Senior Business Analyst

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies.

Our Contingent Workforce Solutions is one of our service offerings. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

Our client, a major UK retail bank, provides everyday banking services to over 17 million retail customers. The bank's expertise and services span across Business Services, Corporate banking, Wealth Management, Group Functions, Retail and Investment Banking.

On behalf of this organization, AMS are looking for a Senior Business Analyst for a 3 month contract, based in Edinburgh. Hybrid, with 1 day per week on-site.

We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst / Business Designer to support a major operational change initiative within a large retail banking environment. This role will focus on analysing current operational processes, engaging with key stakeholders across the business, and helping shape future operating models and transition state designs. The successful candidate will be confident working within complex operational environments, able to ask challenging questions, and capable of translating detailed operational analysis into clear, high-level recommendations and deliverables for senior stakeholders.

What you'll do

• Work closely with operational and business stakeholders to understand current processes, challenges, and opportunities for improvement.
• Conduct detailed operational analysis to support ongoing transformation and change initiatives.
• Support the development of future-state and transition-state operating model designs.
• Facilitate workshops, stakeholder discussions, and discovery sessions across multiple business areas.
• Gather, document, and analyse business requirements and operational processes.
• Translate complex operational detail into clear analysis, insights, and recommendations for senior leadership teams.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the business, including managing challenging conversations where required.
• Support governance discussions and contribute to programme reporting and business change activity.

• Proven experience working as a Senior Business Analyst, Business Designer, Operational Change Analyst, or similar role within large transformation programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to engage with senior and operational stakeholders across the business.
• Experience analysing operational processes and supporting operating model or business change initiatives.
• Ability to facilitate workshops, challenge constructively, and gather detailed business requirements.
• Experience working within retail banking, financial services, or large operational environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with the ability to present findings clearly at both operational and senior leadership level.
• Experience supporting transition-state or target operating model design activity would be highly beneficial.
• Ability to work at pace within a fast-moving programme environment and quickly build credibility with stakeholders.

This client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella engagement model.

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.

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