Business Analyst

3 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Pontoon Full time

Business Analyst
Duration - 6 Month
Location - Edinburgh / Manchester / London
Summary
My high-profile banking client is looking for a business analyst to join their team based at one of their UK based offices on a hybrid basis (1 - 2 days a week on site) on an initial 6-month contract with chance of extensions.
As business analyst you will provide the Group with a secure operating environment, safe from malicious attacks or abuse of privileged access, and promote the secure use of IT across the Group. It is a complex and continually evolving world where our knowledgeand efforts deliver tangible results.
We lead various assurance and risk activities across this important function including managing the risk profile, supporting control testing, and supporting Sarbanes Oxley (SOx) compliance. As a Business Analyst you'll work collaboratively, be a change pioneerwith a passion for working to help others to deliver their best work. Key to this role is identifying our business needs, analysing requirements, supporting testing, and implementing agreed solutions in a timely and controlled manner.
Key Capabilities
Agile delivery experience is crucial. You'll play a pivotal role in influencing Product Owners to ensure our user stories are robust and rational prioritisation of the backlog is in place to drive efficient sprint cadence. This requires skills performing the'what' and 'why' but also establishing the 'how' for ways of working, people behaviours and embedding the Bank's agile agenda.
Key Accountabilities
- Understands our business problems quickly and supporting Agile delivery of solutions.
- Facilitating requirement discussions with key stakeholders to ensure decisions are made and understood by all parties.
- Validates requirements and proposes solutions with partners to gain approval.
- Facilitate managing the backlog, working collaboratively with the Product Owners and the delivery teams to ensure consistent understanding of the proposed solution and assist with elaboration, sprint planning activities etc.
- Supporting Feature Team with testing preparation, automation and acceptance testing to ensure the solution meets the identified business need and compliance with Group policies and all SOx, regulatory and statutory requirements.
Knowledge & Experience
- Proven track record delivering complicated IT projects.
- We consider previous risk, cyber security, privileged access management, or SOx experience advantageous.
- Ability to analyse data and provide insightful information, mentorship, and advice to influence prioritisation decisions.
- Provide technical guidance and advice for remediation of internal control gaps.
- Understanding of business analysis practice, modelling business processes and business architecture methodologies particularly analytical thinking and problem-solving including SWOT, PESTLE and MOST.
Behaviours & Proficiencies
- Superb communicator, dynamic and adaptable self-starter with the ability to use and learn new skills.
- Confident and collaborative interpersonal style.
- You'll be able to balance conflicting demands whilst delivering to tight timescales.
- Good influencing and negotiating skills and not afraid to challenge thinking.
- Ability to facilitate efficient and effective decision-making discussions ensuring all parties feel understood and satisfied.
- Thrives in an open, energetic, and constantly evolving work environment.
- Deep understanding of Scrum methodology.
If you have not received a response within 48 hours of applying, please assume you have not been shortlisted this time


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