £65,000 and a competitive benefits package including:
- Discretionary annual bonus opportunity of up to 15%
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Contributory pension (8% employer 5% employee)
- Life Assurance (4x salary) plus Group Income Protection
- Access to Private Medical Insurance and Medical Cash Plan
- Maternity & Adoption Leave – Occupational Maternity/Adoption Pay provided at 100% of salary for the first 26 weeks.
- Paternity Leave – 8 weeks of paid leave to be taken within 12 months of birth or adoption.
- Additional benefits such as Hybrid working, Cycle Purchase scheme, Technology Purchase scheme, Season Ticket Loan, Holiday purchase / sell schemes, Employee Perk Portals, Payroll giving and Save as you Earn scheme.
Could you be the one?
We are looking for talented individuals who have the experience and knowledge set out below:
- Previous experience as a Business Analyst in the Financial Services industry preferred.
- Proficiency in customer journey mapping, process modeling, data modeling, stakeholder management, and traceability matrix.
- BA Professional Certification (e.g., CBAP, BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis) preferred.
- Strong toolkit of BA techniques for requirement elicitation, analysis, and management.
- Experience in full project lifecycle management.
We also believe that your career and how you progress is as unique as your individual personality. We continually support our people so they can become the best version of themselves.
What to do next
If this sounds like you, please apply now! For internal applications please visit the internal careers page to apply.
Alternatively, if you wish to have an informal and confidential chat please get in touch. Contact details can be found on our careers page.
If shortlisted from your initial application we operate a personalised recruitment process. Interviews are a two way street, we aim for them to be relevant and conversational to get the best out of you!
OSB Group are dedicated to diversity in the workplace and committed to treating all our employees and job applicants equally. We embrace equal opportunities and are opposed to discrimination on any grounds.
As part of our public commitment to the Women in Finance Charter, we have introduced our own initiatives to attract, develop and advance senior women in our sector. We don’t stop there though, we have broadened our approach to encourage diversity and inclusion at all levels and in all roles. Our leadership and Executive Committee are right behind us, to the extent that our Diversity Champions sit at Board level and on a monthly basis receive updates on our progress.
Whilst we are an organisation that values face-to-face interaction to build and nourish our culture, we also acknowledge that people are not just productive in an office and tied to the 9 to 5. Flexible-working opportunities are important for establishing a healthy work-life balance so if you see a role of interest we are happy to be asked about flexibility and explore together if we can make it work.
All applicants must have rights to work in the UK and be willing to undertake the relevant pre-employment screening checks should your application be successful.
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Expected salary: £55000 – 65000 per year
Location: Wolverhampton
