Senior Business Analyst

Job Description

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Role: Senior Business Analyst

Job Type: Permanent

Location: London, UK / Hybrid

Number of hours: 40 hours per week – full time

Ready to utilize your experience and expertise in Business Analysis.

We have an exciting role for you – Senior Business Analyst.

Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

• Build strong relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Gain access to endless learning opportunities.
• Work closely with the range of teams within the business to bring products to life.

The Role

As a Senior Business Analyst, y ou will be supporting the delivery of Transaction Monitoring solutions within a regulated investment banking environment. The role focuses on analysing complex financial crime workflows and translating regulatory, business, and data requirements into clear user stories within Agile teams. You have to work closely with compliance stakeholders and technology teams to drive data‑led solutions for risk‑sensitive, transaction‑heavy platforms. This role offers the opportunity to support critical anti‑financial crime systems across the UK business.

Key responsibilities:

• Analyse and document end‑to‑end Transaction Monitoring and Anti‑Financial Crime (AFC) processes within a regulated investment banking environment.
• Elicit, analyse, and translate regulatory, business, and compliance requirements into clear, well‑structured user stories and functional specifications.
• Work closely with Compliance, Financial Crime, Product Owners, and Technology teams to define and drive fit‑for‑purpose Transaction Monitoring solutions.
• Support Agile delivery teams by refining backlogs, participating in sprint ceremonies, and ensuring requirements are clearly understood and implemented.
• Perform data analysis using SQL to assess transaction behaviour, validate business rules, and support investigative and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with technology teams to ensure accurate interpretation of business logic, data transformations, and monitoring scenarios.
• Support testing activities, including requirements validation, test scenario definition, and defect triage related to Transaction Monitoring solutions.
• Identify gaps, inefficiencies, and control weaknesses in existing Transaction Monitoring processes and propose data‑driven improvements.
• Ensure solutions align with relevant financial crime regulations and internal governance standards (e.g. AML, KYC, regulatory expectations).
• Act as a key liaison between business, compliance, and technology stakeholders to ensure timely delivery of scalable, risk‑sensitive solutions.

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

• Strong hands‑on experience in Transaction Monitoring, AML, or Anti‑Financial Crime within banking or financial services
• Experience performing business analysis and data analysis on complex, data‑heavy platforms
• Proven ability to analyse requirements and translate them into clear, well‑structured user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications within Agile/Scrum teams
• Ability to write simple to intermediate SQL queries to analyse transaction data, validate business rules, and support regulatory or investigative use cases
• Strong experience working with compliance, financial crime, and technology stakeholders, with the ability to bridge business and technical discussions effectively.

Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:

• Exposure to investment banking or capital markets environments
• Experience working with UK or European regulatory bodies
• Experience supporting testing activities, including test scenario definition, UAT coordination, and defect triage
• Ability to identify control gaps and inefficiencies in Transaction Monitoring processes and propose data‑driven improvements
• Experience working with distributed, cross‑functional teams within large, global organisations

Rewards & Benefits

TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.

Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998.

We believe in building and sustaining a culture of equity and belonging where everyone can thrive. Our diversity and inclusion motto is ‘Inclusion without Exception’. Our continued commitment to Culture and Diversity is reflected across our workforce implemented through equitable workplace policies and processes.

You’ll find a welcoming culture and many internal volunteering and social networks to join (these are optional). Our diversity, inclusion and social activities include 12 employee networks such as gender diversity, LGBTQIA+ & Allies, mental health, disability & neurodiversity inclusion and many more, as well as health & wellness initiatives and sports events and we sponsor the London Marathon.

We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.

If you are an applicant who needs any adjustments to the application process or interview, please contact us at [email protected] with the subject line: “Adjustment Request” or call TCS London Office 02031552100 to request an adjustment. We welcome requests prior to you completing the application and at any stage of the recruitment process.

Next Steps

Due to a high volume of applications, we will be unable to contact each applicant individually on the status of their application. If you have not received a direct response within 30 days, then it should be deemed unsuccessful on this occasion.

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