Business Analyst - Payments at Handelsbanken, London, 6 Months, £Day Rate

• Contract TypeDay Rate Contractor
• Closing Date28 August, 2026
• Job CategoryTech, Data and Digital
• Business UnitSystems and Infrastructure (UKT)
• LocationLondon, United Kingdom
• Posted on17 July, 2026

The opportunity 

Business Analyst (Payments - 6 month day rate contractor)

At Handelsbanken UK, we are about to embark on an a programme of rationalisation and modernisation of our payments technologies. This includes the replacement of our legacy platform with a brand new payments engine. 

We are looking for a highly proficient Business Analyst on a 6 month day rate contractor basis to work specifically within our payments area and alongside Product Owners, as part of a multi-disciplinary, agile, payments modernisation team. 

As the successful candidate, you will be an experienced Business Analyst, possessing experience in working on payments projects within a banking environment. You will be familiar with payments technologies, channels, processes, and payment types; and you will have a good understanding of the latest payments industry regulations and standards. 

You will have a quality-focused attitude, with high attention to detail and on continuous improvement. You will enjoy collaborating with, learning from, and teaching others as you work within a team producing sustainable systems. 

You will be adept at Agile ways of working and ceremonies and with an understanding of controls within the context of a regulated environment.

You will be able to adapt and flex your business analyst approach, to get the most out of your fellow team members and to provide an excellent service to stakeholders. 

Ideally, you will also have experience of working with a modern payments platform, provided by a third party.

Key responsibilities 

• Using the BA toolkit to produce quality output – Within a payments environment, you will be familiar with working within Agile and Waterfall methodologies, using a range of tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS SharePoint, MS Teams and virtual white boarding tools, to produce output throughout the lifecycle of the project. This includes artefacts pertaining to Feasibility and Business Case, Requirements Definition, User Stories, Prototypes and Design / UX and through to Acceptance testing. You will be able to perform traceability on the documents to link them to the solution
• Understand, analyse, refine -  Using strong analytical, organising and problem solving skills to understand the overall business strategy and problem statements. You will elicit and refine requirements and be able to align the technology vision and solution requirements to strategic goals 
• Communication and engagement – You will use your excellent communication skills to produce clear output to a range of stakeholders across technology, the business and at management level.
• You will manage stakeholder engagement, including owning stakeholder relationships where business analysis interaction is involved, and will build effective and positive relationships with project vendors and 3rd parties, ensuring optimal ways of working and clear accountabilities
• Defining and adhering to standards – From applying Business Analysis and the bank’s standards in using BPMN process mapping notation, to developing and nurturing standards through the quarterly BA Community of Practice; you will adhere to, and be at the heart of, ensuring governance and guidelines are applied
• Risk Management - Operating in line with the Bank's Risk Management framework (including sub-frameworks) and relevant risk and compliance policies and procedures, you will ensure that appropriate and timely escalation of any concerns are made
• Delivering change through Governance – You will be familiar with the change delivery lifecycle and able to engage with change delivery teams,  including architecture, testing and release management, to operate in accordance with the Bank’s change management methodology.  You will ensure that all necessary documents and artefacts are in place, toll-gates are adhered to and evidences are captured