Senior Business Analyst – Banking & Payments (Operational Excellence)
Location: London (Hybrid) | Practice Area: Banking & Payments | Type: Permanent
Drive operational excellence across banking and payments through structured, insight-led change.
The Role
Capco is looking for a Senior Business Analyst to join our Banking & Payments practice, with a strong focus on operational excellence and delivery-led transformation. This role is suited to practitioners with deep content knowledge in banking or payments, rather than generalist business analysis experience.
You’ll work with retail banks, challenger banks, and payments organisations to improve operational performance, enhance customer journeys, and modernise processes through technology, data, and platform change. You’ll collaborate closely with business and technology teams to deliver measurable, sustainable outcomes.
What You’ll Do
Lead business analysis workstreams focused on operational efficiency and process optimisation
Apply deep banking or payments knowledge to shape requirements, solutions, and delivery outcomes
Partner with operations, product, technology, and data teams on change initiatives
Support system implementation, process redesign, and regulatory-driven change programmes
Communicate clear, structured insights and recommendations to stakeholders at all levels
What We’re Looking For
Proven Business Analysis experience within Banking or Payments (non-generalist)
Strong understanding of banking or payments operating models and end-to-end processes
Experience supporting technology implementation, operational change, or process transformation
Confidence facilitating workshops and engaging senior stakeholders
Experience working across Agile and Waterfall delivery environments using tools such as Jira
Bonus Points For
Experience driving operational excellence, cost reduction, or service improvement initiatives
Exposure to payments platforms, core banking systems, or digital banking solutions
Experience with data-led optimisation, automation, or AI-enabled operational use cases
Understanding of UK or global banking and payments regulation
Consulting experience within complex, multi-stakeholder environments
Why Join Capco
Deliver high-impact transformation across banking and payments organisations
Work in a collaborative, flat, and entrepreneurial consulting culture
Access continuous learning, training, and industry certifications
Be part of a team shaping the future of Banking & Payments
Help drive operational and digital transformation across global financial services
We offer a competitive, people-first benefits package designed to support every aspect of your life:
Discretionary bonus, competitive pension, health insurance, life insurance and critical illness cover
Mental health support including CareFirst, Unmind, Aviva consultations, and trained first aiders
Family-friendly policies including enhanced parental leave and paid leave for key life events
Holiday flexibility with 5 weeks’ annual leave and the option to buy or sell days
Continuous learning with a minimum of 40 hours’ training annually and a Business Coach from Day One
Inclusion at Capco
We’re committed to making our recruitment process accessible and straightforward for everyone. If you need any adjustments at any stage, just let us know – we’ll be happy to help. We value each person’s unique perspective and contribution. At Capco, we believe that being yourself is your greatest strength. Our #BeYourselfAtWork culture encourages individuality and collaboration – a mindset that shapes how we work with clients and each other every day.
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What We Do
Capco, a Wipro company, is a global management and technology consultancy specializing in driving transformation in the energy and financial services industries. Capco operates at the intersection of business and technology by combining innovative thinking with unrivalled industry knowledge to fast-track digital initiatives for banking and payments, capital markets, wealth and asset management, insurance, and the energy sector. Capco’s cutting edge ingenuity is brought to life through its award-winning Be Yourself At Work culture and diverse talent. TRUSTED ADVISORS - Our collaborative and entrepreneurial approach position us as trusted long-term partners to our clients. DEEP EXPERTISE - Clients look to us for clear guidance, proven expertise, and the support they need to set their companies up for success. DISRUPTIVE SOLUTIONS- We do not provide off -the-shelf answers to clients’ challenges. Instead, we work in close collaboration to understand the issues, and craft disruptive, bespoke solutions. ACCOUNTABILITY AND OWNERSHIP - We recognize every client has distinct needs and expectations, and we take ownership and accountability for the solutions we design, build, and deliver.
Why Work With Us
We support and encourage an inclusive culture, entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. Capco is not about organizational charts and rigid hierarchies – we want all employees to feel that Capco is their firm to own and run. We believe diversity powers innovation. Be Yourself At Work (#BYAW) is an integral and underlying part of our culture
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