Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst
Division – Change Directorate
Department – Enforcement Market Oversight, Sustainable Finance & International

Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £51,200 to £64,000 and London £56,400 to £70,400 per annum (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
About the FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA.

Our Change Directorate is at the forefront of our ambition to transform the FCA into a data-led regulator, and our work enables the FCA to effectively regulate some of the UK’s most complex financial markets.

The Business Analysis (BA) team, alongside our other Change delivery disciplines, work closely with our business areas to deliver our extensive and diverse portfolio of change. 

Within the Change Directorate, our Departmental Change Teams (DCT) work closely with business areas to deliver business change activities in support of technology, regulation, process and behavioural changes. DCTs are made up of key change disciplines such as business change, project management and business analysis.

What will you be doing?

• Contribute to Community of Practice (CoP) initiatives, including skills development, training needs analysis, and BA away days

• Support project colleagues by sharing BA practices, onboarding contractors, and guiding project managers on BA approaches

• Define the BA approach for assigned projects, ensuring outputs are fit-for-purpose, cost-effective, and timely

• Contribute to high-risk, technical projects that support the organisation’s regulatory obligations

• Use BA best practices to manage requirements, engage stakeholders, and deliver tailored business solutions

• Model current and future states, address data and intelligence needs, and collaborate with partners and stakeholders to maximise project value

What will you get from the role?

• Exciting opportunity to be at the heart of making the FCA a data led regulator of the future

• Working on innovative and technology focused change, using data, intelligence and digital solutions to improve our judgement making and reduce harm within financial services

• Part of a strong and engaging community of practice that has regular engagement, events and is constantly striving to improve the BA profession

• Motivated personal development planning and encouragement to become professionally certified BA, with organisation support and plenty of career development opportunities that are supported

Which skills are required?

We are a Disability Confident Employer; therefore, disabled people or individuals with long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. (To learn more about the Disability Confident Scheme Click Here)

Minimum

• Proven experience of working as a “Senior Business Analyst” or “Consultant”

• Demonstrable evidence of working in project/programme environments involving business & IT change

• Evidence of business analysis experience within any of the following types of organisations/sectors: financial services, government/regulatory body, technology, consultancy (ideally IT consultancy)

Essential

• Strong expertise in business analysis tools, techniques, and best practices, with adaptability to suit various scenarios

• Skilled in process mapping to evaluate current workflows, identify improvement opportunities, and design future state To-Be maps

• Communicates clearly and unambiguously while employing innovative problem-solving to constructively challenge the status quo

• Comprehensive understanding of how Process, IT, and People integrate to meet customer needs

• Quickly develops domain knowledge to effectively engage stakeholders and address problem statements

• Delivers high-quality outputs at speed, adapting to both structured and challenging project environments, ensuring solutions meet business requirements

• Proficient in Waterfall and Agile project lifecycles, building effective relationships with SMEs, business sponsors, stakeholders, and supplier teams

Our Values & Diversity

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and our ambition is to cultivate a culture for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.

Did you know? 50% of our Executive Committee were the first in their family to attend university.

The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisation. Given this, we particularly welcome applications women, minority ethnic, disabled, and neurodivergent candidates for our senior associate role.

Benefits of working at the FCA

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays

• Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)

• Private healthcare with Bupa 

• A non-contributory Pension of at least 8%

• Life assurance

• Income protection

We also have a competitive flexible benefits scheme which gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle.

We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements.  Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares.  We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we can explore what might work best for both sides.

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Application Support

We are dedicated to removing barriers and ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition requiring changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter using the details below and they will be happy to discuss this further with you.

Useful Information and Timeline

• This role is graded as: Senior Associate – Regulatory

• SC Clearance is required for this role -  SC Guidance  The successful candidate will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting.

• Advert Closing Date: 29th January 2025

• First Round Screening Call: From 12th February  

• Competency Based Interview: W/C 17th February

Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time. 

Got a question?

If you are interested in learning more about the role, please contact: 

• For internal applicants, please contact Sara Holland at [email protected]  

• For external applicants, please contact Ifrah Azam at [email protected]

Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted