Business Analyst - Finance/Data Products (Agile) - Insurance - FTC - 6 months - Pro Rata £60k

Business Analyst - Finance/Data Products (Agile) - Insurance - FTC - 6 months - Pro Rata £60k

My client is a London Market Insurer and are look for a hands-on, delivery-focused Business Analyst to join their team on an initial 6 month Fixed-Term Contract.

You will be working within a blended delivery team, supporting the delivery of Finance and FP&A data products. You'll work closely with product managers, technical teams, and business stakeholders to capture requirements, map processes, and translate business needs into clear, actionable development items.

This is a mid-level execution role focused on day-to-day requirements engineering, backlog refinement, and supporting UAT within an established Agile framework.

Key Responsibilities

• Requirements Elicitation: Support discovery and requirements gathering sessions with Finance, Data, and Technology stakeholders.
• Documentation: Produce and manage features, user stories, process/data flows, and clear acceptance criteria.
• Process Analysis: Map current-state processes and assess impacts across finance data pipelines, models, and reporting.
• Backlog Support: Support the Data Product Manager with prioritization, backlog grooming, and sprint planning inputs.
• Testing & Acceptance: Assist with User Acceptance Testing (UAT) planning, scenario execution, and defect tracking to ensure solutions meet business criteria.
• Traceability: Ensure requirements remain testable, traceable, and aligned with quality and reconciliation controls.

Key Skills & Experience Required

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst working on data, finance, or technology change projects.
• Strong capability in requirements elicitation, workshop participation, process/data analysis, and user-story writing.
• Solid understanding of testing, acceptance, and change impacts.
• Clear written communication skills and structured documentation abilities.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary and multi-supplier delivery environments.
• Background in insurance or financial services, specifically involving Finance, FP&A, workforce, cost, GL, or financial-planning data.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working with Oracle and/or Workday.
• Exposure to cloud data platforms such as GCP/BigQuery.

The role requires 1 day a week working onite from the London office. If you are interested please apply with your CV in the first instance.

Eden Smith is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on any grounds.