Regulatory solutions Business Analyst

About the job

Location: London (Hybrid)

Engagement Type: Permanent

Company: Albany Beck

Client Industry: Financial Services / Regulatory Change

Role: Senior Business Analyst (Regulatory Programmes)

About Albany Beck

Albany Beck is a consultancy dedicated to delivering tailored talent and operational solutions to our clients across Financial Services and beyond. We partner with top-tier financial institutions to deliver expert consulting and transformation services. Our collaborative approach places experienced professionals in high-impact roles, helping our clients to navigate complex challenges and realise strategic outcomes.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to support the delivery of a portfolio of strategic and regulatory initiatives for a leading financial services client.

This role will focus on driving high-quality requirements definition, stakeholder alignment and supporting execution across multiple concurrent programmes. You will play a critical role in ensuring regulatory compliance while enabling successful delivery across complex change initiatives.

The position offers the opportunity to work across key European regulatory frameworks and contribute to large-scale transformation programmes.

Key Responsibilities:

Requirements & Analysis

• Lead the end-to-end requirements lifecycle, from elicitation through to validation
• Produce high-quality documentation including BRDs, user stories, process flows and data models
• Conduct gap analysis (as-is vs. target state)
• Ensure requirements align with regulatory obligations and business objectives

Stakeholder Management

• Interface with business, product and technology teams across multiple workstreams
• Facilitate workshops and drive stakeholder engagement and sign-off
• Identify, escalate and manage risks, issues and dependencies

Delivery Support

• Support multiple programmes in parallel within a fast-paced environment
• Ensure requirements are delivery-ready, clearly defined and traceable
• Collaborate with development and QA teams
• Support UAT, defect management and resolution

Governance & Control

• Maintain full traceability of requirements for audit readiness
• Contribute to RAID logs, decision tracking and programme governance frameworks
• Ensure adherence to best practice and regulatory standards

Key Experience

• Proven experience as a Senior Business Analyst within financial services
• Strong regulatory change experience, including:
• MiFID
• Solvency II (TPT/QRT)
• Dutch regulatory frameworks (FTK, MER, MESRAP, CCI)
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
• Strong requirements gathering, data analysis and documentation skills
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication capabilities

Desirable Experience

• Experience within asset servicing, custody or fund administration environments
• Exposure to data mapping and SQL
• Experience working with global teams and third-party vendors