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Technical Business Analyst - Edinburgh
£50,000 - 80,000
Waterloo Place, Edinburgh
£50,000 - 80,000
Requirements
Must:
- Degree in Business, IT, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
- Strong understanding of SDLC, testing phases, and release/go-live processes
- Experience in transition, separation, or service readiness environments
- Familiarity with Agile and/or Waterfall methodologies
- Proficiency in tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Visio, or similar
- Understanding of web technologies, domain changes (DNS), and application environments
- Strong analytical and documentation skills
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience as a Technical Business Analyst within a technical delivery environment
- Proven experience supporting testing, go-live, and operational handover activities
- Experience working on transition, separation, or large-scale transformation programmes
- Exposure to financial services or regulated environments is highly desirable
- Experience with web implementations and/or domain migration projects
- Strong track record of working across both technical teams and business stakeholders
- Experience with service transition frameworks (e.g., ITIL) (desirable)
- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) (desirable)
- Understanding of regulatory or compliance considerations in financial services (desirable)
- Relevant certifications (e.g., BCS, CBAP, Agile) (desirable)
- Detail-oriented with a strong focus on governance and quality
- Confident in identifying gaps and ensuring readiness ahead of go-live
- Strong organisational and coordination skills
- Calm under pressure during critical delivery phases
- Collaborative and delivery-focused
Responsibilities
- Support delivery across the application workstream within a large-scale financial services separation programme
- Drive operational readiness and governance for solutions approaching go-live
- Define and manage readiness criteria, governance checkpoints, and sign-off processes
- Work closely with QA, development, infrastructure, and business teams during SIT and UAT phases
- Validate that business and technical requirements have been fully met
- Support release planning, cutover, and go-live activities
- Ensure all documentation is complete and fit for purpose (process maps, runbooks, support models, knowledge transfer materials)
- Identify and manage risks, issues, and dependencies across transition activities
- Facilitate stakeholder engagement across multiple internal and external teams
- Support transition into business-as-usual (BAU) operations
- Maintain traceability of requirements through to implementation
Description
We are a leading UK financial services organization based in Edinburgh, where we support a large-scale Day 2 separation programme. This fixed-term contract position will be crucial in ensuring the successful transition and delivery of key initiatives including domain name changes and web-based implementations. Our hybrid working model allows for flexibility, with two days a week onsite. We are committed to creating a collaborative team environment and provide opportunities for personal growth and training.
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