Business Analyst
Grade: Team Leader/Technical Expert
Managers Name: Cat Nolan
Closing Date: 05/11/26
Salary: Competitive
The salary advertised is a guide based on our current reward architecture, the salary offered would be within the salary range for the role. If you are submitting an application for a lateral move, i.e. a move to a role at the same grade, there is no automatic/guaranteed salary increase.
How You’ll Help Shape Brighter Futures with Wesleyan
This role sits within our Technology & Transformation function, specifically in the Change division, which is responsible for driving business improvements and delivering key change initiatives across the organisation.
This role will provide business analysis services, including requirements elicitation, facilitation, and process mapping.
What we’re looking for:
- Experience as a Business Analyst, delivering outcomes across a full project lifecycle in Agile and/or Waterfall environments, ideally in Financial Services or Regulatory work
- Working closely with leadership and business unit leads on complex projects and initiatives to inform and align to business strategy, this role is more than just performing the analysis, there is scope to really shape strategic outcomes
- You will act as a key bridge between technical teams, and non-technical stakeholders. This will require the ability to collaborate, facilitate understanding, reconvey technical terms and language into easy to interpret communication, building consensus, and driving solutions that support strategy
- Beyond creating documentation, you will be accountable for engagement with business users and key sponsors, aligning cultural shifts, and ensuring growth mindset for seamless adoption to new ways of working
- Adaptability to assess and apply the most appropriate analytical techniques to uncover core business issues and needs
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills; adept at handling diverse requirements and aligning understandings across teams
- Operating with dynamism to gain buy-in from subject matter experts and senior stakeholders
- Demonstrating resilience through effective decision-making under pressure; able to keep projects on track when issues arise
- Leading with integrity, a collaborative team player who can also mentor or coach others
- Professional qualifications (ISEB, BCS, or IIBA) are desirable, but not essential
What you’ll be doing:
- Estimating, planning, and scoping the business analysis workstream
- Gathering and refining requirements; analysing processes; supporting pre-project assessment
- Critically reviewing proposed solutions; flagging risks/assumptions; ensuring alignment with business needs
- Preparing key project documentation: business requirements, process mapping, user stories/use cases, KPI reports, benefits realisation plans, risk and issues logs etc.
- Facilitating workshops, focus groups, and collaborative planning sessions with stakeholders and subject experts
- Supporting implementation to deliver measurable business benefits
- Acting as a technical knowledge custodian, change advocate, and cultural champion
- Building strong relationships with business users, senior operational management, customers, and third parties
Growing at Wesleyan
We’re building a culture where everyone belongs. Diversity isn’t just a policy—it’s part of who we are. Whatever your background, we want you to feel valued and empowered to thrive. With over 35% of our vacancies being filled by internal colleague moves, we are committed to supporting your development within the business.
If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know—we’re here to support you.
Ready to Shape Your Future?
Please discuss you application for this role with line manager before applying for this position, so that we can support your progression and development.
What to Know Before Applying
Please note: We are giving priority interview opportunities to colleagues whose current roles are At Risk of Redundancy. If we receive interest for this role from this group of colleagues who demonstrate the minimum criteria, they will be considered first.
We’re proud supporters of the ABI Making Flexible Work campaign, which means we’re open to discussing flexible working, job shares, and part-time options.