Senior Business Analyst, Data

Hastings Direct

Senior Business Analyst playing a key role in unlocking data-driven decisions at Hastings Direct. Collaborating with technical teams to ensure alignment between business goals and technical solutions.

Posted 5/13/2026full-timeLeicester • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsMicroservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Translate complex business needs into clear, structured, and testable requirements
Work closely with developers, architects, and QA to ensure solutions are feasible and well understood
Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure technical solutions are clearly communicated back in business terms
Support end-to-end traceability from business objectives → technical solutions → test validation
Analyse and document data flows, APIs, integrations, and service interactions
Ensure solutions consider resilience, scale, performance, and regulatory compliance

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong experience in translating business requirements into technical deliverables
Ability to manage complex, competing stakeholder needs
A naturally curious and analytical mindset, focused on understanding root cause
Proven experience documenting complex processes, integrations, and system behaviour
Comfortable working across multiple systems, data flows, and integration points
Experience working in fast-paced, agile environments
APIs, integrations, and data services
Microservices and distributed systems
Data flow analysis and traceability
Working with technical teams on solution delivery

Benefits

Comp & perks

Attractive salary based on experience (pay reviews also completed each year)
Flexible Working – We champion a flexible and hybrid working approach
Competitive Bonus Scheme - All colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus
Physical Wellbeing – We fund our colleagues to be able to claim against everyday health care through our healthcare cash plan
Financial Wellbeing – 4x your salary with our life assurance cover and income protection at no extra cost, pension contribution match up to 10%

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Hard Skills & Tools

data flow analysisAPIintegrationmicroservicesdistributed systemstest validationtechnical deliverablesprocess documentationsystem behaviouragile methodologies

Soft Skills

analytical mindsetstakeholder managementcommunicationcollaborationcuriosityproblem-solvingadaptabilityorganizational skillscritical thinkingattention to detail