Senior Business Analyst

Moneycorp•Stamford, CT

42d•Hybrid

About The Position

Moneycorp is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join its Transformation Office. This role will report to the Transformation Lead and will be instrumental in delivering strategic Payments and FX transformation programs. The Senior Business Analyst will bring structure, pace, and analytical rigor to complex, cross-functional change initiatives. The position will focus on creating the necessary data, analysis, and governance for informed decision-making across key transformation priorities, including global platform changes, US Bank alignment, operational efficiency improvements, regulatory compliance, and operating model design. The role involves close collaboration with various departments such as Product, Operations, Technology, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Architecture, and external partners. Key activities include translating business priorities into clear requirements, process maps, delivery artifacts, and decision materials. The Senior BA will also support roadmap planning, dependency management, RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) tracking, and executive reporting within the Transformation Office. Responsibilities include leading discovery and requirements workshops, producing functional and non-functional specifications, defining controls, documenting data and process impacts, and ensuring requirements are traceable, testable, and aligned with desired outcomes.

Requirements

Strong business analysis experience across complex, multi-workstream transformation programmes
Agile delivery experience, including backlogs, epics, user stories and acceptance criteria
Strong understanding of IT systems, SaaS/vendor delivery models, data and integration dependencies
Financial services experience, ideally in payments, FX, banking, regulatory change or transformation
Experience with process mapping, data analysis, operating-model impacts, controls and benefits tracking
Proficient with Confluence, JIRA, analytical tools and Copilot / AI-enabled ways of working
ROI, benefits and value analysis, including baselines, assumptions and benefit ownership
Able to map end-to-end processes, customer journeys, controls, data flows and operating-model impacts
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce concise executive-ready analysis
Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, dependencies and stakeholders
Comfortable working in a fast-moving, ambiguous and highly regulated transformation environment
Able to build credibility with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership and Board-level audiences
Structured problem solver with sound judgement, critical thinking and influencing skills
Able to work autonomously and as part of a federated transformation team
English language proficiency

Nice To Haves

Relevant business analysis, change, project delivery or Agile qualification preferred

Responsibilities

Maintain a clear view of transformation scope, priorities, dependencies, RAID and delivery milestones
Work closely with programme managers, Product, Technology, Operations, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Architecture and business stakeholders
Apply consistent business analysis standards, ensuring requirements, assumptions, baselines and benefits are clearly documented
Prepare structured analysis, options and recommendations to support leadership decisions and governance forums
Work with stakeholders and third parties to define business processes, requirements, operating-model impacts and delivery scope
Support business users and sponsors in assessing scope, benefits, risks, capacity impacts and delivery trade-offs
Act as the link between delivery teams, vendors, Design Authority and business stakeholders to ensure joined-up decisions
Manage and prioritise backlogs, user stories, defects and change requests, recommending practical actions where issues arise
Identify, log and help resolve risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies, escalating items that require leadership decision
Assess change requests and their impact on scope, cost, timeline, controls, vendors, operations and benefits
Draft, review and maintain business requirements, epics, user stories, acceptance criteria and supporting analysis
Ensure requirements are agreed with business sponsors and remain traceable to outcomes, controls and benefits
Follow the agreed sign-off and governance process, capturing decisions, assumptions, risks and exceptions
Create and maintain project collateral, including process maps, requirement catalogues, decision logs and benefit assumptions
Deliver agreed analysis, controls, requirements and reporting outputs to Transformation Office standards and timelines
Use structured questioning and evidence gathering to clarify ambiguity, test assumptions and identify practical options
Pre-empt risks and stakeholder concerns by presenting balanced recommendations, impacts and mitigation options
Maintain accurate outputs from workshops, meetings and governance forums, including decisions, actions, assumptions and next steps
Compile clear project, workstream and executive reporting covering progress, risks, issues, decisions, benefits and delivery confidence