Senior Business Change Delivery Analyst in MBPR Change Planning & Portfolio Analysis na Bank of England
Bank of England · Leeds, Reino Unido · Hybrid
- Senior
- Escritório em Leeds
Job description
This is a senior-level role for a confident, business-facing BA who wants to shape strategic change at the heart of UK financial stability. You’ll work across front-to-back office teams, contribute to product strategy, and be part of a supportive, flexible environment with strong career development.
As a Senior Business Analyst in the Bank’s Strategic Change and Operations (SCO) division, you’ll help shape and deliver transformation and innovation that improves the division’s resilience, reduces risk, and supports operational excellence. You’ll work as part of the Bank’s Openlink product team, supporting users and stakeholders to turn ideas into outcomes.
What You’ll Do
- Lead change from concept to delivery – shaping requirements, driving progress, and supporting adoption.
- Build trusted relationships across Markets, Banking and Resolution (MBR) and work with users and stakeholders to understand needs, challenge assumptions, and define clear, outcome-focused requirements.
- Document business processes and work with stakeholders to improve those processes
- Generate simple prototypes to gather feedback from users and stakeholders, to explore options and to ensure solutions will meet user needs and business goals
- Collaborate with developers, testers and technical BAs to refine requirements into user stories with acceptance criteria which are ‘ready’ for development
- Support UAT and testing, helping ensure quality and alignment with business goals.
- Use your experience to mentor junior BAs and contribute to the Bank’s thriving BA community.
- Contribute to shaping the product strategy and success of the team through sharing your insights, skills and experiences.
Why This Role?
- Be part of a thriving BA community at the Bank, with opportunities to learn, grow and progress.
- Influence strategic change at the heart of UK financial stability
- Work in a flexible, supportive environment that values collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Gain exposure across front-to-back office and contribute to shaping the future of the Bank’s systems and services.
Role requirements
Minimum criteria
We’re looking for someone who has the following key skills and experience:
- A substantial background as a Business Analyst in agile change environments
- A solid understanding of regulated financial services, treasury, trading, or capital markets. (Experience in this area is desirable)
- Demonstrable experience in writing and refining user stories and acceptance criteria for agile delivery teams.
- Evidence of working with cross-functional teams, including developers, testers, and business stakeholders.
- Ability to provide examples of business analysis deliverables, such as process maps, requirements documents, or stakeholder impact assessments.
Essential Criteria
We are interested in hearing from candidates who have the following capabilities:
- Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex business problems into clear, actionable requirements.
- Experience supporting or facilitating workshops, interviews, or other structured methods of requirements elicitation.
- Collaborative mindset, working effectively with technical teams, solution designers and subject matter experts to ensure business needs are met.
- Comfort with learning new tools and technologies, such as:
- Business process modelling (e.g. BPMN 2.0)
- Data querying and analysis (e.g. SQL)
- Agile tooling (e.g. Jira)
- AI/LLM tools
- Test automation platforms (e.g. Eggplant)
- Openlink modules (e.g. Report Builder, TPM)
Desirable Criteria
It would also be beneficial, but not necessary, to have some of the following:
- Experience with Openlink, Findur, Endur, or similar trading/treasury systems.
- Knowledge of trading environments (front, middle, back office).
- Understanding of trade lifecycle and financial instruments.
- Awareness of test automation strategies and tooling.
- Familiarity with data modelling or interface specifications.
Our Approach to Inclusion
The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve.
At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we're working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. We believe that it’s by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we’ll continue to make the best decisions for the public.
We welcome applications from individuals who work flexibly, including job shares and part time working patterns. We've also partnered with external organisations to support us in making adjustments for candidates and employees in the recruitment process where they're needed.
For most roles where work can be carried out at home, we aim for colleagues to spend half of their time in the office, with a minimum of 40% per month. Subject to that minimum requirement, individuals and managers should work together to find what works best for them, their team and stakeholders.
Finally, we're proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme. If you wish to apply under this scheme, you should check the box in the ‘Candidate Personal Information’ under the ‘Disability Confident Scheme’ section of the application.
Salary and Benefits Information
We encourage flexible working, part time working and job share arrangements. Part time salary and benefits will be on a pro-rated basis as appropriate.
We offer a salary as follows;
Location: Leeds circa £48,640 - £54,720
In addition, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package as detailed below:
- Currently a non-contributory, career average pension giving you a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/80th of your annual salary for every year worked. There is the option to increase your pension (to 1/65th) or decrease (to 1/105th) in exchange for salary through our flexible benefits programme each year. The Bank has the discretion to vary standard accrual rates and dial up and dial down rates at any time and to withdraw dial up and dial down options at any time.
- A discretionary performance award based on a current award pool.
- An 8% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits.
- 26 days’ annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional days through flexible benefits.
- Private medical insurance and income protection.
National Security Vetting Process
Employment in this role will be subject to the National Security Vetting clearance process (and typically can take between 6 to 12 weeks post offer) and the passing of additional Bank security checks in accordance with the Bank policy. Further information regarding the vetting and security clearance requirements for the role will be provided to the successful applicant, and information about how the Bank processes personal data for these purposes, is set out in the Bank's Privacy Notice.
The Bank of England welcomes applications from all candidates, but as a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility to comply with the Immigration Rules and guidance. As such, our ability to employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited. The Bank cannot guarantee that you and / or the role you are applying for will be eligible for sponsorship and that any application made to UKVI will be successful. Eligibility will therefore be considered on a case by case basis.
The Application Process
Important: Please ensure that you complete the ‘work history’ section and answer ALL the application questions fully. All candidate applications are anonymised to ensure that our hiring managers will not be able to see your personal information, including your CV, when reviewing your application details at the screening stage. It’s therefore really important that you fill out the work history and application form questions, as your answers will form a critical part of the initial selection process.
The assessment process will comprise of two stages.
This role closes for applications on 19 September 2025.
Please apply online, ensuring that you complete your work history and answer ALL the application questions fully and in detail as your application will not be considered if all mandatory questions are not fully completed.
Company
We are the UK's central bank - and we are a bank like no other; known by our peers for our world-leading thinking on policy and strategy.
Our mission is to promote the good of the people of the UK by maintaining monetary and financial stability. We seek to keep prices stable and people's money safe. We know our work matters to people, to families, up and down the UK. We are driven by curiosity and the desire to do important, challenging work.
It takes a great team to run the Bank of England. We rely on each other to play our part. We benefit from a collaborative culture and long-established flexible ways of working, supporting our colleagues balance their work and personal lives. We strive to be a place where people feel they belong and have equal access to opportunities, because different perspectives helps us make the best decisions for the public.
There's much to gain from working with us - from career defining work at the heart of the UK economy, being part of a fantastic team, and a rewarding compensation package.
Join us and find a bank like no other. Together, we can make a difference.
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