Lead Business Analyst
Job ID: 010267
Location: Leeds, UK, LS1 8EQ
Job type: Permanent - Full Time
Salary: Circa £75,000 Dependent upon Experience + Bonus & Benefits
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Lead Business Analyst Change Delivery
We are looking for an experienced Lead Business Analyst to provide strategic analysis leadership across our delivery squads, shaping and enabling complex change initiatives.
This role leads business analysis across the full delivery lifecycle, ensuring high-quality requirements, clear traceability, and strong alignment between business outcomes and technical solutions.
What you’ll be doing
Lead business analysis activity across multiple initiatives within a Delivery Squad
Own the end-to-end requirements lifecycle, from early scoping through to delivery and UAT
Define, analyse and document functional and non-functional requirements
Ensure full traceability from business outcomes through to design, testing and implementation
Work closely with stakeholders, architects and engineering teams to translate business needs into effective solutions
Lead and develop Business Analysts and Senior Business Analysts, driving high standards and performance
Support demand shaping, business case development and prioritisation
Drive high-quality process and impact analysis across business and technology change
Ensure alignment to governance frameworks and consistent analysis standards
What you’ll bring
Extensive experience in business analysis within a regulated environment (e.g. Financial Services or similar)
Proven track record leading analysis across complex or large-scale change initiatives or programmes
Strong experience across the full requirements lifecycle, including traceability and UAT
Experience managing or leading Business Analysts and developing capability within teams
Deep understanding of process modelling, business architecture and systems analysis
Ability to translate complex business needs into structured, actionable requirements
Strong stakeholder management, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
Experience working across business and technology teams to deliver end-to-end change
Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving capability
Track record of delivering analysis that drives measurable business outcomes
Desirable
Knowledge of regulatory frameworks (e.g. Consumer Duty, Operational Resilience, SM&CR)
Experience working in hybrid delivery environments (Agile and Waterfall)
Professional Business Analysis certification (e.g. BCS, IIBA)
About Our Benefits
Everyone’s different. That’s why we offer a wide range of benefits and rewards that we think you’ll love – whatever’s important to you, and whatever stage of life you’re at. Such as…
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Our pension scheme (where you can get up to 11% from us)
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On target bonus of 7% (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%)
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Access to brilliant health benefits
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Life assurance at 6 times your salary
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25 days’ holiday (and the option to buy more)
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Cycle to work or an interest-free loan for an annual ticket
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Wellbeing resources and tools
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Retail and Leisure discounts
Learning & Development
Everyone can build a career path they love here. And that’s because we offer a wide range of programmes, opportunities and more to help you learn, grow, and develop – and reach your full potential.
These include...
- Personal Growth Toolkits - a range of materials that help you discover your strengths, identify your goals, and your next steps.
- Secondment and Stretch opportunities – helping you gain experience in different areas of our business and new ways of working.
- Learning Champion Network – opportunities to work outside of your immediate area and build new skills.
- Apprenticeships and Professional Qualifications – a range of brilliant apprenticeships and programmes available to everyone.
- REACH Diverse Leadership Programme – helping our Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse leaders progress into senior leadership roles.
Our Colleague Networks & Groups
Our Vision is to be a leading organisation that embraces diversity, champions equity, and creates an inclusive environment where all individuals regardless of their background or identity feel valued, empowered and supported.
Our Colleague Networks and Groups are designed to amplify the voices of diverse groups and provide a structured route to effect real change. They provide a safe space and use colleague feedback to support the progression of our DEI Strategy. Our eight networks and groups are:
Community and Charity
Ever since we started back in 1864, we’ve had a clear purpose – to do some good in our communities through helping people keep their savings safe. And helping everyone have a place to call home. Today, that purpose is still a huge part of who we are. And every one of our colleagues helps that happen.
We’re committed to volunteering our time, resources, skills and knowledge – more than 50% of colleagues contribute to thousands of volunteer hours every year. And our Charitable Foundation has now donated over £9 million to charities and good causes across the country.
Hear from some of our people about what working at Yorkshire Building Society is like, and what it means for them…
Our ways of working
We know there’s no single right way of working that fits everyone. That’s why we’re not trying to find one. Instead, we’re doing everything we can to make sure that when we’re working flexibly, together and apart, we’re working at our best. And help our colleagues get the most out of work, and take care of themselves, wherever they’re working.
Whether you’re in an office-based team or your team is spread across the country, you’ll have lots of chances to get together with your colleagues for those Moments that Matter – which are all about building wonderful relationships and strong bonds with your colleagues.
Find out more about our Ways of Working here: