Business Analyst
VFX Financial PLC
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Engage with SMEs, commercial leads, operations, compliance and other stakeholders to gather detailed business requirements (functional & non-functional).
- Document requirements clearly: business requirements documents (BRDs), user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows / models, data flows or functional specs.
- Translate business needs into actionable specifications for the engineering and product teams.
- Assist in shaping product decisions and prioritisation by helping define scope, clarifying constraints, highlighting dependencies, and assessing trade-offs.
- Support the product lifecycle: from requirements gathering, through design and QA/acceptance, to rollout and post-launch validation.
- Help maintain and evolve internal documentation of business processes, system workflows, integration points, and product behaviour.
- Work collaboratively across cross-functional teams including Product Owners, Engineering, Compliance, Operations, and (where relevant) Banking Partners or external vendors - facilitating smooth communication and shared understanding.
- Proactively identify potential inefficiencies, ambiguities or gaps in requirements, and propose refined or improved process / product solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (2:1 or above) or equivalent experience in a relevant field (Business, Economics, Finance, Information Systems etc.)
- 1+ year of experience in business analysis, consulting or similar roles (e.g., systems analyst, consulting analyst, junior BA)
- Experience within financial services, fintech or other regulated/structured environments is preferred.
- Familiarity with agile frameworks and tools such as Jira, Confluence or similar.
- Exposure to requirement gathering, process mapping and stakeholder engagement
Benefits
- Generous Profit Share Plan (PSP)
- Equity via the Company Share Option Plan (CSOP)
- Competitive salary
- Hybrid working 3-days per week at our Aldgate office
- Annual all-expenses paid company incentive trip abroad
- Flexible learning & development budget
- Weekly events like Monday Supper Club, Thursday Happy Hour & regular socials
- Fresh fruit, breakfast staples & fully stocked drinks fridge in the office
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
business analysisrequirements gatheringprocess mappingdocumentationuser storiesacceptance criteriadata flowsfunctional specificationsproduct lifecycle managementstakeholder engagement
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingprioritizationcritical thinkingattention to detailproactive identification of inefficienciesfacilitationclarification of constraintstrade-off assessment