Seeking an experienced Business Analyst to manage projects of varying size and complexity, collaborating with stakeholders to prioritise tasks, perform cost-benefit analysis, and ensure timely and cost-effective delivery. Responsibilities include analysing business processes, translating user requirements into specifications or user stories, and coordinating with the change function to prioritise and deliver features.

Responsibilities:

• Work on projects of varying size, ranging from large-scale, complex projects often involving multiple internal and external components and matrix partners, to smaller tactical deliveries.
• Work with stakeholders to prioritise or sequence priorities / create input for cost-benefit analysis
• Undertaking assigned projects and see changes through to completion in a timely, efficient, and cost-effective manner.
• Analyse existing large and/ or complex business processes to identify alternative solutions and recommend innovative approaches.
• Translate user requirements into varying formats of recognised artefacts including specifications, user stories and modelling processes. Documenting workflows and results of business analysis and obtain sign-off from relevant stakeholders.
• Coordinate activities with the change function to prioritise features/ functionality development, preparing features and associated user stories for inclusion in a particular release and a particular sprint. Working with project leads, programme/ portfolio management, senior stakeholders to create and define user stories and supporting artefacts for product features and enhancements.
• Publication of high-quality business requirements and maintenance of functional specifications including the peer review of other Business Analyst outputs and artefacts to ensure quality of documented project input/output.
• Assess feasibility of alternative solutions (for both technical and business sustainability) and collaborate closely with stakeholders to ensure that delivered systems meet the business need.
• Engage stakeholders to support the link between the business/ change development teams and any third parties regarding software functionality and/ or solution design, throughout the development lifecycle.
• Question and challenge peers and managers where processes and procedures do not meet expectations and any activity that may impact colleagues and/ or customers.
• Day-to-day management of changes to requirements in relation to the delivery plans to ensure agreed scope and deadlines are met.
• Involvement with defining test cases and support of system and acceptance testing.
• Fault investigation and defect tracking (post-live support).
• Production and presentation of training and user guide documentation.
• Respond to changes/ business requests and helpdesk requests (where necessary).
• Constructively engage with the project team, in support of project objectives (where required).
• Function as a role model for Business Analysis as a professional service.
• Contribute to continuous improvements to competency and quality standards.
• Represent requests to update/ change IT systems via any agreed Design, Project, or Change Authority Board.

Skills:

• Skilled in identifying, capturing, and documenting effective and detailed business requirements.
• Proven record in the facilitation of business stakeholders to draw out clear, concise, focused, and unambiguous requirements.
• End to end experience of the project/ development lifecycle.
• Proven experience interacting directly with end users and business stakeholders.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills, from technical staff through to board members and similar external contacts.
• Ability to create and/or support business case development and cost benefit analysis
• 3-4 years of experience of analysing, documenting, and delivering business processes of a consistent high quality.
• 3-4 years of experience eliciting requirements specifications for IT based Systems.
• Over 5 years of business analysis experience, ideally within asset or wealth management.
• Proven ability of using core Microsoft Office products.
• Demonstrable experience of both agile and traditional/ waterfall delivery project frameworks.
• Demonstrable knowledge of project management planning and governance.
• Skilled knowledge in modelling notations (e.g. UML, BPNL)
• Extensive operational and technical knowledge to be able propose potential target operating model solutions.
• Ability to work in a complex operating environment where systems documentation is sometimes not available.
• Demonstrable experience in working large scale transformation projects.
• Knowledge of business processes and project delivery in the context of asset management

Key Business Interactions:

Leadership Teams - Key stakeholders that will perform project sponsor, business lead and solution lead roles.

• Technology team (internal and external) - In particular, teams/ stakeholders as required to support project delivery.
• Change & PMO - Team meetings, support, resources, knowledge sharing, training, reporting.
• All UK Colleagues - As required in the context of project delivery
• Strategic Partners/ 3rd Party Suppliers - As required for operational and project delivery

Qualifications:

• Recognised BA qualification (e.g. BCS Diploma in Business Analysis) Preferred
• CFA L1/2 Preferred