Senior Business Analyst - Knutsford

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Senior Business Analyst to work for our client within the finance sector. This is initially a 12-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role based in Knutsford.

Our client is seeking a Senior Business Analyst with at least 10 years’ experience their Corporate Banking transformation team. This critical role focuses on driving strategic change, regulatory compliance, and product innovation across our corporate banking services.

You’ll collaborate with stakeholders from across the organisation—business, operations, compliance, and technology—to analyse complex processes, identify gaps, and define smart, actionable solutions that support both transformation and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements-gathering workshops and stakeholder interviews across business units and technical teams
• Analyse and document end-to-end business processes, workflows, and system interactions in areas such as cash management, payments, trade finance, lending, and treasury
• Translate business needs into detailed functional and non-functional requirements, user stories, use cases, and business rules
• Conduct gap analyses, impact assessments, and feasibility studies to support project scoping and strategic decisions
• Partner with project managers, solution architects, developers, and QA teams to ensure shared understanding and delivery of high-quality solutions
• Contribute to solution design, testing strategy, and implementation planning
• Maintain robust documentation and ensure traceability across the project lifecycle

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, with a strong background in banking
• Deep domain expertise in corporate banking products and services: cash management, lending, treasury, trade finance, and payments
• Demonstrated experience in large-scale banking transformation, regulatory, or digital modernization initiatives
• Ability to analyse complex systems and business processes, and articulate clear and actionable requirements
• Solid understanding of the regulatory environment and compliance requirements within corporate banking
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, including experience engaging with senior executives
• Proficiency with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Visio, Excel, and BPMN modeling tools

Why join us

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave, work-place pension and BAYE share scheme

About FDM

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 3,500 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.