Business Analyst

Barclays Bank Plc; Over Peover; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays Bank Plc in the United Kingdom seeks a Business Analyst to identify business requirements and translate them into effective solutions, partnering with stakeholders across Payments and Digital Assets to support successful change delivery.

The role requires strong Payments domain expertise, experience with Agile delivery, and solid data analysis and change-management capabilities. You will contribute to risk controls, governance, and strategic initiatives within the organisation.

Qualifications

• Strong Payments domain expertise within Banking or Financial Services.
• Experience in Agile, Scrum or SAFe delivery.
• Data analysis and reporting capabilities.
• Change management and business readiness.

Responsibilities

• Identify and analyse business problems and client requirements that require change.
• Develop business requirements addressing problems and opportunities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure solutions meet needs.
• Support creation of business cases and change management activities.
• Translate requirements into effective solutions across Payments and Digital Assets.

Skills

Payments domain

Agile delivery

Data analysis

Change management

Job description

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.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.

Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes

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 will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.

Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.

Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.

Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.

Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.

Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.

Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.

Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.

Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

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.

Join us as a Business Analyst at Barclays, where you will identify business requirements and translate them into effective solutions, partnering with stakeholders across Payments and Digital Assets to support successful change delivery.

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

• Strong Payments domain expertise within Banking or Financial Services.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Agile, Scrum or SAFe delivery experience.

Data analysis and reporting.

Change management and business readiness.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job‑specific technical skills.