Technical Business Analyst – Payments (Outside IR35)

As the Business Analyst – Payments, you will be responsible for:

Requirement Gathering & Analysis

• Meet with product/project managers and business analysts to elicit detailed requirements
• Lead problem definition with stakeholders and propose solutions for less complex issues
• Analyse requirements to determine system needs, translating them into realistic goals and well-defined user stories
• Run discovery workshops with product and engineering teams to refine understanding and capture requirements
• Backlog Management & Agile Delivery
• Create epics, features, and user stories in collaboration with engineering managers, software engineers, and systems analysts
• Groom the engineering backlog and prioritize stories to ensure efficient delivery
• Ensure JIRA artefacts are consistently created and maintained across multiple levels
• Work with QA teams to define the “definition of done” for all requirements and artefacts
• Project & Scope Management
• Manage project scope, ensuring requirements are agreed and signed off at project inception
• Capture and prioritize new requirements as projects evolve
• Refine requirements throughout the project lifecycle and assist in effort estimation
• Documentation
• Improve templates for JIRA artefacts and write user guides or other customer-facing documentation

The successful Business Analyst – Payments, will bring:

• Working knowledge in the Financial Services/Payments sector with an understanding of FCA regulated products
• Relevant experience in requirements gathering and stakeholder relationship building
• Experience working in cross-functional and large-scale projects
• Proficiency with agile methodologies, including creating user stories, features, and epics
• Expertise in JIRA and Confluence for backlog management and documentation
• Familiarity with backend systems, API-driven architectures, and low-latency products
• Knowledge of customer interaction with front ends
• Understanding of payments, fraud, anti-money laundering, or machine learning (preferred)
• The ability to run discovery workshops, capture outcomes, and refine requirements effectively
• Demonstrated process improvement and enhancement to existing operations
• A proactive approach, with the ability to manage workload independently and go beyond initial task scopes

What’s on Offer

• Competitive day rate (Outside IR35)
• Hybrid working model, with central London office attendance
• The opportunity to work on innovative, impactful projects in a collaborative environment