Senior Agile Business Analyst - Lending
About the team:
As a Senior Agile Business Analyst in the Lending domain within our Group Transformation function, you will join a growing supportive environment where your skills and expertise are valued, and your contributions make a difference. The team is made up of product owners, agile business analysts, developers and testers, working together with stakeholders to transform ideas into tangible solutions.
This is a new role due to growing requirements and will report into the Product Owner.
This role can be based in either the Wolverhampton or Chatham office and has the benefit of operating within our hybrid-working policy and will require travel to our London office.
About Us:
As a Senior Agile Business Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in collaborating with stakeholders to gather and analyse requirements for product development. Your primary responsibility will be to translate these requirements into actionable user stories and acceptance criteria.You will serve as a vital link between development teams, engineers, and other domain services to ensure alignment with product owners' vision and goals.
Your responsibilities will include…- Facilitate workshops to capture and analyse business requirements, documenting potential solutions and liaising with stakeholders.
- Refine user stories and break them down into smaller tasks, ensuring clarity and alignment with the overall vision.
- Support Lending Product Owners in prioritising backlog items based on business value and delivery constraints.
- Actively participate in agile ceremonies and identify areas for improvement to enhance product performance.
- Develop a deep understanding of business processes, procedures, and architecture.
- Ensure end-to-end traceability against quality standards and regulatory requirements.
What you will be doing:
- Base salary up to £75,000
- Enhanced family-focused benefits
- Hybrid-working (3 in /2 wfh)
- Annual bonus opportunity up to 15%
- 28 days annual leave + bank holidays
Please use this link to see the fantastic benefits available at OSB: OSB Careers
In return for your commitment:
At OSB Group, we understand how much our people bring to our organisation, which is why we try our best to give back too! Our Purpose is to help our customers, colleagues and communities prosper and we are on a transformation journey to become ‘the bank of the future’.
Our commitment to professional development, flexible working, and employee well-being fosters a dynamic and supportive workplace.
Could you be the one?:
We are looking for talented individuals who have the skills set out below:
- Strong track record of working as a senior business analyst OR Product Owner within an agile environment
- Strong experience and knowledge of mortgage/ lending processes and credit decisioning
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work with stakeholders to define and document as-is and to-be journeys and business processes including facilitating workshops
- Extensive practical knowledge of Agile change methodology is essential
- Experience working in a transformation programme within Financial Services
What to do next:
If this sounds like you, please apply now! For internal applications please visit the internal careers page to apply.
Still on the fence? Hear from our team or explore our process: OSB Careers
Shortlisted candidates will go through a personalised recruitment process, that is relevant and conversational – inclusive any individual reasonable support required. We want to bring out the best in you!
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
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We champion diversity at all levels, with Board-level Diversity Champions tracking our progress. We are proud to be signed up to the Women in Finance Charter to actively support the growth and development of senior women in our sector and are dedicated to treating all our employees and job applicants equally, opposed to discrimination on any grounds.