Business Analyst

Job Title: Business Analyst

Start Date: ASAP

Contract Length: 6 Months (extensions likely until October 2026)

Location: Hybrid, Edinburgh 3 days on-site

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

This role sits within a major transformation programme modernising digital customer engagement via a new portal solution and upgrading the sign-up journey. A central role in translating business requirements into actionable solutions, data analysis and reviewing business processes to enable technical delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse and document existing and future-state business processes (BPM L1L5)
• Facilitate requirement workshops and discovery sessions with business users
• Translate business requirements into detailed documentation supporting acceleration of technical design documents
• Perform data analysis, create data dictionaries, and visualise migration findings
• Own and lead cohorting and data analysis approach for data migration project
• Collaborate with developers to validate requirements and ensure solution alignment
• Support RAID, defect management, and UAT execution
• Drive business readiness, ensuring all stakeholders are prepared for cutover
• Track and report on realisation post-implementation

Required Skills:

• 5+ years as a Business Analyst
• Financial services pensions experience
• Data analysis & modelling ability
• Data migration project experience
• Familiarity with BPM methodologies, Agile delivery & SDLC

Desired Skills:

• Experience in portal system delivery or project re-start / transition planning
• Experienced in PEGA, Sapiens (SCM) & BTS Pension Services