Business Analyst - #2098126

Business Analyst

Salary: Up to £57,000, based on skills and experience
Contract Type: 12 Month FTC – 35 hours a week
Location: Hybrid working (office based in Birmingham or Oswestry) – typically 2 days in the office per week
Closing Date: 23/07/26

Shape Brighter Futures with Wesleyan

Established in 1841, Wesleyan help trusted professionals—GPs, hospital doctors, dentists, and teachers—secure their financial future. Today, we’re proud to continue that mission with passion and purpose. If you’re looking for a role where your expertise makes a real impact, and you want to work in a culture that values collaboration, innovation, and integrity, we’d love to hear from you.

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Make a Difference in Business Analyst Practice

This role sits within their Technology & Transformation function, specifically in the Change division, which is responsible for driving business improvements and delivering key change initiatives across the organisation.
This role will provide business analysis services, including requirements elicitation, facilitation, and process mapping.

Your Impact

Here’s how you’ll make a difference:

• Provide technical expertise through the BA skill set including, but not limited to requirements elicitation; process analysis; stakeholder management; data analysis; pre-project analysis etc.
• Work closely with colleagues at all levels to secure their active participation in change, support agile ways of working and contribute towards achievement of company objectives.
• Facilitate workshops, focus groups, planning groups and other related meetings with Key Stakeholders and Subject Matter Experts
• Draft and obtain sign off for project documentation, which may include Business Requirements Documents, Business Design documents; Process Maps, Communication Plans, Risk and Issues Logs, Business Benefits Realisation Plans, KPI reports
• Build relationships across the business and with suppliers, understanding issues and actively support their resolution.

What You’ll Bring

Key Behaviours:

• Proactive; forward thinking and open to change/new concepts
• People & Results focused.
• Able to successfully manage a range of differing stakeholder requirements, adopting effective communication strategies in order to do so
• Secures buy-in and commitment from others, both inside and outside of the project team, in order to build positive working relationships and joint successes

Essential:

• Experience of business analysis, successfully designing, shaping and implementing business outcomes for a range of projects and programmes
• Excellent interpersonal, report writing and communication skills
• Well organised, highly motivated and able to work on own initiative
• Effective interaction and strong communication skills with multiple stakeholders across the project and other key business areas
• Good Team Player
• Knowledge of how financial services and / or regulated organisations work
• Competence in a range of MS applications – e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project

Desirable

• Agile experience for requirements gathering user stories, analysis, design and use of agile tools such as DevOps or JIRA.
• Evidence of professional development e.g. ISEB/BCS or IIBA business analysis qualification
• Experience of delivering large scale change in complex transformational environments
• Knowledge and experience of a broad range of industry practices in business analysis, strategic analysis, data analysis, UX, agile and technical analysis (BCS, BABOK)
• Need to have extensive experience of applying analytical techniques to identify underlying issues and business needs

Benefits That Work for You

We believe rewards should reflect the life you live. Here’s what you can expect:

• Annual bonus to recognise your contribution.
• 28 days holiday (plus a culture day!) – rising to 30 days with service.
• Flexible hybrid working for better work-life balance.
• Company pension scheme – matched plus 2% (up to 10%).
• Free secure underground Birmingham city centre parking (subject to availability, weekend use included).
• Salary sacrifice schemes that help you provide the things that matter – to include PMI, Electric Vehicle Leasing and cashback on everyday essentials.
• Enhanced family leave and two volunteering days to give back to causes you care about.

Discover the full range of benefits: Wesleyan Careers Rewards

Why Wesleyan?

We’re building a culture where everyone belongs. Diversity isn’t just a policy—it’s part of who we are. Whatever your background, we want you to feel valued and empowered to thrive. We’re proud supporters of the ABI Making Flexible Work campaign, which means we’re open to discussing flexible working, job shares, and part-time options.
If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know—we’re here to support you.

What to Know Before Applying

• Right to Work: We’re unable to provide VISA sponsorship, so you’ll need the legal right to live and work in the UK.
• Advert Closing: We typically advertise for two weeks but may close early if we receive a high volume of applications—apply early to avoid disappointment.

Ready to Shape Your Future?

Apply today and join us in creating brighter financial futures—for our customers, our members, and you.