Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst

Location: Dublin (Hybrid)

Contract Type: 12-month Fixed-Term Contract

Job Description:

Our client, a major organisation in the financial services sector, is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to take ownership of key analysis deliverables across a range of high-impact transformation projects. This is a hands-on role suited to someone with deep business analysis expertise and stakeholder leadership experience.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis activities from initiation through to delivery, ensuring clarity of requirements and traceability
• Engage directly with senior stakeholders to understand business needs and challenge assumptions where appropriate
• Facilitate workshops and meetings to elicit, refine and validate business and technical requirements
• Produce high-quality artefacts including process maps, impact assessments, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Proactively manage change impact analysis across business units and functions
• Contribute to solution design discussions and ensure alignment to business objectives
• Mentor junior analysts and contribute to improving analysis standards and templates

Experience Required

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst, with proven delivery across multiple projects
• Ability to work independently, manage senior stakeholder expectations, and deliver high-quality outputs in fast-paced environments
• Expertise in end-to-end process mapping, requirements elicitation and documentation
• Familiarity with regulated environments such as financial services is highly desirable

Desirable Skills

• Experience in Agile delivery and familiarity with JIRA, Confluence or similar tools
• Background in regulatory, compliance, or operational transformation programmes
• Strong influencing and communication skills at senior stakeholder level

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, or a related field preferred