Senior Business Analyst

My client, an internationally renowned Financial Services businessbased in Central London, is seeking talented and ambitious Business Analysts to join their friendly and progressive team.

The successful candidate will come from a consultancy background and have a minimum of 5 years' Business Analysis experience, a background at least 3 of which should be within the Financial Services - ideally Insurance - sector. Financial regulatory project experience ie, Solvency II, a bonus.

Job Scope:

To analyse the change requirements of assigned projects and produce the documentation required to define

this change. Act as a key point of contact with business SME's, 3rd parties and IT stakeholders on all aspects of

the business solution to ensure that these meet the needs of the business.

Principal Accountabilities:

* Analysing, developing and documenting both functional and non-functional requirements and other

business design documentation to support the definition of business change.

* Planning and setting out the approach to the business analysis required in projects.

* Analysing, developing and documenting business design options to meet requirements.

* Identifying and working with others to resolve design issues and manage design assumptions whilst

providing the appropriate visibility and using escalation where necessary.

* Building open and effective working relationships with key stakeholders across business SME and IT

teams.

* Constructively challenging others through structured approaches to identifying the most appropriate solution.

* Contributing to and reviewing other design documents ( IT and 3rd party) to ensure that they are of the required standard and consistent with project objectives.

* Owning and managing the change control process for the design.

* Provide input to the sustainable development of the Business Analysis capability in Group Finance.

* Production of process maps and process re-engineering

Core Competences Required:

Thorough knowledge of:

* The issues and challenges facing the industry

* Business Analysis tools, techniques and approaches and with a sound understanding of

developments in the areas of analysis and design.

Experience of :

* Delivering requirements analysis and documentation for complex projects and programmes

* Working with SMEs in finance and risk functions

* Full experience of the development lifecycle, including Target Operating Model development

* Working with different development/design methodologies and frameworks e.g. agile, waterfall

approach

* Engaging 3rd parties, including external consultants, in analysis and design work

Capabilities:

* Highly self-motivated and self sufficient

* Highly analytical, creative thinker and avid problem-solver. Able to pinpoint how an organisation can

leverage its strengths and improve its weaknesses through various business processes.

* Excellent written, oral and presentation skills are required to be able to communicate and present

complex information in an understandable way

* Strong interpersonal skills capable of engaging as an equal with other professionals including more

senior members of staff, e.g. up to "Head of" level.

* Able to build up and utilise a strong network of people both within and outside of company.

* Able to design and lead key workshops with senior stakeholders up to "Head of" level.

* Effective planning and organising skills. Is able to define the approach to the analysis and design

stage of the project and manage interdependencies with other work streams

* Strong decision making skills and judgement

* Strong drive to develop themselves

* Good experience of process mapping, particularly using enterprise process mapping tools.

Qualifications:

* Likely to hold an appropriate qualification, e.g. ISEB (desirable), finance qualification (desirable but

not essential) or relevant degree.