Business Analyst (Agile Tooling)

About The Role

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Business Analyst- Analyst Tooling to support a large-scale lean agile transformation within the financial services sector. This is initially a 12 month contract with good prospects to extend and will be a hybrid role based in Cheshire or Glasgow.

The programme is focused on embedding consistent product and value stream delivery across the organisation. This role will translate the new operating model into the tools teams use every day, ensuring planning, delivery flow and governance are visible and consistent.

Responsibilities:

• Gather and document requirements from teams and stakeholders for agile tooling and new ways of working.
• Define Jira workflows, issue types, boards and structures aligned to the new operating model.
• Design Confluence structures and templates to support consistent documentation across teams.
• Support the use of Jira, Confluence and Kiplot for planning, portfolio visibility and governance.
• Support tooling migration, rollout and adoption, ensuring tooling reflects the agreed processes and ways of working

About You

• Strong Business Analysis experience within agile, product or operating model transformation programmes.
• Hands-on experience with Jira and Confluence, including workflows, boards, issue types or configuration.
• Experience supporting tooling implementation, migration, rollout or adoption across multiple teams.
• Strong requirements gathering and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate business processes into tooling requirements.
• Experience with Kiplot and/or within financial services would be highly desirable.

About Us

FDM is an award-winning global leader in tech and business talent solutions, backed by more than 35 years of industry experience. We have centres across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer, currently listed on the FTSE4Good Index and as a 2026 Financial Times UK ‘Best Employer’.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

Why join us

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave and work-place pension