Business Analyst at Stott and May, Slough, 2 Months initial, £Contract Rate

About the job

Business Analyst – Lending / Underwriting

Location: Slough, hybrid 2–3 days onsite per week

Contract Duration: Initial 2 months, with potential extension (Outside IR35)

Start Date: Within the next couple of weeks

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst to support a financial services client transitioning to a third-party lending platform.

The role will focus on understanding and documenting existing lending and underwriting processes, assessing the capabilities of the new platform, and defining the changes required to support future ways of working.

You will work closely with internal stakeholders, the client's Business Analyst and the third-party provider to capture requirements, identify gaps and ensure the platform meets business needs. The role may evolve to include more project management responsibilities as the programme progresses.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand and document current-state underwriting processes, lending requirements and existing ways of working.
• Develop an understanding of the Solifi platform and its capabilities.
• Define future-state processes and working practices aligned with the new platform.
• Gather and document business requirements and platform functionality needs.
• Conduct gap analysis between existing processes and Solifi's capabilities.
• Identify and document functionality or changes requiring development by Solifi.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, the client's Business Analyst and the third-party provider.
• Support requirements relating to lending metrics and potentially Experian/PCCA.

Skills & Experience

• Strong Business Analysis experience within lending or financial services.
• Lending and underwriting experience, ideally with a good understanding of underwriting processes.
• Experience documenting current-state and future-state business processes.
• Proven ability to gather, analyse and translate business needs into clear requirements.
• Experience conducting gap analysis between business processes and third-party platform capabilities.
• Experience working with external technology providers and business stakeholders.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with Solifi, lending metrics or Experian/PCCA would be beneficial.