Contractor job Snr Business Systems Analyst - SLC/PGNI - Hybrid - Outside IR35

Senior Business Systems Analyst - Student Loans SLC / PGNI - Hybrid - Outside IR35

This role requires an individual who is comfortable managing changing priorities, driving stakeholder engagement and delivering structured analysis across large scale technical environments.

Key Responsibilities

Work closely with business and technical stakeholders to gather, analyse and document requirements.
Manage changing requirements and evolving project scope across delivery lifecycles.
Identify and document non functional requirements including security and release considerations.
Perform detailed data analysis across multiple data sources and systems.
Design and document data flows, transformations, sequence diagrams and source to target mappings.
Support creation of HLDs and technical documentation.
Work closely with developers to evolve practical technical solutions.
Support Agile SCRUM delivery across cross functional teams.
Track actions, dependencies and stakeholder deliverables through to completion.

Mandatory Skills and Experience

Minimum 10+ years Business Systems Analyst experience with at least 7+ years in technical environments.
Must have In-depth knowledge of the Student Loans Company (SLC) domain, including systems, operational processes, and capabilities. (good to have)
In-Depth knowledge of UK Student loan system for PGNI (Postgraduate Loan Northern Ireland), PG(Postgraduate Loan), UG (Undergraduate Loan) for Part time and fulltime. (good to have)
Strong familiarity with the Student Loan System, including multi-product and multi-domicile configurations and interconnectivity dependency to other GOV like HMPO DVA, HMRC etc and its underlying technology stack.
Strong experience managing changing requirements and scope.
Strong stakeholder engagement and communication capability.
Experience identifying non functional requirements.
Strong hands on experience in data analysis using Oracle, SQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Excel, JSON and CSV.
Experience designing data flows and transformations.
Experience producing sequence diagrams and source to target mappings.
Experience within Agile SCRUM delivery environments.
Comfortable operating in fast paced delivery environments with changing priorities.
Strong collaboration across Product Owners, Developers and Testers.
Strong analytical, communication and leadership capability.
Significant onsite client facing experience.

Good to Have Skills

Experience using Visio, Draw.IO, JIRA and Confluence.
Knowledge of APIs, system integrations, SQL, PL/SQL, MuleSoft and cloud migration projects.
Student Loans Company domain knowledge.
Experience with UK student loan systems and related government integrations including HMRC, HMPO and DVA.

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