Expert Business Analyst Consultant (Retail Banking)

Location: Hybrid in Poland — Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań, Kraków or Wrocław

Rate: 150–205 PLN/hour

Company

hirify.global is expanding its Business Consulting practice in Poland and delivers international banking transformation programmes across Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and potentially Western Europe.

What you will do

• Lead complex business analysis and consulting initiatives across projects, programmes and major workstreams.
• Set the direction of analysis and align deliverables with client objectives and delivery needs.
• Advise senior business and technology stakeholders, lead workshops and facilitate decision-making.
• Shape business capabilities, target-state processes, solution options and transformation roadmaps.
• Connect requirements with architecture, integration, data and delivery considerations while challenging assumptions with evidence-based recommendations.
• Review analysis quality, mentor Business Analysts, improve BA practices, and support proposals, pre-sales and solution shaping.

Requirements

• Typically 8+ years of relevant commercial experience with clear lead-level scope and impact.
• Strong experience in business analysis, consulting, product or transformation roles within banking or financial services.
• Proven ability to lead complex analysis or consulting engagements end-to-end.
• Strong Retail Banking knowledge and practical experience in payments, cards, deposits/accounts, onboarding/KYC, lending/credit or digital banking.
• Confidence working with senior client stakeholders and influencing decisions.
• Strong facilitation, communication and consultative problem-solving skills.
• Ability to structure ambiguous problems and translate them into decisions, roadmaps and actionable delivery scope.
• Experience coordinating across business, product, architecture, technology and delivery teams, and mentoring analysts.
• Very good English and strong executive communication skills, with high ownership, autonomy and sound judgement.

Nice to have

• Experience across several Retail Banking product areas and with core banking modernisation, migration or digital transformation.
• Knowledge of Thought Machine, Mambu, Flexcube, Temenos/T24 or similar platforms.
• Experience shaping business capabilities, operating models or transformation roadmaps.
• Product Owner or product leadership experience.
• Consulting, advisory or pre-sales experience, including proposals, estimates or business cases.
• API, integration, data and architecture awareness.
• Experience with international banking clients, especially in CEE or the Middle East.
• Practical experience using generative AI in consulting, analysis or software delivery.

Culture & Benefits

• B2B contract with a hybrid working model in Poland.
• Work on complex international banking transformation programmes.
• High-autonomy environment focused on banking knowledge, client credibility, strategic thinking and ownership.