Pensions Administration IT Transformation Programme

Location: Dublin, Ireland (Hybrid) | Contract: 6 Months, with strong likelihood of extension

Day Rate: €600 - €650 per day | Start: ASAP

Do you thrive at the intersection of business change and technology delivery?

We're looking for an experienced Contract Senior Business Analyst to play a lead role on a major IT transformation programme within a well-established Financial Services / Pensions administration business in Ireland. If you enjoy getting under the skin of complex operational processes and turning them into practical, technology-enabled solutions, this role gives you real scope to make an impact.

You'll work within a large-scale international programme, acting as the vital link between business stakeholders, operations teams and software developers, helping to shape and deliver significant enhancements to our core pensions administration platform. It's a hands-on, delivery-focused role for someone who enjoys managing multiple stakeholders and delivering Technology solutions that have a real impact on the business.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading workshops with business stakeholders to gather, validate and document requirements
• Producing high-quality BRDs, functional specifications, user stories and process documentation
• Analysing current and future state business processes & translating them into clear, actionable development requirements
• Acting as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, software developers and system architects
• Supporting programme planning, prioritisation and delivery activities
• Managing Business requirements throughout the project lifecycle
• Identifying and escalating risks, issues and dependencies while ensuring solutions meet operational, regulatory and legislative requirements
• Coordinating UAT, supporting defect management, business sign-off and deployment planning
• Building strong working relationships across Operations, Technology, Change and Leadership teams
• Identifying opportunities to streamline processes and support automation and continuous improvement initiatives

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years' experience as a Senior Business Analyst supporting technology or change programmes
• Proven experience on large-scale financial systems transformation projects, ideally within insurance, pensions or investment management areas / solutions
• Strong track record of producing BRDs, functional specifications and process maps
• Experience working closely with software development teams and solution design discussions
• Confident stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills across all levels of an organisation
• Experience coordinating UAT and supporting production releases
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities independently

Desirable requirements:

• Experience within pensions, employee benefits, financial services or other regulated environments
• Exposure to proprietary administration platforms or complex back-office systems
• Experience with process automation and operational transformation initiatives
• Background in outsourced administration or business process operations environments

Why This Role

This is a genuine opportunity to shape the direction of a strategic technology programme, working alongside experienced operations, technology and change teams on a platform that supports real customer outcomes. You'll have the autonomy to challenge constructively, influence decisions and see your work translate directly into delivery.

Contract Details

• Duration: 6 months, with the probability of extension.
• Location: Dublin, Ireland - hybrid working model (2-3 days in Dublin city centre office)
• Daily rate: €600-650 per day

Please note that you MUST also have EU/EEA/UK citizenship or hold a current valid work visa for Ireland. No Sponsorship considered.

Other Key terms:

Senior Business Analyst, Lead Business Analyst, Principal Business Analyst, Senior Business Systems Analyst, Senior Functional Analyst, Senior IT Business Analyst, Senior Change Analyst, Business Analyst Lead, Senior Business & Systems Analyst, Senior Digital Business Analyst, Senior Technical Business Analyst, Senior Business Consultant (BA), Senior Business Analysis Consultant, Senior Business Transformation Analyst, Business Analyst III, Senior IT Product/Business Analyst,

Insurance systems, Pensions, Pensions administration systems, Funds investment management systems, Digital, Technical, Technology solutions, software systems.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.