Senior Business Analyst – Data Science

Senior Business Analyst – Data Science

Division: Data, Technology and Innovation

Department: Advanced Analytics & Data Science Solutions

Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds): £53,800–£68,000 per annum; London: £59,200–£73,000 per annum, based on skills and experience.

Grade: Senior Associate – Regulatory

Role Responsibilities

• Identify and shape high‑value opportunities for applying AI across the organisation to enable smarter regulatory outcomes.
• Facilitate structured discovery workshops with stakeholders to surface pain points, map processes and pinpoint where AI can deliver meaningful improvements.
• Translate business challenges into clear functional and non‑functional requirements, working collaboratively with technical teams to design AI‑enabled solutions.
• Manage and prioritise a pipeline of AI initiatives, partnering with data scientists and leadership to focus effort on the highest‑impact projects.
• Contribute to the organisation’s wider AI adoption strategy through insight, stakeholder engagement and evidence‑based recommendations.
• Advocate best practice in business analysis, promoting consistency, quality and knowledge sharing across the department.
• Gain experience delivering experimental and innovative projects that address real‑world challenges such as financial crime and consumer protection.
• Build a distinctive skill set at the intersection of AI, data, technology and regulation within a collaborative, learning‑focused environment.

Minimum Skills Required

• Experience in a senior business analyst role or a comparable position such as Consultant, Solution/Service Designer or Product Owner.
• Experience delivering projects across the full lifecycle, using both waterfall and agile methodologies.

Essential

• Solid understanding of core Business Analysis techniques, including user journey mapping, process mapping, requirements gathering and the ability to design and facilitate collaborative workshops.
• Interest or familiarity with artificial intelligence, particularly in areas such as large language models, agentic AI, or prompt engineering.
• Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships across a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Ability to work through complex problems, identifying underlying issues and opportunities for improvement.
• A pragmatic approach that can adjust to changing priorities, management of multiple tasks and balanced decision‑making informed by evidence, stakeholder perspectives and organisational context.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Hybrid model: minimum 40% office attendance each month (expected 50% for senior leaders).
• Non‑contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times salary.
• Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance.
• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually.
• Flexible benefits scheme designed around personal lifestyle.

Disability Confident Employer

We are a Disability Confident Employer and encourage applicants with disabilities or long‑term conditions to apply.

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