Business Analyst

Barclays UK; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services organization in Glasgow seeks a Business Analyst to drive innovation in their digital landscape. The successful candidate will support the organization by identifying business requirements and solutions. Key skills include expertise in Jira, strong communication abilities, and a solid understanding of client reporting. This position offers a unique opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and enhance customer experiences.

Qualifications

• Experience with analysis and managing Features/User Stories in Jira.
• Strong communicator and collaborator with diverse stakeholders.
• Knowledge of Client Reporting and data mapping.

Responsibilities

• Identify and analyze business problems and requirements.
• Develop business requirements to address issues.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to meet needs and expectations.

Skills

Analysis skills

Jira expertise

Communication skills

Client Reporting knowledge

Agile delivery practices

Tools

Jira

Avaloq

Job description

Join us as a Business Analyst at Barclays where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences.

To be successful as a Business Analyst, you should have experience in:

• Excellent analysis & broad experience with Jira: of creating and managing Features/User Stories, writing queries and report generation
• Confident, clear communicator, comfortable in working with diverse stakeholder group
• Knowledge of Client Reporting - IPS, advices, data mapping etc
• Strong ability to translate complex business needs into clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria, aligned with agile delivery practices

Some other highly valued skills include:

• Good understanding of Avaloq objects such as Person, BP, Container, Assets, MACCs, positions
• Good understanding of task templates, pillars, jobs, finding orders, Order workflows
• Good understanding of Avaloq modules, including Static Data , Payments, Stock Exchange , Transfers ,FX

This role will be based out of our Glasgow campus.

Purpose of the role

To support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by the identification of business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities.

Accountabilities

• Identification and analysis of business problems and client requirements that require change within the organisation.
• Development of business requirements that will address business problems and opportunities.
• Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that proposed solutions meet their needs and expectations.
• Support the creation of business cases that justify investment in proposed solutions.
• Conduct feasibility studies to determine the viability of proposed solutions.
• Support the creation of reports on project progress to ensure proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
• Creation of operational design and process design to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered within the agreed scope.
• Support to change management activities, including development of a traceability matrix to ensure proposed solutions are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your workand areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.